Cycle Capital, Demeter announce new $244.5 million CAD cleantech fund
The Montréal and European investors are focused on mitigating climate change.
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BC venture funding starts 2022 strong, but are later-stage companies raising at yesterday’s prices?
VCs say price uncertainty creating a “standstill” between investors and late-stage firms.
Venture funding in Waterloo Region moved “in the right direction” in Q1 2022
Q1 2022 represented the most active quarter for the Waterloo Region in the last year.
Telus backs new social impact fund focused on community safety and wellness in Edmonton
ScaleGood Fund to invest in grads of the Telus Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator.
Toronto venture funding continued to reach new heights in Q1 2022, but tech valuations may be due for a cooling
Toronto broke another venture funding record in Q1, but what’s going on under the hood?
Impression Ventures secures $64 million for fourth fund, continues to bet on seed-stage FinTech
Impression bet early on Wealthsimple and won. Now the firm wants to make bigger bets.
Teachers’ Innovation Platform rebrands as Teachers’ Venture Growth, aims to double size of its portfolio investments
Is now the right time for Ontario Teachers’ to expand its venture play?
Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx
Paquette will lead some 500 staff members between the two groups.
New report shares stories of the biases women entrepreneurs face raising capital
“He said, ‘well, don’t you just want to go get married and have babies now? Why are you fundraising?’”
Evok Innovations targets cleantech investments with first close of $300 million USD Fund II
LPs in Fund II include Export Development Canada, RBC, and TD.
2022 Narwhal List tracks Canada’s unicorn explosion
With a rising number of Canadian unicorns, Narwhal List shifts focus to fast-scaling companies.
Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021
US investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals.
Mogo launches venture arm following mixed Q4 with record revenue, large net loss
Mogo attributes most of loss to drop in value of Coinsquare warrants.
With the spotlight shining on Canadian tech, Kanata Ventures wants international startups to become part of the story
How trips to São Paulo, London, and Hong Kong sold Kanata Ventures on Canada.
NACO names Claudette McGowan, Mohamad Fakih among ‘Nation Builders of the Year’
The inaugural award highlights business leaders who are “driving positive change” in Canada.