Startup Canada and Export Development Canada create memorial fund in honour of former chairman Adam Chowaniec
Startup Canada and Export Development Canada, which provides Canadian exporters with financing, insurance and bonding services…
Funding
Today in funding ($34M): Blueprint, Deep Genomics, Meta
A trio of Toronto-based startups have closed significant rounds, keeping the city in the Canadian startup spotlight. Here’s…
Today in funding ($12M): Jobber, Better Software, Pyrowave, wantoo, SeamlessMD
B2B startups across Canada are well-represented in today’s funding roundup. Here’s the latest on who raised how…
Shopify’s 180-day lockup period ends tomorrow
After a highly successful initial public offering earlier this year helped Shopify secure $131 millionĀ in additional funding,…
CVCA report: VC investment in first nine months of 2015 already surpasses last year’s total
In a report examining the first nine months of 2015, The Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA)…
BTL Group goes public to fuel its blockchain technology
Apparently, the real money in bitcoin is in the technology behind bitcoin. Vancouver-based BTL Group Ltd. goingĀ public with…
A SAFE model for early-stage investing in Canada
Overly complex, non-standardized term sheets are a real problem for the Canadian startup ecosystem at the early stages. Too…
Today in funding ($39M): Bee Vectoring Technology, VISR, Marketing.AI, Coveo
Today’s funding news runs the gamut from seed round to Series D. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from…
Coveo closes $35 million Series D round on heels of record growth
Quebec City-based Coveo has announced the close of a $35 million Series D round, led by IQ Venture Capital with participation…
Today in Funding ($10M): Affinio, WHOOSH! & SweetIQ
It’s that Series A season, as two more startups join the growing club of Canadian companies closing rounds before year…
SweetIQ raises $4.2 million Series A to tackle U.S. market
Montreal-based SweetIQ announced this morning the close of a $4.2 million Series A round, led by Plaza Ventures, with participation…
Three Canadian startups among winners of Buffalo’s 43North competition
43North has announced the winners of its competition based in Buffalo, New York, which included three Canadian companies. “This…
Today in funding ($51M): Turnstone Biologics, Invixium, Qvella, Elastic Path Software
This week, three Toronto-based companies raised impressive Series A rounds – two of them in healthtech. Here’s…
Making sense of early-stage funding options
Itās a good time to be a startup in North America. Venture capital investing in the US reached a record $59.8 billion for…
Reuters: VC Investment in Canada at 14-year high
In the Thomson Reuters Canadian Venture Capital Review for the first three quarters of 2015, Canadian companies collectively…