| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.03.2026 | SPARK Microsystems: C$17 Million Raised For Wireless Semiconductor Technology Expansion | SPARK Microsystems announced it has closed a C$17 million Series B follow-on financing round to accelerate commercialization of its next-generation wireless technology. The round was co-led by Idealist Capital and Real Ventures, with partic... |
| 23.03.2026 | Spark Microsystems Raises CAD $17M in Series B Funding | Spark Microsystems, a Montreal, Canada-based fabless semiconductor company, raised CAD$17M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Idealist Capital and Real Ventures, with participation from Cycle Capital, ND Capital and EDC.
The company ... |
| 23.09.2025 | Tilt: $7.1 Million Seed Funding Secured For AI-Based Direct Indexing Platform | Tilt is a financial technology company that’s changing how investment portfolios are built and managed. It recently raised $7.1 million in seed funding, led by Portage and Lerer Hippeau, with support from several other investors, including ... |
| 22.09.2025 | Tilt Raises $7.1M Seed Funding | Tilt, a Miami, FL-based provider of an AI-powered direct indexing platform, raised $7.1M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Portage and Lerer Hippeau, with participation from Golden Ventures, Real Ventures, Cumberland Investments, and FJ... |
| 18.09.2024 | Mosaic raises $28 million to expand the adoption of its automated FDM 3D printers | Canadian 3D printing hardware manufacturer Mosaic Manufacturing has raised $28 million CAD in a financing round led by Idealist Capital, with follow-on participation from Freycinet Ventures.
The funding will be used to expand the global ado... |
| 09.01.2023 | Гайд по стартап визе Канады | Наш проект принят в программу канадского инкубатора и я решила поделиться собранной информацией по стартап визе Канады. Географическое положение и тесные деловые связи с США делают Канаду удобной площадкой для выхода на рынок всей Северной ... |
| 05.07.2022 | HALEO Virtual Sleep Clinic Secures $5.2 Million Seed-Extension Financing | HALEO Clinic Logo image "Everyone's sleep is different. HALEO addresses sleep disorders at scale for employers and employees. We personalize care for effective sleep assessment for intervention—increasing productivity and reducing cost... |
| 08.02.2022 | Nord Quantique Secures CAD $9.5 Million in Seed Funding | Nord Quantique—Error-correcting quantum processors “Nord Quantique embraces the great technological challenges that high performance quantum computing demands—and we’re on the path to develop ground-breaking innovations.” Julien Camirand Le... |
| 20.12.2021 | Uvaro, BWOSS and Garage Capital Announce First Two Recipients of Impact Scholarship Fund | "We are excited to pave the way forward for these two women as we work together to increase the representation of Women and Women of Colour in software and technology companies and shape a more equitable future for the industry." ... |
| 17.08.2021 | Putting the fin in fintech, XpertSea changes course following $20m Series B round | A startup’s journey can take unexpected twists and turns as it learns more about is customers and what they really need.
Canadian aquaculture platform XpertSea initially launched in 2011, offering a data-collection device for fish farms bef... |
| 17.08.2021 | Putting the ‘fin’ in fintech, XpertSea changes course following $20m Series B raise | A startup’s journey can take unexpected twists and turns as it learns more about is customers and what they really need.
Canadian aquaculture platform XpertSea initially launched in 2011, offering a data-collection device for fish farms bef... |
| 21.01.2021 | Eli raises $1.9 million CAD in seed funding to develop at-home hormone monitoring tech | Eli Science Inc. has raised a $1.9 million CAD ($1.5 million USD) seed round to target the historically underserved women’s healthtech market via its saliva-based daily hormone tracking technology.
