Vancouver-based First Fund closes additional $6 million for pre-seed investment fund
Samarth Chandola began his entrepreneurial journey in Canada with a $35,000 cheque from an angel investor to launch his first…
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Radical Ventures expands leadership team, adds partner in San Francisco
Radical Ventures has added three new people to its team, and promoted two others, as the Toronto-based venture capital firm…
Millions.co raises $12.6 million CAD for social commerce platform for athletes
Millions.co lived up to its name on September 14 when the Toronto-based company announced it raised $12.6 million CAD ($10…
Panache Ventures acquires Commonwealth Ventures, launches Fund II
Montreal’s Panache Ventures has acquired San Francisco-based Commonwealth Ventures, as the early-stage venture firm looks…
OMERS and Vector Institute sign five-year collaboration agreement
The pension plan organization OMERS and the Vector Institute of Artificial Intelligence are partnering on a five-year strategic…
Inovia Capital partner and former RIM exec Dennis Kavelman joins board of BenchSci
Medical AI company BenchSci announced September 9 the addition of Inovia Capital partner and former Research In Motion (now…
BC set a new venture funding record in Q2 as total investment eclipsed previous quarter
Tech startups in British Columbia raised over $1 billion in the second quarter of 2021, slightly eclipsing total investment…
Lack of late-stage deals in Q2 deflated Calgary venture funding to two-year low
With no late-stage deals, the second quarter of 2021 marked the Calgary tech ecosystem’s lowest quarter for venture funding…
Toronto tech smashed venture funding records in Q2 with $1.46 billion raised
Toronto tech set a new record for venture funding during the second quarter of 2021, one of several milestones smashed according…
Montréal saw best venture funding quarter yet in Q2 as local startups clinched more megadeals
Over the last year, Montréal has often relied on one megadeal to keep venture funding levels healthy each quarter. But in…
Funding for unicorns Wealthsimple and Trulioo help push VC investment to highest levels yet in H1 2021
As the country and economy segued into post-pandemic recovery, record levels of venture capital flowed into Canadian tech companies.…
ApplyBoard, Faire megadeals pushed Waterloo Region tech funding to new record in Q2
Tech startups in the Waterloo Region raised $749.7 million in venture funding during the second quarter of 2021, making Q2…
With $45 million CAD first close, new Conexus Emmertech fund aims to boost AgTech growth
Canada’s AgTech community is getting a major infusion of capital from a new Saskatchewan-based venture capital fund. Conexus…
New report shows drop in angel investment during COVID-19 pandemic
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian angel organizations made more investments in 2020 but invested less capital overall than…
Yaletown Partners raises $130 million in first close of Innovation Growth Fund II
Vancouver-based Yaletown Partners has secured the first close for its second Innovation Growth Fund (IGF II), raising $130…