VC | BetaKit - Part 24

By Charles Mandel March 22, 2022

Canadian Armed Forces veteran, Shopify co-founder team up for $50 million military tech fund

Kensington Capital Partners has committed $10 million as the anchor investor.

By Charles Mandel March 18, 2022

NDP noted Alberta attracted less venture capital last year than provinces like Ontario, BC, Québec.

By Douglas Soltys March 14, 2022

Tony Dagger sees turbulence ahead in Canadian tech.

By Meagan Simpson March 11, 2022

“We need to make sure that everybody has a seat at the table.”

By Charles Mandel March 10, 2022

Portage claims the early stage FinTech fund is one of the largest in the world.

By Charlize Alcaraz March 9, 2022

Ridge brings DealMaker closer to becoming a “one-stop-shop” for raising capital.

By Meagan Simpson March 8, 2022

Backbone’s portfolio is 72 percent first-time founders and 56 percent women of colour.

By Douglas Soltys March 7, 2022

Ryan Holmes talks youth entrepreneurship and life after Hootsuite.

By Josh Scott March 4, 2022

The Group Ventures’ portfolio includes MindBridge and Flybits.

By Josh Scott March 2, 2022

Tehrani aims to leverage his Zymeworks learnings to help other Canadian biotech firms grow.

By Meagan Simpson March 1, 2022

CVCA CEO: “it signals an extremely healthy ecosystem.”

By Charlize Alcaraz February 23, 2022

Neha Bahl is the former CEO of Toronto Business Development Centre.

By Josh Scott February 18, 2022

Golden Ventures and partners from Tiger Global and Garage Capital also invested in the Shopify alum-led fund.

By Meagan Simpson February 17, 2022

Women partners are six times more likely to report harassment or feel opinions not valued.

By Josh Scott February 9, 2022

Canadian tech almost tripled 2020’s funding numbers.