Danielle Gifford on expanding Canada’s investor funnel
Early-stage investing needs some demystifying.
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Social Finance Fund-backed Realize Capital Partners reveals first nine investments
Recipients include Idealist, Maple Bridge, PaceZero, Raven, Relentless, and The51.
How John Raeder would use his $600-million growth fund to scale your startup
Founders need to “deconstruct” their operating playbooks to rebuild a stronger system.
Vistara Growth secures $200-million CAD initial close for fifth private credit fund
Vistara sees opportunity post-SVB as bank lenders, VCs pull back.
Started in a bar, now we’re here: Startup TNT completes first close of targeted $5-million venture fund
Fund I will write $50,000 cheques to winners of Startup TNT investment summits.
What happened to OpenView and will Canada see zombie funds?
The sudden demise of Boston’s stalwart SaaS fund might be a sign of things to come.
Sixty Degree Capital closes $338 million CAD for third venture fund
The new fund looks to invest in enterprise software and healthtech startups.
Diagram Ventures announces new $60-million VC fund to build and back early-stage cleantech startups
The ClimateTech Fund is co-anchored by Québec and Sagard.
Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again
With new hires, managing director says IAF has achieved “critical mass.”
Spring Impact Capital launches $20-million fund to back cleantech, healthtech startups
New impact fund sprung out of Spring to focus on “human and planetary health.”
The future of OMERS Ventures with Michael Yang
Canada’s preeminent pension-backed VC firm got stuck in a “constant state of change.” What’s next for OV 3.0?
Canadian SaaS investment rebounded in 2023, reaching nearly $7 billion
L-SPARK’s report identified 20 SaaS deals valued at $50 million or more.
RHA Ventures targets $30 million for second AgTech fund
The firm plans to invest up to $1 million into seed-stage startups.
Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments
LPs include Northleaf, Fondaction, Co-operators, Deloitte Ventures, University of Victoria.
McGill, venture studio BXVentures spin out cleantech venture FeX Energy
FeX Energy uses metal fuel technology to generate renewable energy.