Osler Deal Points Report finds Canada’s venture recovery was uneven in 2025
Osler’s Calvin Leung and Justin Young unpack the financing trends founders should watch in 2026.
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Edmonton Unlimited showcase broadens investment horizons for deep tech founders
Event will inform future deep tech-focused programming at the innovation hub.
Inovia promotes Mia Morisset to partner on growth team
Montréal VC firm’s third growth fund has raised $365 million USD of $450-million target.
Version One Ventures raises $108 million USD across two new funds
But Vancouver-based deep tech investor is increasingly looking outside of Canada.
BDC extends Isabelle Hudon’s mandate as CEO through 2030
Crown corporation’s board chair says Hudon will help shape its next five-year strategy.
Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming
CEOs of Float, Neo Financial, and Rebel told Homecoming attendees how they courted investors.
“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025
Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.
Defence tech founders are frustrated with Canada’s approach to “dual-use”
At Arctic Edge conference, VCs offered a mea culpa while outlining why dual-use tech is here to stay.
Canada’s early-stage investment gap “now a sovereignty issue,” BDC says
BDC report says more than 80 percent of late-stage deals come via foreign capital.
Canadian angel investment falls to five-year low, but women investors gain ground
NACO says women now represent 40 percent of members in participating Canadian angel networks.
Angel Investors Ontario joins CSCA as it makes new pitch for government funding
With its future still uncertain, AIO hopes the CSCA will help advance its mission nationally.
N49P’s $25-million USD first close for Fund IV will help it hunt more “diamonds in the rough”
Toronto VC firm aims to raise $70 million to invest in more nascent tech startups.
Sagard spins up new $150-million USD AI fund
New fund will target companies helping accelerate AI adoption in financial services and other sectors.
Top Down closes VC fund aimed at “invisible infrastructure” of the global economy
Vancouver firm beats $25-million USD target for fund backing early-stage MSP and AI startups.
AI investment firm DevCap closes $5 million as it eyes public listing
10 startups in, the poker players-turned-VCs behind the firm unpack its progress and plans.