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Ripple Ventures plants flag in Vancouver as firm envisions “coast-to-coast” Fund III

With Fund III backed by RBCx and VCCI, Ripple Ventures plans to hold final close by year’s end. Toronto-based early-stage venture firm Ripple Ventures…

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Maverix leads $83.5 million USD investment in Shopify-focused ecommerce aggregator Agora
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Canadian VCs talk fundraising, “shitty” behaviour, mannequin startups & more

John Ruffolo (Maverix), Michelle Scarborough (Thrive), Chris Neumann (Panache) and more join for a VC extravaganza. We know you love VCs on the BetaKit…

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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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Canadian startup news of the week (4/16/23)

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Toronto venture funding plunged to a two-year low in third quarter of 2022

Amid uncertain climate, investors favour tending existing crops over sowing new seeds. Despite a season filled with storms, summer 2022 was particularly dry for…

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Ripple Ventures promotes Dominic Lau to partner as it preps for next fund
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Ripple Ventures promotes Dominic Lau to partner as it preps for next fund

Ripple’s first hire, Lau founded firm’s startup and investor fellowship program. Ripple Ventures has promoted Dominic Lau from principal to partner as the Toronto-based…

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