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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…
Wealth management startup OneVest raises $17 million CAD Series A
The startup plans to expand to the US and partner with major banks and wealth-management firms. OneVest, the startup that offers what…
Toronto venture funding saw a “return to sanity” in 2022
Toronto tech startups raised a collective $3.7 billion through 154 deals in 2022. Toronto’s venture funding in 2022 may have dipped from a record-breaking…
OMERS Ventures enters 2023 with new playbook as firm looks to launch fifth fund this year
Unified global investment team the latest change in OV’s evolution. In late 2018, following the departure of founding CEO John Ruffolo, then-managing partner Damien…
Despite market conditions, 2022 second-highest year on record for Canadian venture capital BetaKit
CVCA CEO: “Considering the macroeconomic conditions, the finish in 2022 was surprising.” After declining for three quarters, Canadian tech venture capital capped the year…
Investor liquidity issues are putting the squeeze on Canadian startups
In the worst tech downturn in more than a decade, some LPs aren’t honouring capital calls from Canadian VCs. It’s killing deals. Last week,…
Bessemer, Georgian, OMERS VCs discuss the state of the market
The next four to six months will be the hardest for startups to raise in. Two pods ago, OMERS Ventures partner Laura Lenz said…
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shut downs down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….
OMERS Ventures’ Laura Lenz says “ego raising” is over in #CDNtech
VC says “there’s blame on both sides” for the lack of fundamentals in 2021. The “ego raising” that populated last year’s venture capital boom…