Tag: bdc capital
BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has launched a…
Deloitte spinout Arteria AI closes $46-million CAD Series B to help banks turn documents into data
Backers include GGV Capital, Citi, BDC Capital, Information VP, and Illuminate Financial. Toronto-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) startup Arteria AI, which helps some of…
BDC Capital deploys seed funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Green Graphite Technologies closes $2 million, while Arolytics raises $3.5 million in cleantech funding. Placing increased importance on climate change and the reduction of…
Cognota closes $5.5-million USD Series A to make corporate LearnOps a thing
With a new name, product, and fresh capital, Cognota eyes growth. Toronto-based Cognota has secured $5.5 million USD in Series A funding to fuel…
GHGSat closes Series C1 to launch more greenhouse gas emissions-monitoring satellites
The Montréal-based startup secured $59.9 million CAD but did not disclose equity/debt split. Montréal-based global emissions monitoring company GHGSat has closed its Series C1…
Former Global Founders Capital partner launches Northside Ventures to back pre-seed Canadian entrepreneurs across North America
Northside has secured $6.25 million USD from Inovia, Intact, Bain, Golden Ventures, and Garage Capital, among others. After spending the past few years building…
Flojoy raises $1.7 million to apply AI into instrumentation testing for heavy industries
Former Plotly CEO moving on to build new Python-based software. Montréal-based Flojoy has raised $1.7 million CAD ($1.3 million USD) in seed funding to…
General Fusion raises $33.5 million CAD as it renews focus on Canadian project
General Fusion delays demonstration plant construction in UK for machine development in Canada. Vancouver fusion energy company General Fusion has raised $33.5 million…
BDC’s Climate Tech Fund backs Carbon Upcycling in new $34.4 million CAD round
Calgary startup claims to reduce the amount of resource-intensive cement used in concrete production by up to 20 percent. Calgary-based cleantech startup Carbon Upcycling…
Solink secures $60-million USD Series C and backing from Goldman Sachs to become cloud video surveillance leader
As the security market shifts to cloud, Solink looks to scale. Ottawa-based Solink has closed $60 million USD in Series C funding to scale…