The round, which was led by Hong Kong’s Ve... |
| 22.10.2020 | Food robotics startup YPC Technologies raises 1.8M CAD in seed funding | Gunnar Grass and Camilo Perez founded the startup in 2016. YPC is building what possibly will be the first robot that can cook tons of recipes of the same quality as served in restaurants using fresh ingredients. The startup’s technology do... |
| 06.08.2020 | Baltimore cybersecurity company clean.io raises $5M Series A | clean.io, the Baltimore-based startup combatting malicious advertising, raised $5 million in its Series A funding round, the company announced on Thursday.
The funding round was led by New York-based venture firm Tribeca Venture Partners, w... |
| 27.07.2020 | Paul Palmieri is back in the startup CEO role with ecommerce company Tradeswell | Paul Palmieri has returned to the CEO role of a company building technology in Baltimore.
Palmieri, who cofounded and led Baltimore adtech darling Millennial Media through milestones including its 2012 IPO, recently became the CEO of Trades... |
| 26.07.2020 | Online used car retailer Clutch bags 7M CAD seed funding | Stephen Seibel founded Clutch in 2016. The startup sells used cars in Toronto and Halifax and its goal is to bring speed and convenience to used car sales. The company claims itself to be “Canada’s first online car retailing platform,” and ... |
| 06.09.2019 | AI startup My Intelligent Machines raises $2.6 million seed round | Montreal-based My Intelligent Machines (MIMS), which is developing a platform to help life sciences companies maximize their R&D and production activities, has closed a $2.6 million seed round.
“MIMS will contribute to life sciences com... |
| 03.09.2019 | Beekeeping tech startup Nectar raises $1.1 million CAD seed round | Nectar, a Montreal-based startup offering a management platform for commercial beekeepers and crop growers, has raised a $1.1 million CAD seed round.
The round was led by Interdomus Capital, and saw participation from Real Ventures, Upper C... |
| 10.07.2019 | Montreal’s AI-Focused Startup Ecosystem Takes Flight | Montréal is home to one of Canada’s most dynamic startup ecosystems. The city is ranked as one of the best cities in the world for university students, with comparatively low tuition and rent prices. Not only is the city inexpensive for stu... |
| 17.06.2019 | Live streaming platform Livescale raises $1 million in first round of funding | Montreal-based Livescale, offering a live video platform allowing its customers to broadcast events on multiple social networks and websites simultaneously, has closed a $1 million round.
“After more than three years of research and develop... |
| 09.05.2019 | Locketgo raises $1.2 million seed round for turnkey smart locker service | Locketgo, which offers mobile-charging lockers for event attendees, has announced the close of a $1.2 million round of seed funding.
“We have been preparing for several months for this moment.”
-Gabrielle La Rue
The Montreal-based company s... |
| 01.02.2019 | Romanian AI investment solutions startup AlphaBlock raises funding to enhance its product line | AlphaBlock, a Romanian AI company that builds investment management solutions for pension funds, family offices, and hedge funds, has raised an undisclosed amount from Real Ventures, a Canadian early-stage venture capital firm. The investme... |
| 26.06.2018 | Techstars: AI startups must be wary of ‘move fast and break things’ mantra | Techstars, one of the largest startup accelerator organizations on the planet, currently has 40 accelerators in 25 cities around the world. Some of its startup accelerators focus on helping early-stage companies grow, while others aim for s... |
| 26.06.2018 | Techstars: AI startups must be wary of ‘move fast and break things’ mantra | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Techstars, one of the largest startup accelerator... |
| 11.10.2017 | ROSS Intelligence lands $8.7M Series A to speed up legal research with AI | Armed with an understanding of machine learning, ROSS Intelligence is going after LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters for ownership of legal research. The startup, founded in 2015 by Andrew Arruda, Jimoh Ovbiagele and Pargles Dall’Oglio at the U... |
| 20.04.2017 | Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center | Conrad Egusa Contributor
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| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate wh... |
| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate who they should approach for investment. There’s a general sense in our community that it’s difficult to raise money in Canada. Software startups have this misconception before they do their ow... |
| 07.12.2016 | Breather raises $40 million for stylish workspaces on-demand | A mobile app that lets users find and book stylish workspaces on-demand, Breather, raised a Series C round of $40 million.
