Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million

Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…

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ContactMonkey raises $55-million Series A from Updata Partners

Toronto startup claims it is profitable and has grown 330 percent in the past three years. Toronto-based email communications startup ContactMonkey has secured $55…

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Dan Eberhard, founder and CEO Koho
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$86-million Series D extension has Koho targeting growth and profitability

Canadian challenger bank reaches one million users, $100-million run rate. In August of last year, months after securing a $210 million Series D round,…

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EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory
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EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory

EZee Assist wants to make it easier for franchise and hub-and-spoke businesses to share internal, often critical, but difficult-to-access operational knowledge. Founded earlier this…

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Renaissance
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Renaissance raises $1 million CAD in fresh funding to help artists connect with their superfans

Music tech startup claims to have surpassed one million downloads with zero marketing spend. Vancouver-based Renaissance has revealed $1-million CAD in fresh funding as…

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FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
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FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform

Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to…

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Aiming for cash-flow positive in 2024, Virtuo targets North American expansion with 2023 funding

Calgary-based proptech startup raised $3.5 million in seed financing in March. Having secured funding earlier this year, Calgary-based Virtuo is now poised to expand…

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Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round
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Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round

The funding will be used to improve its platform and explore an expansion into other service sectors. Burnaby, British Columbia-based Fantuan has closed $40…

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Sixty Degree Capital closes $338 million CAD for third venture fund
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Sixty Degree Capital closes $338 million CAD for third venture fund

The new fund looks to invest in enterprise software and healthtech startups. Toronto-headquartered Sixty Degree Capital has completed a final close of its third…

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4AG Robotics
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Innovate BC, NRC IRAP invest $2 million into 13 BC cleantech companies

BC Fast Pilot program has invested $9.9 million into 75 projects to date. Thirteen cleantech companies based in British Columbia have received a combined…

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