Quebec Wants to Create Its Own Fund-of-Funds Like Ontario’s ‘NorthLeaf Venture Catalyst’
It appears as though Quebec is about to follow in Ontario’s footsteps, as it pertains to a provincially and federally-funded…
Venture Capital
Maritimes Angel Investor Has “A Bias to Writing a Cheque” During Pitches
Here’s something we don’t hear everyday: a St. John’s, Newfoundland-based angel investor named Jo Mark Zurel…
Mobile News Gathering Platform Dejero Gets $4.5 Million from BEST Funds
Kitchener startup Dejero has raised $4.5 million in venture capital from BEST Funds. Dejero is an award-winning bonded wireless…
Venture Capital Deals Increase But Value Stays the Same in Q1
Venture capital activity in Canada over the first three months of 2014 stayed the course. Canada’s Venture Capital &…
Eye-Gaze Tracking Startup Mirametrix Takes CVCA Innovation Award
Mirametrix has won the Innovation award from Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA). Mirametrix…
BDC and Growthworks Win CVCA’s “Deal of the Year” for Layer7 Technologies
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and Growthworks Capital have jointly won the “Deal of the Year” award,…
Lethbridge’s BlackBridge Raises $22 Million from BMO and BDC
Canadian-German satellite operation and imagery group BlackBridge has raised $22 million in funding by the Bank of Montreal…
Longueuil’s Novacap Raises New $375 Million Fund for Mature Tech Companies
Longueuil-based venture capital firm Novacap has raised a new $375 million fund for growth-stage technology companies, according…
Ontario Angel Group Selects Eight Startups to Pitch at Follow-On Investment Forum
Eight Canadian startups have been selected to pitch at the National Angel Organizations Ontario’s Follow-On Investment…
Toronto’s Top Hat Gets $10 Million in Series B Money
Toronto’s Top Hat has raised a $10 million series B round from Georgian Partners. Funny, we just wrote about the guy…
Shop.ca Raises Healthy $31 Million Series B Funding Round
Drew Green’s Shop.ca has raised $31 million in venture capital from Shaw Ventures, an affiliate of Shaw Communications…
Communitech’s HYPERDRIVE Accelerator is Raising a New $10 Million Fund
Earlier this week at the Series Round Venture Investment Forum in Toronto, HYPERDRIVE‘s managing director Doug Cooper…
40 Days Left to Apply for “World’s Largest Business Plan Competition”
43North‘s executive director Andrew Pulkrabek is heading back to the Toronto area today to espouse the virtues of his…
Dragons’ Den Star to Launch $200M Fund in Waterloo
New Dragons’ Den star Michael Wekerle is launching a $200 million investment fund in Waterloo, to be aimed at startups…
Alumnus Donates $150K To Let U of Windsor Students Make Investments
John Simpson, the managing director for Ridgeview Capital Asset Management, has donated $150,000 to the University of Windsor’s…