Inovia raises $420 million CAD for fifth early-stage venture fund
Inovia’s Shawn Abbott says it’s a great time to be a well-capitalized VC.
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Thin Air Labs secures $20 million in initial close of Prairie-focused venture fund
The Prairie tech firm has targeted $100 million for first fund.
With Canadian tech IPOs on pause, private markets face a higher bar
The pendulum swings back to the private market.
Principal to Partner: Éléonore Jarry-Ferron, Pablo Srugo get promoted at Brightspark, Mistral
Jarry, Srugo, and two others co-founded VCHOURS in 2020 to support startups during the pandemic.
Flying Fish Partners appoints Tiffany Linke-Boyko as principal for Canada, secures $7.5 million from AEC
“Given what we uncovered, it made sense to base our Canadian operations in Alberta.”
RBCx’s Anthony Mouchantaf explains why he’s concerned about the (potential) end of VCCI
Tony Dagger told you so.
Round13 launches new venture fund with initial $70 million USD to back blockchain companies providing “the base” for Web3
Bruce Croxon: Web3 infrastructure “a natural extension” to Round13’s software investments.
Canadian tech venture deal count continued to decline in Q1 2022, but total investment stayed high: CVCA
Q1 2022 was also just shy of the most private equity deals on record.
Celtic House venture partner Jonathan Graff joins LifeRaft Inc. as CEO
Graff built digital media company, Kaboose, to over 500 employees.
OMERS Ventures’ Damien Steel wants you to stop reading tech headlines
What is the value of a valuation?
Sprout.vc closes initial $10 million for second Western Canada-focused seed fund
Sprout.vc aims to sow seeds for more B2B software startups to grow.
Yuan Shi joins The51 as Food and AgTech Fund targets $50 million
Shi launched the climate stream at CDL-Vancouver.
CVCA argues SEC’s proposed disclosure requirements for private investment funds will hurt Canadian investors
CVCA CEO expects new obligations to have “direct negative impact on Canadian investors.”
Québec venture funding turned a new corner in Q1 2022 with $1.4 billion raised
Québec’s later-stage tech startups make waves while early-stage funding loses steam.
Meet the Canadian marketing VCs that help vet Marc Andreessen’s memes
How Spacecadet is becoming the brand marketing, early-stage deal hunters for some of North America’s biggest VCs.