The funding brings Breather’s total capital raised to $73 million. Menlo Ventures led the round joined by Valar Ventu... |
| 27.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 27, 2016 | Peter Thiel led investment in Vivint; Seclore raised $12M Series B; IMMUNIO secured Series A funding
wineOwine, a Rome, Italy-based wine ecommerce startup, raised €800,000 (approximately $905,000) in venture capital funding. Backers include... |
| 22.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 22, 2016 | Syntimmune bagged $26M; FineHeart recieved investment from Broadview Ventures; Shiftboard landed $4M
St. Louis, Missouri-based ClubReady, a software provider for the fitness and wellness industry, closed a Series A investment from Level Equ... |
| 03.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - Dec. 3, 2015 | True North Therapeutics bagged $40M; Allocadia raised $16.5M; Younity received $8M funding
Younity, an iOS app for streaming media from your Mac, today announced an $8 million Series A round of funding led by venture capital firm Marker LLC... |
| 03.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 3, 2015 | CureVac raised $110M; Turo landed $47M; Iboss secured $35M
Say goodbye to peer-to-peer car rental service RelayRides, and hello to Turo! The company announced on Tuesday that is has rebranded itself with the new name, and a new vision, one ... |
| 26.10.2015 | Reuters: VC Investment in Canada at 14-year high | In the Thomson Reuters Canadian Venture Capital Review for the first three quarters of 2015, Canadian companies collectively raised a 14-year high of $1.95 billion in venture capital. According to the Reuters report, this amount already exc... |
| 08.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 8, 2015 | Oxford Photovoltaics hauled $19M; Hubba secured $11M; Reflektive raised $3.6M
Reflektive, a real time employee engagement and performance platform announced on Thursday that it has raised a $3.6 million seed funding round led by Andreessen ... |
| 25.09.2015 | India: Kunal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory and Real Ventures invest $1.5m in Shoto | Premium
Kunal Nayyar, the Indian-origin actor of popular TV series “The Big Bang Theory” and seed-stage investor Real Ventures have invested $1.5 million in photo sharing app Shoto.
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| 17.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 17, 2015 | HelloFresh raised $85M; Kyruus landed $25M; Typeform secured $15M
Advizr, a highly intuitive and automated financial planning application for advisors serving Gen X and Y clients, announces the close of another financing round and adds indu... |
| 27.08.2015 | Real Ventures raises $89 million for “a more national fund” | The Globe and Mail is reporting that VC firm Real Ventures has raised $89 million for its third fund. Real Ventures Fund III was led by investments from the McConnell Foundation of Montreal, and the Government of Canada, through the Venture... |
| 07.07.2015 | ioFabric Receives Funding from Real Ventures | ioFabric, a Toronto, CA-based stealth mode data storage startup, received funding from Real Ventures.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to move forward with development and product launch.
Led by... |
| 03.06.2015 | Plot.ly raises $5.5M Seed for business intelligence | Startups seeks to make the data behind graphs easily accessible, manipulated and shared
If you've ever crunched numbers in Excel spreadsheets or Google and plotted them in a PPT, you'll know the pain of wanting to edit or maybe share that d... |
| 03.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 3, 2015 | Fourkites raised $1.25M; Plot.ly landed $30M; Mic nabbed $17M
Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of trucking logistics for shipping companies and freight brokers, landed $1.25 million in seed funding, its first round since being founded in... |
| 01.04.2015 | OMsignal talks about course corrections at VB’s Montreal Roadshow tomorrow | OMsignal Co-Founder and CEO Stephane Marceau will be speaking at VB’s Mobile Developer Roadshow in Montreal on April 2 where we’ll be sharing the latest trends and case studies in mobile app acquisition and monetization strategies.
