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Al Gore-led fund leads $95-million investment in Toronto’s BenchSci, which uses AI to hasten drug discovery

Loopio, Reelhouse co-founders launch Barley to help make employee compensation easier, more equitable

Plooto Closes $27 Million CAD Series B to Help SMBS Manage Cash Flow

How Travis Kelce And Jason Kelce’s New Heights Podcast Comes Together

BoostSecurity emerges from stealth with $12 million CAD to automate cybersecurity for devops

ISpot An Audience Measurement Provider And Nielsen Competitor Invests In TVision

Odyssey Interactive scores $19M for Omega Strikers launch

Blockchain Gaming Startup Horizon Raises $40 Million Round Led by Brevan Howard, Morgan Creek

Avidbots, maker of autonomous industrial cleaning robots, nabs $70M

Led By Ex-Vidyard Employees, Hypercomply Wants To Get Rid Of Security Questionnaires

Properly Raises $36M CAD in Financing to Accelerate Transformation of Canadian Real Estate

Vetted lands $14M for AI that helps shoppers find top products and deals

Small-Batch Sourcing Benefits? Ethics, ESG and No Piles of Inventory

Nautical Commerce sails away with new funding to bring marketplace tech to the masses

Online Marketplace Faire Gives $60 Million Boost To Retail Startups

Delphia Closes $60 Million USD To Improve AI-Driven Investment Platform With User-Owned Data

Toronto’s Xanadu raising US$100-million led by Georgian to develop quantum computers

Forma.AI Raises $57.8 Million CAD In Series B Round For Sales Compensation Platform

Calgary’s Neo Financial raises $185-million led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures

Fintech Neo Turns Unicorn With $185 Million Funding

Cybrid secures $3.8M seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto

With Series A funding, Manifest Climate can scale approach to helping companies see climate change as a strategic issue

Kenya-based Powered by People gets $5 million seed to scale operations of its wholesale e-commerce platform

Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town

The Expert jumps into home goods e-commerce

Disco closes $15M Series A round from investors behind Masterclass, Coursera to scale its live learning platform

Canadian AI simulator maker Waabi aims to recharge the quest for autonomous vehicles

Raquen Urtasun's Waabi unveils revolutionary autonomous vehicle testing simulator

Bunch 2.0 pivots to a social gaming metaverse

Emerge brings physical touch to the metaverse

Daylight Automation acquires SaaS startup Proof Data Technology

BenchSci Raises $63 Million Series C to Solve Pharma's Biggest R&D Challenges with AI-Powered Software Platform

Toronto AI company BenchSci raises $50-million in quest to make science research faster and cheaper

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

Shakepay secures $44M Series A led by QED Investors to roll out more Bitcoin products

Diversio secures $8.13M on journey to improve corporate diversity and inclusion

Diversio secures fresh capital to diagnose companies’ DEI pain points

Iconic pen-maker Bic to acquire Toronto temporary tattoo startup Inkbox for US$65 million

Pen maker Bic to acquire Toronto temporary-tattoo startup Inkbox

Secoda secures $2.75M for Google-like data search tool

Ritual alumni launch GoodGood with $6.5M to scale commerce for local food & drink

Toronto's GoodGood eyes national rollout as ultra-fast delivery market speeds up

Umamicart bags $6M to deliver traditional Asian ingredients right to your home

Arteria AI pens deal to acquire assets of H4

This Startup Is Seeking To Disrupt E-Commerce Wine Sales With Gamification

Wholesale Marketplace Faire Raises $400 Million

Breather, Ritual alumni look to ride retail investing wave with new automated trading platform Composer

EnPowered reveals $12.75M to become Stripe of CleanTech

Tiger Global leads $30-million investment in one of Canada’s fastest growing startups, SMB credit card issuer Float

Tiger Global the latest suitor of corporate card startup Float in new $37M CAD Series A

Rebranded Shakudo secures $4.2M CAD to help data science teams get AI solutions to market

EnPowered launches new payments platform to boost CleanTech adoption

Callia secures $6.4M to move beyond flower delivery, fuel North American expansion

ResQ cooks up a $39M Series A for restaurant repair industry

Anshul Ruparell Has a Better Way to Sell Real Estate

Data startup mParticle raises $150M in Series E funding

Raquel Urtasun Is Bringing Transparency to Self-Driving Technology

Clearco commits $100M AUD, adds former Google exec as part of Australian expansion

The Property Brothers invest in Properly as part of new partnership

Rebranded Daylight Automation raises $15.7M in Series A Funding

Neo Financial secures $64M led by Peter Thiel-backed Valar Ventures

CruxOCM secures $7.6M to bolster automation software for energy sector operations

Neo Financial prepares to open innovation hub in Winnipeg

Buildable secures 3.76M CAD to empower developers with low-code software

Horizon Blockchain Games raises $4.5M for its NFT trading card game and wallet

Following rebrand Notch raises $12.5M CAD to bring restaurant supply chain software to new markets

Properly closes $44M CAD Series B from key strategics, US investors to tackle Canadian real estate market

Toronto-based real estate startup Properly raises $44 million with plans to expand across country

Float secures $5M seed round to make corporate credit cards less of a headache

Clearco secures $268M CAD in round led by SoftBank

Michele Romanow's Clearco scores significant endorsement from global tech investor SoftBank

Clearco gets the SoftBank stamp of approval in new $215M round

Ritual acquires contact tracing platform AllChecked.in

The Apps and Websites You Need for International Travel During Covid and the Reopening

Golden Ventures looks to capitalize on portfolio winners with two new funds

Golden Ventures raises $100M fourth fund and $20M opportunities fund

Toronto seed investor Golden Ventures raises two funds after Wattpad windfall

ResQ raises $7.5 million to make back of the house, top of mind

ResQ Announces December $9.75M CAD Fundraise To Help Restaurants Meet "Pent-Up Demand" During COVID Reopening

SkyWatch raises $17.2M for its Earth observation data platform

Ontario Teachers' innovation platform leads $375-million financing for ApplyBoard

SkyWatch Raises $21M CAD Series B as Private Sector Satellite Interest Skyrockets

Teachers’ leads $230-million financing of ApplyBoard, valuing Waterloo unicorn at more than US$3-billion

Faire Expands Into Europe With New Funding Round At $7 Billion Valuation

Self-Driven Women Take The Wheel In Autonomous Tech Industry

AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun launches self-driving technology startup with backing from Khosla, Uber and Aurora

U of T AI research star Raquel Urtasun raises US$83.5-million for self-driving startup four months after leaving Uber

How Neo Financial plans to take on the Big Five banks from Calgary

Xanadu secures $120M CAD led by Bessemer to build Photonic Quantum Computer

Xanadu Lands $100 Million as Investments Pour Into Quantum Computing

From teen wizards to Harry Styles romances: How Wattpad created a user-generated media empire

Following Pandemic Hit, ChefHero Rebrands, Refocuses to Early Success

Snack, a ‘Tinder meets TikTok’ dating app, opens to Gen Z investors

Wattpad plans hiring spree as sale to South Korea’s Naver closes

With new owner Naver, Wattpad looks to supercharge its user-generated IP factory

BigBrain aims to bring live mobile trivia back to glory

Sherpa Raises $8.5M To Make Booking International Travel Easier

Language learning startup Toucan raises $4.5M

Medchart raises $17M to help businesses more easily access patient-authorized health data

Plooto Banks C$8M Series A For Small Business Payments Automation