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TagOOHLALA raises $5.3 million in funding
OOHLALA Mobile has raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. The round is led by University Ventures, Y Combinator, Joe Montana’s liquid 2 ..
Nice guys finish last? New startup game ‘Control Alt Deceit’ finds out
Montreal seems to be the place where building startup-themed board games is a popular thing to do.
Just a few months ago we featured a ..
Breather raises $40 million, triples spaces to more than 300
Breather on Wednesday said it has raised $40 million in a Series C round led by Menlo Ventures.
The Montreal-born, New York-based start..
BDC Capital launches $135 million cleantech fund
BDC Capital is launching inject $135-million into 15 to 20 energy and cleantech-focused startups as part of a new venture capital fund.
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AmpMe will pay for Americans to come work in Montreal
With the inevitable chorus of cold-feet Americans ready to leave to US following a Donald Trump presidential election, there’s been no sho..
Frank + Oak will give annual $10K grants to startups
Frank + Oak will dole out at least four $10,000 grants to Canadian and American startups several times per year as part of a new initiativ..
IRYStec closes series A funding round
IRYStec, a tech company specializing in perceptual display processing technology for mobile phones, tablets and more, has raised an undisc..
Montreal universities get $213 million for AI, big data research
The Universite de Montreal, Polytechnique Montreal and HEC Montreal will receive $213,187,000 for three research projects dedicated to art..
More loans for startups: Silicon Valley Bank to increase scope in Canada
Silicon Valley Bank, a “long-time specialist” in lending cash to startups and technology companies, is looking to increase its business in..
McGill prof’s HIVSmart! app wins Grand Challenges Canada funding
The HIVSmart! app created by a McGill University professor is one of six projects to win “next-step scale-up” funding from Grand Challenge..
Weekend roundup: White Star invests in Freshly, Ovivo gets acquired
Several Montreal-based tech companies gave and received money this past week. Montreal-based White Star Capital joined Freshly’s US $21 mi..
Syntax gets ‘strategic investment’ from Novacap
Syntax has received an undisclosed “strategic investment” from Novacap in the hopes of growing its cloud offerings and becoming a major pl..
Monday roundup: Anges Quebec invests in cancer treatment tech
Members of Anges Quebec have invested in an Ontario-based, Quebec-born startup working on cancer treatment technology, while Montréal’s Fr..
New $100 million mega fund to companies: ‘We’re ready to do business’
Montreal startups vying for much-needed startup capital have received positive news Friday. That’s because a group of 23 venture capital f..
Novacap closes new fund at $470 million, targets Toronto
Novacap is closing its new fund at $470 million.
The new fund, called Novacap Industries IV, marks the largest partnership in the firm’..