This inv... |
| 12.11.2014 | Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding | “The future of health is preventative, and it’s about the consumer,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO and founder of League, in a statement. The company was incubated through the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, which was established in 2000 t... |
| 10.11.2014 | Canada’s Execution Labs raises $5.3M to accelerate mobile game startups | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Canada continues to try to set itself apart as a haven for the game industry. The latest evidence is that Execution Labs, a Montreal-ba... |
| 10.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. DogVacay, an ‘Airbnb for dogs,’ raises $25M
Today Santa Monica, California-based DogVacay, a site for finding a dog sitter, ... |
| 10.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 19.08.2014 | Algolux Secures $2.6M in Series A Financing | Algolux, a Montreal, Canada-based company that specializes in computational optics, secured $2.6m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Real Ventures with participation from unnamed angel investors.
The company intends to use the fund... |
| 07.08.2014 | Armed with $800K Seed Round, Montreal’s Provender Launches in Toronto | After launching almost a year ago with a bit of angel cash, Montreal’s Provender officially launched in Toronto this morning. As well, it announced an $800,000 seed round of funding from Real Ventures, the Business Development Bank of Canad... |
| 09.07.2014 | Bus-ticket booking service Busbud catches on in 10,000 cities, raises $9M | Montreal-based bus-ticket booking company Busbud has pulled in $9 million in a Series A round of funding, it announced today.
Busbud allows travelers to find bus operators in their area and buy tickets through Busbud.com or its free mobile ... |
| 09.07.2014 | Busbud Closes $9M Series A Funding | Busbud, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based worldwide bus travel booking platform, closed a $9m Series A funding round.
The round was co-led by OMERS Ventures and Revolution Ventures. iNovia Capital and Real Ventures, who co-led an initial $1.... |
| 09.07.2014 | Busbud Bags $9M For Its Coach Travel Booking Platform | Global coach travel-booking platform Busbud has closed a $9 million Series A funding round co-led by Omers Ventures and Revolution Ventures. iNovia Capital and Real Ventures also participated — having co-led Busbud’s prior round of $1.2 mil... |
| 26.05.2014 | Montreal’s Seevibes Raises $1 Million from Polytech Ventures, Real Ventures | Montreal-based startup Seevibes, a platform that measures social media reaction to television shows and events, has raised a $1 million seed round lead by Polytech Ventures. Real Ventures and Bryan Freeman also participated in the round.
Se... |
| 14.04.2014 | Real Ventures completes first $50 mln close of third venture fund | - |
| 14.04.2014 | Real Ventures Fund III Gets First Close at $50 Million | It came with a lot of talk leading up to it, but this morning Montreal-based venture capital firm Real Ventures officially confirmed the first close of its new, third fund. The first close is worth $50 million, and the fund is expected to r... |
| 13.01.2014 | Real Ventures’ New Fund Could be $100 Million, But Still Uncertain | PEHub this morning reported that Real Ventures is approaching its “first close of its third $100 million partnership,” but a quick chat with the Montreal-based partners revealed that nothing is set in stone.
To be clear it is set to be the ... |
| 18.12.2013 | Canadian VCs Weigh in On Boston “Pay to Pitch” Fiasco | On Wednesday a conference called the “New England Venture Summit” took place in Boston on the same day that another conference called “Unpitch Boston” occurred. Coincidence? Unfortunately not. Prior to the 11th, the Boston startup community... |
| 28.11.2013 | VC Insider: The Four Key Players of Venture Capital | Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. That’s all there is, right? VCs need entrepreneurs to invest in, and entrepreneurs need money from VCs to grow their busine... |
| 22.10.2013 | OneClass Raises $1.6M in Series A Funding | OneClass, a Toronto, Canada-based educational platform that crowdsources university course content, raised $1.6m in Series A funding.
The round was led by SAIF Partners with participation from existing investors Real Ventures.
