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New Life Sciences Fund and leadership churn reveal continued reset at BDC

New Life Sciences Fund and leadership churn reveal continued reset at BDC

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The leader of the Growth Venture Fund is leaving nine months after the BDC committed $1 billion and expanded its ...

CereCura secures .4 million to tackle brain disorders with COVID-era vaccine tech

CereCura secures $1.4 million to tackle brain disorders with COVID-era vaccine tech

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Spinout UBC aims to cross the blood-brain barrier to improve protein delivery to the brain. Vancouver CereCura Nanotherapy wants ...

Glowtify hopes to equip e-commerce marketers for the holidays with .4-million seed round

Glowtify hopes to equip e-commerce marketers for the holidays with $3.4-million seed round

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The startup says it made C$1 million in revenue this year and wants to triple that amount next year. ...

Fewer, larger financings give Canadian VC a boost in Q3 as domestic PE stays hot

Fewer, larger financings give Canadian VC a boost in Q3 as domestic PE stays hot

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CVCA says the rise in growth investing is a “good sign,” but early-stage venture capital activity continues to lag. ...

Vistara Growth closes 1-million USD fund after “friend-raising to the max”

Vistara Growth closes $321-million USD fund after “friend-raising to the max”

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The fifth fund is closing after nearly two years of increases that failed to meet its “ambitious” initial target. ...

NLPatent’s -million USD raise helps it power patent research with AI

NLPatent’s $3-million USD raise helps it power patent research with AI

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A former intellectual property lawyer aims to help colleagues reap the benefits of agent-based AI. Four years ago, an ...

CoLab cashes in on AI demand with -million USD funding round

CoLab cashes in on AI demand with $72-million USD funding round

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The Y Combinator alum claims more than 47,000 engineers are on the waiting list for its AI-powered collaboration tool. ...

Lab4 and Xena Intelligence claim top pitch competition prizes at SAAS NORTH

Lab4 and Xena Intelligence claim top pitch competition prizes at SAAS NORTH

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SheBoot and PitchFest gave away a total of $310,000 at the conference. The important tradition continued at the tenth ...

Digitail grows Toronto hub as it fetches -million USD Series B round

Digitail grows Toronto hub as it fetches $23-million USD Series B round

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The startup, based in Romania, says its customer base in Canada has more than doubled in the past year. ...

Clio secures 0-million USD Series G as it completes vLex acquisition

Clio secures $500-million USD Series G as it completes vLex acquisition

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The British Columbia-based legal technology firm received a $5 billion valuation plus $350 million in debt to help close the ...