Toronto is once again has been named as one of the best cities in the world to start your tech startup business. Experts at Movinga, online platform-based moving company, have crunched the numbers and named Toronto as one of the best cities to launch tech startup in the world. Movinga looked at 75 cities around … Continue reading Toronto Is The Best City To Launch Startup In Canada, 8Th In The World
We have been taking some deserved time off and neglected to update some VCs’ moves and money raised in the last few months or so (April – July 2018). Here is recap of what happened in Canadian tech when it came to raising money. Once again, Toronto and Montreal companies dominated the tech scene. Congrats … Continue reading 46 Canadian Tech Startups That Raised Money Last 3 Months (04-07 2018)
Quebec based startup Breather, a network of beautifully designed workspaces offering individuals and businesses practical, distraction-free spaces, with more than 500 Locations worldwide and growing, raised $60m Canadian. We have profiled Breather before and you can access the article here. This $60m will bring the total money raised to $120m. Most of the financing was … Continue reading Breather, Montreal Startup similar to WeWork, raises $60m
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Sun Life Financial among others have backed a new fund, Luge Capital, with $75 million dollars (with the possibility of topping it to $100m in the coming months) that aims to provide funding to fintech as well as artificial intelligence. The main goal of the fund would … Continue reading Canadian New VC Fund Launched
March was a quieter month with fewer deals going on but there were still quite a few deals taking place. The notable deals came from Toronto ecobee raising $80m and Vancouver hootsuite raising $65m. Even an interesting concept Cryptokitties game developed in Vancouver, where you breed, raise and sell cats, got $12m in funding. Most … Continue reading Money Raised & Companies Acquired – Canadian 2018 March Edition
Another month passes, and another amazing round for Canadian startups raising tons of money. Congrats to Quebec and Ontario companies leading the way with most money raised this month. All money raised have been converted to Canadian dollars. List of Canadian companies that raised money in February 2018. We missed any? Let us know in … Continue reading February 2018 Edition: Canadian Tech Startups Money Raised
January was another great month for Canadian tech startups. Top stories came from Ontario and Quebec with Quebec Busbud raising $11m and Ontario Wattpad raising $51m among many others. Most investments were done in Ontario and Quebec. Time to wake up Alberta and British Columbia? Either way, great seeing hundreds of millions dollars raised in … Continue reading 22 Canadian Tech Startups That Raised Money in January 2018
