DealMaker acquires Ridge Growth Agency to bolster capital raising platform
Ridge brings DealMaker closer to becoming a “one-stop-shop” for raising capital.
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A year after launch, Backbone Angels is closing gaps felt by underrepresented founders
Backbone’s portfolio is 72 percent first-time founders and 56 percent women of colour.
Ryan Holmes’ next act
Ryan Holmes talks youth entrepreneurship and life after Hootsuite.
The Group Ventures secures $20 million for Fund II to invest in Canadian, Israeli tech startups
The Group Ventures’ portfolio includes MindBridge and Flybits.
Zymeworks co-founder, former CEO Ali Tehrani joins Amplitude Ventures as venture partner
Tehrani aims to leverage his Zymeworks learnings to help other Canadian biotech firms grow.
Canadian venture capital investment hits all-time high of $14.2 billion in 2021
CVCA CEO: “it signals an extremely healthy ecosystem.”
Toronto’s Neha Bahl joins US-based Renew Venture Capital as general partner
Neha Bahl is the former CEO of Toronto Business Development Centre.
Roach Capital closes $6.4 million CAD for first fund from prominent VCs, Shopify execs
Golden Ventures and partners from Tiger Global and Garage Capital also invested in the Shopify alum-led fund.
New report on Canadian venture, private equity landscape shows firms failing when it comes to inclusion side of D&I
Women partners are six times more likely to report harassment or feel opinions not valued.
SVB reports Canadian tech startups drew record $16 billion in investment in 2021
Canadian tech almost tripled 2020’s funding numbers.
EDC makes COVID-19 investment matching program permanent, expands eligibility
Since 2020, the program has invested a total of $223 million in 84 Canadian companies.
BKR Capital secures additional $4.5 million, announces first four investments in Black-founded tech startups
The fund backs Black-founded Canadian tech firms at the seed stage.
Venture funding for Montréal tech sector grew steadily in 2021, with $1.6 billion raised
Montreal venture funding grew 33 percent in 2021.
New report reveals worrying trends about venture funding in Waterloo Region
Faire and Applyboard accounted for 85 percent of the total funding raised in the Waterloo Region during 2021.
MaRS launches new $100 million Graphite IAF fund
New fund backed by OMERS, Province of Ontario.