Tag: Womenled
OBIO offering up to $20,000 in grants to women-led health science companies
Deadline to apply for OBIO’s Women in Health Initiative is September 10. This week, Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO) kicked off a call for…
How to grow investment in women-led startups
Women-led businesses are still underfunded, despite a multi-trillion market opportunity. Studies about gender diversity in tech startups paint a relatively grim picture: women are…
With new Thrive platform, BDC commits half a billion dollars to invest in Canadian women-led startups and funds
BDC Capital’s Women in Technology Venture Fund team has its second fund, lots more capital, and an expanded mandate. The Business Development Bank of…
Sandpiper Ventures closes $20 million first fund focused on early-stage, women-led tech startups
Sandpiper sees “huge … and untapped opportunity” to back more women entrepreneurs amid market downturn. Halifax-based Sandpiper Ventures has completed the final close for…
Spring Activator launches Women-led Impact Investor Challenge with Telus Pollinator Fund
The previous edition of the fund focused on healthcare, naming UVX Inc. as the winner. Vancouver-based incubator and accelerator Spring Activator has expanded its…