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OMERS Ventures exits Europe while Pinegrove looks to scoop up discount startups
Plus: 1Password only Canadian company to crack 2023 Cloud 100 list. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…
After only four years in market, OMERS Ventures is pulling out of Europe to focus on North America
North America is “best positioned to weather the current and future economic storms,” said global managing partner Damien Steel. Pulling out of the European…
Graphite Ventures closes $110-million Fund IV as firm builds its national presence
Graphite has added Albertan LPs and VCs, and recently invested in Montréal-based Maxa. Toronto-based Graphite Ventures has reached $110 million in the final close…
Vertu Capital closes first private equity fund with over $300 million
Led by ex-OMERS veteran Lisa Melchior, Vertu is Canada’s first woman-founded PE firm. Toronto-based private equity firm Vertu Capital has announced the close of…
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…
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…
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…
OMERS Growth Equity backs US data analytics startup Imply in $100 million USD Series D
Burlingame, California’s Imply has secured $100 million USD to expand the reach of its real-time data analytics platform. The Canadian-led, United States-based startup, which…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian-led Imply’s “multi-billion dollar opportunity.”
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the form at…
OMERS Ventures’ Damien Steel wants you to stop reading tech headlines
In the last two years, BetaKit has reported on massive #CDNtech funding rounds leading to billion-dollar valuations. Here’s an interview with the Canadian VC…