Capital concentrates as Canadian VC market narrows: report
Just 26 megadeals accounted for two-thirds of all dollars invested in 2025.
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Is BDC too big to change?
Canadian VCs who rely on the Crown corporation have feedback on its “steady hand” approach. Who’s listening?
The feds asked investors for candid feedback on BDC. It was never actioned
BetaKit-obtained 2023 report outlines private-sector grievances with Canada’s largest VC.
Taiv wants to let you choose your own TV ads
Winnipeg startup closes $13-million USD to expand across North America.
AgTech startup Brilliant Harvest secures $4 million USD in seed funding
The raise will aid in scaling the platform’s adoption and abilities.
BDC head says bank pulled back from life sciences “too early” as it preps new VC fund
Upcoming life sciences fund to invest directly in companies from a more than $100-million envelope.
Building with AI is now the “price of admission” for software startups, Inovia report says
AI-native startups ate up 40 percent of software deal value in Canada in 2025.
Neo Financial secures $68.5 million in equity as it adopts big-bank funding playbook
Support from investors including AIMCo and Northleaf will fuel securitization strategy.
Why Y Combinator cut Canada out
John Ruffolo joins to discuss fuzzy data, “bullshit” narratives, and the real problems hampering Canadian tech.
Pluvo heads to San Francisco to join the latest a16z speedrun cohort
Ottawa AI startup says it was selected from a group of more than 19,000 companies.
Cellar Insights pockets $500,000 investment to help it protect potatoes
Investment will be used to further commercialize the startup’s potato storage monitoring tech.
Meet Winnipeg’s latest venture studio, Ignition
A joint venture between Launch Coworking and ProductStak, the studio is focusing on early-stage founders.
Prévoir closes $750K pre-seed round to scale its AI-powered fashion platform
Calgary startup helps retailers and merchandisers single out trends and track fashion analytics.
What CIBC is seeing inside AI’s fastest deals
Investor insights from CIBC’s Daniel Lee and Amy Olah.
Mila and Inovia launch venture fund to turn AI research “diamonds” into startups
National platform targets $100-million USD fund with plans to back 55 companies.