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Omi Velasco, Graphite Ventures
VC

Graphite Ventures appoints Omi Velasco as principal to lead Western Canada deals

Oct 25, 2022

Graphite now has local investment team members in Calgary, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Toronto.

JD St-Martin
Markets

Lightspeed promotes CRO JD St-Martin to president as leadership overhaul continues

Oct 24, 2022

JD St-Martin joined Lightspeed in 2019 through its acquisition of Chronogolf.

Ergonofis
Funding

Nolk raises $30 million, acquires home goods brands Ergonofis, Opposite Wall

Oct 24, 2022

Nolk intends to use the capital for more acquisitions.

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Funding

Manitoba government appoints board members of $50 million provincial fund of funds

Oct 19, 2022

The fund’s target size is $150 million.

Matt Cooper from Volta

Volta drops interim label, officially appoints Matt Cooper as CEO

Oct 19, 2022

Cooper replaced outgoing leader Martha Casey in May.

NorthOne
Funding

NorthOne raises $92.1 million CAD to build new working capital, credit products

Oct 13, 2022

Toronto-founded NorthOne moved its HQ to New York to serve its American client base.

Acquisitions

Auvik acquires international SaaS firms Saaslio, Boardgent

Oct 13, 2022

The acquisitions follow Auvik securing $312 million from majority shareholder Great Hill Partners.

Encircle
Funding

Shinydocs, Encircle, Proto receive cumulative $7.5 million from FedDev Ontario

Oct 13, 2022

The investment into the three Kitchener-Waterloo startups is expected to create 75 jobs.

Alongside
Acquisitions

CareerBeacon acquires employer branding platform provider Ruutly

Oct 13, 2022

Ruutly founder and CEO will become CareerBeacon’s head of product.

traffic signal
Acquisitions

Miovision acquires Pittsburgh firm Rapid Flow to bolster its traffic management systems

Oct 12, 2022

Rapid Flow’s Pittsburgh head office will become Miovision’s fifth global location.

MDBilling
Acquisitions

RBC continues healthcare strategy with MDBilling acquisition

Oct 6, 2022

MDBilling builds on RBC’s purchase of Dr.Bill in 2020.

Ledn team
Acquisitions

Crypto lending startup Ledn to acquire Arxnovum to expand into asset investments

Oct 6, 2022

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

SaaS

L-SPARK selects six startups for latest B2B SaaS accelerator cohort

Oct 5, 2022

Cohort participants’ tech range from identity verification to same-day delivery management.

Terramera receives funding from Innovate BC
Funding

Innovate BC awards $2.3 million to eight R&D projects

Oct 5, 2022

Terramera, HTEC among recipients of this year’s funding.

Funding

Smart business card startup Ovou wins $110,000 at 22nd New Ventures BC competition

Oct 3, 2022

New Ventures BC gave out a cumulative $250,000 in prize money across eight winners.

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