Tag: deals
BDC recommits to leading seed deals with new $50-million fund
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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…
Jesse Wente wants Canada to “tax the hell” out of Big Tech, but he’s open to cutting deals
Forget arguments over algorithms: Wente wants the money to build something better. We’ve talked about several contentious bills from our federal government on the…
Waterloo Region deal volume has been tanking steadily since 2019. Could undisclosed deals be partly to blame?
Off-the-record raises may be painting an incomplete picture of the ecosystem, investor says. Venture deal volume in the Waterloo Region reached a three-year low…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – RenoRun’s “Hail Mary” deals fail to save it from creditor protection
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RenoRun files for creditor protection after failed pursuit of “hail mary” deals to save company from insolvency
The filling follows four attempts to raise bridge financing and multiple rounds of layoffs. Montréal-based RenoRun has filed for creditor protection as the struggling…
Graphite Ventures appoints Omi Velasco as principal to lead Western Canada deals
Graphite now has local investment team members in Calgary, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Toronto. Graphite Ventures has announced the addition of Omi Velasco as…
With only four deals closed, Q2 2022 was Waterloo Region’s least active funding quarter in three years
Only another Faire megadeal rescued Waterloo Region from its lowest investment quarter in a year. Another Faire megadeal may have beefed up the Waterloo…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Dialogue leads to deals
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