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2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels

Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero. The 2021 venture capital (VC) funding party was short-lived, according…

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CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels
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CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels

Canadian trends are in line with the US and global results. Canadian venture capital investment continued its significant decline in Q1 2023 compared to…

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Vitalik Buterin fund gives financial booster shot to doctor’s startup assessing airborne COVID-19 risk
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Vitalik Buterin gives financial boost to 🇨🇦 doctors tracking carbon dioxide levels

Plus: The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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Venture investment returning to pre-pandemic levels, shows Q2 2022 CVCA report
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Venture investment returning to pre-pandemic levels, shows Q2 2022 CVCA report

Institutional investors stay the course while family offices, high net-worth individuals tread lightly. After the boom of 2021, Canadian venture capital investment is normalizing…

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BC tech funding returned to pre-bull market levels in Q2 2022

BC’s Web3 startups showed promise in the second quarter. British Columbia’s tech sector continued to cool off in the second quarter of 2022 as…

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Terramera receives $1 million from BC to measure carbon levels in soil
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Terramera receives $1 million from BC to measure carbon levels in soil

Terramera wants to spread regenerative farming techniques across BC. Vancouver-based clean, AgTech company Terramera has received $1 million CAD from British Columbia’s Innovative Clean…

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