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Charles Mandel's reporting and writing on technology has appeared in Wired.com, Canadian Business, Report on Business Magazine, Canada's National Observer, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, among many others. He lives off-grid in Nova Scotia.

Funding

Valence Discovery announces $10.9 million CAD for AI-aided drug discovery and formulation

Dec 15, 2021

Valence wants to “build the world’s most powerful chemistry engine.”

Funding

Accelia Capital launches $50 million VC fund to back women-led startups in Québec

Dec 14, 2021

Accelia Capital wants to invest 70 percent of its funds in Québec businesses owned or managed by women.

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Reports

Narwhal Project Canadian accelerator ranking shows need for improvement compared to US counterparts

Dec 13, 2021

Canadian accelerators have some catching up to do.

Toronto

Narwhal Project creator looks to apply unicorn research with new accelerator

Dec 13, 2021

Charles Plant talks Unicorn Math.

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Funding

Secoda secures $2.75 million for “Google-like” data search tool

Dec 13, 2021

You can’t use data you can’t see.

Acquisitions

Benevity acquires Swiss firm Alaya to extend global reach

Dec 9, 2021

Benevity is acquiring the Swiss SaaS platform Alaya for an undisclosed amount. According to Benevity management, the acquisition…

Funding

Willful lands Dragon Michele Romanow in new $750,000 round

Dec 2, 2021

Kevin Oulds and Erin Bury entered the Dragons’ Den in June to pitch their death tech startup Willful. It was a move that…

VC

Extreme Venture Partners founders, Chamath Palihapitiya lose appeal in Tinder sale lawsuit

Dec 2, 2021

An Ontario Court of Appeal Judge not only rejected the arguments of two former founders of Extreme Venture Partners (EVP),…

Funding

Pow! Bam! Biff! Special effects studio Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies raises $6.5 million

Dec 2, 2021

Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies might sound like your worst nightmare, but it’s actually the name of a technology and visual…

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Funding

General Fusion powers up with $166 million CAD round for its energy technology

Nov 30, 2021

In its quest to develop commercial fusion power, General Fusion just reached another milestone with what it is describing as…

Spare
Funding

Spare ready to roll with $18 million Series A funding for its on-demand transit software

Nov 30, 2021

An oversubscribed $18 million Series A round is going to help Spare further build out its mobility software platform for public…

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Funding

Constellation Software launches $200 million venture fund to find potential acquisitions

Nov 26, 2021

Constellation Software Inc. has launched a $200 million CAD venture capital fund, called VMS Ventures, saying it will finance…

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Markets

Hootsuite eyes 2022 as “window has closed” for new Canadian tech IPOs

Nov 25, 2021

While Hootsuite’s IPO dreams might not be dashed, they are delayed, as a frigid public market response to tech IPOs has…

Coveo after IPO launch
Markets

Anatomy of an IPO: How Coveo prepared to take itself public

Nov 25, 2021

It was back in mid-October, immediately after Coveo acquired English commerce intelligence company Qubit, that the Canadian…

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Markets

mCloud aims to secure capital for push into Middle East, as it lists to Nasdaq Capital Markets

Nov 24, 2021

mCloud Technologies Corp hopes to raise gross proceeds of $9.5 million USD from a public offering as it begins trading November…

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