Women Entrepreneurship Fund announces Alberta recipients
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng has announced the Edmonton and Calgary-area companies that will be…
Funding
Pyrowave wins $20,000 at BASF Canada’s startup challenge
Pyrowave, a Montreal-based plastics recycling company, has been selected as the winner of BASF Canada’s startup challenge.…
BestLifeRewarded Innovations receives $100,000 from Women Entrepreneurship Fund
Personal wellness platform, BestLifeRewarded Innovations (BLRI), has received $100,000 from the federal government’s Women…
Nanotech company Nicoya receives $2.57 million FedDev Ontario investment
Waterloo-based nanotechnology company Nicoya is receiving a $2.57 million investment from FedDev Ontario, which the government…
University of Ottawa’s MakerLaunch startup program gets a $1.5 million boost
The University of Ottawa’s faculty of engineering has received a $1.5 million CAD investment for its startup program MakerLaunch.…
Carleton University receives $1 million in FedDev Scale-Up Platform funding
Carleton University has received more than $1 million as part of the federal government’s recently announced $52.4 million…
Parity raises $5 million to make urban living sustainable
Toronto-based computer software company Parity, which uses technology to reduce carbon emissions for condos and multi-tenant…
Techstars Toronto cohort company MadLipz raises $671,000 CAD
Social entertainment app MadLipz has announced it has raised more than $671,000 CAD in pre-seed funding from Plug and Play,…
Webware raises $2 million CAD following brick-and-mortar partnership with Staples
Webware.io, a Toronto-based website platform for small businesses, today announced that it has received $2 million in strategic…
Pangaea announces final close of fourth fund at $95 million CAD
Pangaea Ventures, which invests in advanced materials, announced it has completed the final close of Pangaea Ventures Fund…
Disruption Ventures cuts first cheque to women-led Hostfully
Disruption Ventures, a Canadian female-founded venture capital fund investing in women-led businesses, has deployed its first…
Startup Edmonton receiving $250,000 to retain student talent
The Edmonton Economic Development Corporation (EEDC), which runs Startup Edmonton, is receiving $250,000 from the City of Edmonton…
Cybersecurity startup Kobalt closes $1 million CAD founders round
Cybersecurity startup Kobalt has raised a $1 million CAD founders round, led by its co-founders, Pankaj Agarwal and Boris Wert,…
Today in government funding: cleantech, healthtech, AgTech
Last week, several organizations received government funding for initiatives in cleantech, agri-tech, and healthtech, in all…
Fine jewelry ecommerce company Mejuri closes $30 million CAD Series B
Ecommerce fine jewelry startup Mejuri last week announced the raised a $30 million CAD Series B funding round from US-based…