Front Row Ventures’ initiative for female student founders expands to Ontario
The Women Founders’ Project, a four-week social impact project organized by Front Row Ventures, is expanding to Ontario, after recently completing its pilot program…
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Sonder raises $210 million USD, surpassing $1 billion valuation
Montreal-founded Sonder (formerly Flatbook) has raised a $210 million USD ($274 million CAD) Series D funding round, surpassing a valuation of $1 billion. The…
New OMERS, BMO investments bring District Ventures fund to $70 million
Arlene Dickinson’s District Ventures has received recent investments from OMERS and BMO, bringing its total fund size to $70 million. “These sectors have long…
CVCA, other Canadian orgs pen letter to US over “onerous” investment law
Four Canadian organizations are urging the US Department of the Treasury to exempt Canadian businesses from a law that could stifle Canadian investments into…
New report provides fresh data on familiar diversity problems in Canadian VC
A new report from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) and BDC Capital offers more detail on what we already know…
The Periodic Table of Canadian Tech 2019
Each Canada Day, PwC and CB Insights join forces to release the Periodic Table of Tech in Canada, which exhibits 150 of the most…
Sidewalk Labs master plan includes $20 million CAD in venture funding, space for startups
As part of its overarching plan that reaches far beyond the Quayside development, Sidewalk Labs plans to invest more than $20 million CAD to…
SVB says it remains committed to Canada as Barbara Dirks steps down
Barbara Dirks, head of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Canada is stepping down from her role just four months after the bank was able…
Managing partner Jim Orlando departs OMERS
Jim Orlando, managing partner at OMERS Ventures, is leaving the multi-stage investing firm to reportedly lead a new $100 million venture fund created by…
GoFor, CybernetIQ take home $750,000 prize at AccelerateOTT Pitchfest
Invest Ottawa has announced the winners of AccelerateOTT Pitchfest, a pitch competition that aims to address key opportunities and challenges facing the startup and…
Traction Guest raises $17 Million CAD Series A for cloud-based visitor management system
Vancouver-based Traction Guest, a cloud-based visitor management system, has raised $17 million CAD Series A funding round. The round was led by Silicon Valley-based…
Eight Canadian healthtech companies part of initial MedTeq fund investments
Eight Canadian healthtech companies have received investments from Montreal-based MedTeq, a pan-Canadian health-technology investment organization, as part of its first round of venture investments….
Diagram Ventures raises $55 million CAD for second fund
Diagram Ventures has announced the close of its second fund, raising $55 million CAD as the firm also brings on Smooch.io co-founder Hamnett Hill…