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Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle is a Vancouver-based writer with 5+ years of experience in communications and journalism and a lifelong passion for telling stories. For over two years, she has reported on all sides of the Canadian startup ecosystem, from landmark venture deals to public policy, telling the stories of the founders putting Canadian tech on the map.

Toronto briefedin
VC

Toronto venture funding continued to reach new heights in Q1 2022, but tech valuations may be due for a cooling

Apr 19, 2022

Toronto broke another venture funding record in Q1, but what’s going on under the hood?

Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi
FinTech

Plooto wants to solve the problem keeping entrepreneurs up at night

Apr 13, 2022

Following pivots and product-market fit, Plooto launches new feature as it preps for prime time.

VC

Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021

Mar 25, 2022

US investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals.

Kanata Ventures - Team Photo
VC

With the spotlight shining on Canadian tech, Kanata Ventures wants international startups to become part of the story

Mar 23, 2022

How trips to São Paulo, London, and Hong Kong sold Kanata Ventures on Canada.

FinTech

How Optimity’s Jane Wang turned a personal tragedy into a life optimization platform

Mar 21, 2022

Wang is on a quest to democratize access to wellness and wealth.

General Fusion
Cleantech

Inside the province-wide push to make BC a global leader in cleantech

Mar 15, 2022

Faced with increased problems from climate change, cleantech stakeholders believe BC should think bigger still.

Nabeil Alazzam
AI

Forma.ai quadruples annual revenue, sets out to disrupt sales compensation

Feb 7, 2022

“Sales compensation is due for a change,” says CEO.

UCW Campus
Reports

Universities have a role to play in addressing BC’s tech talent crunch: report

Feb 3, 2022

BC faces the perils of “brain drain 2.0.”

Hockeystick feature image
VC

Venture funding for Montréal tech sector grew steadily in 2021, with $1.6 billion raised

Jan 28, 2022

Montreal venture funding grew 33 percent in 2021.

Waterloo Hockeystick
VC

New report reveals worrying trends about venture funding in Waterloo Region

Jan 28, 2022

Faire and Applyboard accounted for 85 percent of the total funding raised in the Waterloo Region during 2021.

Toronto

Techstars Toronto’s all-international cohort prompts discussion on role of city-based accelerators

Jan 27, 2022

Is this what Toronto tech was expecting from a local Techstars accelerator?

Calgary Hockeystick
VC

Calgary broke its venture funding record in 2021 as deal volume almost doubled

Jan 26, 2022

Deal volume in Calgary increased 61% last year.

Hockeystick BC
VC

With nearly $4 billion raised, BC tech “stepped into the spotlight” in 2021

Jan 25, 2022

Investment in BC startups grew over 300 percent in 2021.

Toronto briefedin
VC

Toronto shattered venture funding records in 2021 as city grew accustomed to billion-dollar quarters

Jan 24, 2022

Investment in Toronto tech grew 400 percent in 2021.

stethoscope
Reports

Findings in SVB’s global healthtech report mirror 2021 trends in Canada

Jan 4, 2022

Virtual care is here to stay.

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