Venture capital dealings in Canada within the first quarter of 2024 rendered a “mixed landscape,” a new report finds. Investments totalled $1.3 billion across 128 deals, according to the latest “VC & PE Canadian Market Overviews” from the Canadian Venture Capital Association. Investment levels matched the year-ago quarter, but the report noted a 28% decline […]
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Elevated Signals Raises Series A Round to Innovate Manufacturing Industry
A Vancouver-based technology startup innovating the manufacturing industry revealed this week that it has raised nearly $8 million in capital to write a new chapter of expansion. Elevated Signals today announced $7.9M in funding through a Series A round led by Yaletown Partners. Third Kind Venture Capital, WGD Capital, Colin Harris, Raiven Capital, and Pareto […]
Inverted AI Captures Capital to Power Next-Gen Safety Simulation Tech
A Vancouver-born startup operating in the business of generative artificial intelligence has secured more than US$4 million worth of early-stage financing toward its mission of simulating human behaviour. “Our mission is to build AI agents that behave like humans,” states Inverted AI. “We use proprietary techniques to transfer these models into simulated environments where we […]
InBC Announces First Investments From $500 Million Fund
Provincial crown corp InBC Investment (InBC) has announced its first investments into venture capital funds aligned with its triple bottom line mandate to consider people, planet and profit. InBC has $500 million to invest in venture capital funds and growing small and medium-sized businesses to benefit British Columbians. InBC has invested into three B.C.-based funds […]
Navigating an Era of Unprecedented Liquidity
Investment in the Canadian tech ecosystem has never been stronger, evidenced by explosive growth in venture capital flowing from investors on both sides of the border. This month the Vancouver Entrepreneurs Forum hears expert perspectives on what this means for Vancouver entrepreneurs and how to take advantage of this when planning IPOs & exits, secondaries, […]
Yaletown Partners Announces Closing of New $200 Million Fund
Yaletown Partners has announced the first close of its $200 million Innovation Growth Fund II (IGF II). IGF II’s capital comes from a diverse group of leading institutional investors, including global pension funds, financial institutions, family offices, foundations, and a network of successful technology entrepreneurs. With the first closing of $130 million, the active Yaletown […]
Thoughtexchange Raises $34 Million to Accelerate Growth of Voice Platform
Rossland’s Thoughtexchange announced today that they’ve added Boston’s HarbourVest Partners to its list of investors, completing a Series B equity financing round now totalling $34 million. In June Thoughtexchange announced that it had added a $10 million tranche to its original $20 million Series B round. Today’s announcement adds a final tranche $4 million, which […]
AI-Driven Productivity Manager Charli Launches in Public Beta
Vancouver’s Charli is an AI-driven productivity manager for desktop and iOS that automates content organization so users can spend less time on administrative tasks. Moving out of the lab and launching into public beta today, the intelligent automation startup is the latest venture from the team behind Bit Stew Systems, an Industrial IoT startup that exited […]
Surging Thoughtexchange Raises Additional $10 Million Financing Round
Rossland’s Thoughtexchange has raised a further $10 million in financing thanks to their surging growth. The “world’s leading crowd conversation tool for leaders” has seen usage of its platform jump by over 600% since March as leaders across the globe have sought new and dynamic ways to connect and scale virtual conversations with their teams […]
GoFetch Launches Free Pet Telehealth Amid COVID-19 Restrictions
Vancouver pet tech company GoFetch Health is offering free access to its veterinary telemedicine platform to help connect pet owners with veterinary clinics during the COVID-19 outbreak. “The veterinary profession is essential to ensuring pet health,” says Dr. Adam Little, Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of GoFetch Health. “Like many small businesses, local practices are […]