TIMIA provides $2 mln in revenue funding to Rise People
TIMIA Capital Corp has provided a funding facility of $2 million to Rise People Inc, a digital human resources and group health insurance platform based in Vancouver. A disbursement of an initial $1.5...
View ArticleTorQuest Partners invests in The TEAM Companies
Canadian private equity firm TorQuest Partners has made an undisclosed investment in The TEAM Companies Inc, a Los Angeles, California-based payroll, business affairs and technology provider to the...
View ArticleBlockchain investor NextBlock drops plans to go public
NextBlock Global, a Toronto-based digital asset investment firm, has decided against doing a go-public transaction. The firm, which raised $20 million in July and was looking to raise as much as $100...
View ArticleFraud prevention solution Solink wins $5 mln in funding
Solink Corp, an Ottawa subscription-based fraud prevention solution, has secured $5 million in financing. The round was led by U.S. venture capital firm Generation Ventures and joined by ScaleUp...
View ArticleCoconut Software nets $4.2 mln in Information VP-led Series A
Coconut Software Corp, a Saskatoon-based appointment scheduling software provider, has raised $4.2 million in a Series A financing. Canadian venture capital firm Information Venture Partners led the...
View ArticleMuse headband maker Interaxon raises $14.8 mln Series B-1
Toronto-based brain health technology platform Interaxon Inc has secured about $14.8 million (US$11.6 million) in a Series B-1 financing. The round was led by Trend Forward Capital, Export Development...
View ArticleCoconut Software nets C$4.2 mln in Information VP-led Series A
Coconut Software Corp, a Saskatoon-based appointment scheduling software provider, has raised C$4.2 million in a Series A financing. Canadian venture capital firm Information Venture Partners led the...
View ArticleEnerTech partners with ENMAX to commercialize utility tech
Venture capital firm EnerTech Capital has formed a strategic partnership with ENMAX Corp focused on emerging technologies in the utility industry. EnerTech and ENMAX, a Calgary provider of electricity...
View ArticlePartner One-owned StrongBox nabs $34.4 mln in funding
StrongBox Data Solutions, a Montréal-based cognitive data management and archive solutions provider, has raised about $34.4 million (US$27 million) in funding. The round was led by Fonds de solidarité...
View ArticleReal estate software startup Yongle seeded with $1.5 mln
Yongle Technologies Inc, a Vancouver-based real estate software company for presales, has raised $1.5 million in seed-stage financing. The round’s investors were not identified. Launched in 2014,...
View ArticleBeringer acquires digital commerce provider BrandShop
Canadian private equity firm Beringer Capital has acquired BrandShop, a Shelton, Connecticut digital commerce provider. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which saw the company’s...
View ArticleTriWest-backed Source Energy wraps up $100 mln asset buy
Source Energy Services Ltd (TSX: SHLE) has closed its acquisition of a Northern White proppant mine in Wisconsin, two frac sand terminals located in British Columbia, and exploration rights to more...
View ArticleStoneCalibre acquires AVST, merges with XMedius Solutions
U.S. private equity firm StoneCalibre has acquired Applied Voice & Speech Technologies Inc (AVST), a Foothill Ranch, California-based developer of software-based unified communications solutions....
View ArticleAmgen helps back $32 mln Series B funding of Fortuna Fix
Laval, Québec-based regenerative medicine company Fortuna Fix Inc has raised about $32 million (US$25 million) in a Series B financing. The round was backed by the venture capital arm of U.S....
View ArticleNautic Partners’ Canada Cartage buys Doyle Transportation
Canada Cartage has acquired Doyle Transportation, a Guelph, Ontario-based provider of fleet outsourcing, full-truckload, and less-than-truckload solutions in Canada and the United States. No financial...
View ArticleTSX conditionally OKs Rhône’s $632 mln investment in HBC
Canadian department store retailer Hudson’s Bay Co (TSX: HBC) said the Toronto Stock Exchange has conditionally approved the $632 million (US$500 million) investment in HBC by U.S. private equity firm...
View ArticleFirePower taps Anthony Lipschitz as partner, private equity
FirePower Capital has hired Anthony Lipschitz as a partner, private equity. Lipschitz joins the firm from Thinking Capital, where he served as chief strategy officer. He has also worked as a technology...
View ArticleLarge share of SMEs expect to acquire in five years: BDC
Forty-four percent of Canadian companies with 20 employees or more expect to acquire another business in the coming five years, according to a new report from the Business Development Bank of Canada...
View ArticleVenture-backed VarageSale sold to VerticalScope
VerticalScope has bought VarageSale, a Toronto-based buy-and-sell website and mobile app. No financial terms were released. VerticalScope, a Canadian digital media company, said the deal supports its...
View ArticleVenture-backed VarageSale sold to VerticalScope
VerticalScope has bought VarageSale, a Toronto-based buy-and-sell website and mobile app. No financial terms were released. VerticalScope, a Canadian digital media company, said the deal supports its...
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