Founded in Se... |
| 04.10.2013 | Venture Capital Insider: What Do Venture Capitalists Do Everyday? | While some of us might think the job of a venture capitalist mostly entails socializing at events with people who want their money, this is not entirely accurate. Our Venture Capital Insider, Ilan Saks, delves into the daily doings of these... |
| 29.05.2013 | Busbud Raises $1M in First Round of Financing | Busbud, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based intercity bus travel startup, raised $1m in first round of financing.
Backers included Canadian funds iNovia Capital and Real Ventures and Peter Kern, Expedia board member and Managing Partner of pri... |
| 29.05.2013 | Busbud, The Kayak For Intercity Bus Travel, Raises $1M Round Led By iNovia Capital And Real Ventures | Canadian startup Busbud, which bills itself as the “Kayak for intercity bus travel,” today announced that it has raised a first $1 million funding round led by iNovia Capital and Real Ventures. Peter Kern, an Expedia board member and managi... |
| 03.04.2013 | Lagoa Raises $1.6M in Seed Funding | Lagoa (formerly known as TeamUp), a Montreal, Canada-based developer of a SaaS platform for creatives to Visualize 3D content working in Engineering, Architecture and Media & Entertainment, recently raised $1.6m in seed funding.
Backers... |
| 03.12.2012 | Cinemagram Raises $8.5M in Funding
Idek | Cinemagram, a San Francisco, CA-based mobile app that allows users to animate photos, has raised $8.5m in funding.
The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Atlas Venture, Khosla Ventures and Real Ventures. In conjunction... |
| 08.11.2012 | Execution Labs raises $1.4M to incubate indie mobile game studios in Canada | Canada has been creating huge numbers of jobs in the video game industry. But many of those have been at huge game publishers such as Ubisoft. Execution Labs hopes to change that by creating an incubator for emerging Canadian mobile game st... |
| 08.11.2012 | Execution Labs raises $1.4M to incubate indie mobile game studios in Canada | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Canada has been creating huge numbers of jobs in the video game industry. But many of those have been at huge game publishers such as U... |
| 15.10.2012 | Crowdbase Secures $650K in Seed Financing | Crowdbase, a Quebec City, Canada-based start-up that provides a platform that allows teams to capture and organize knowledge, has secured $650k in seed financing.
Backers include Real Ventures, iNovia Capital, and Martin-Luc Archambault (Bo... |
| 12.10.2012 | Frank & Oak Closes $5M Series A Equity Funding | Frank & Oak, a Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based online clothing retailer for men, has closed a $5m Series A equity funding.
The round was led by Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell’s Lightbank, with participation from Bertelsmann Digital Medi... |
| 23.09.2012 | Crowdbase Raises $650K in Seed Funding | Crowdbase, a Canadian start-up that provides solutions to help teams capture and organize knowledge, has raised $650k in seed funding.
Backers include Real Ventures, iNovia Capital, and Martin-Luc Archambault (Bolidea).
The company intends ... |
| 05.09.2012 | Ooomf Raises $500K From Real Ventures, BDC And Others For Its New App Discovery Platform | It looks like Apple is planning to make some improvements to app discovery in iOS 6, but for the time being, app discovery remains broken on virtually every mobile platform available today. Ooomf wants to change this. The Montreal-based sta... |
| 24.07.2012 | Datacratic Closes Second Stage Seed Funding | Datacratic (formerly known as Recoset) a Montreal, Canada-based provider of a real-time predictive analytics platform, has closed a second stage seed funding bringing the total amount raised to date to $2m.
The round was led by BDC Venture ... |
| 15.02.2012 | Engag.io Is the 1 Inbox to Rule Them All | Engag.io launches to the public today. Imagine a Gmail inbox (in a good way), but for all your online conversations. That’s Engag.io. But on top of that simple idea, Engag.io has features no one else provides for finding, following and expa... |
| 01.12.2011 | Unbounce Raises $850K in Funding | Unbounce, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based self-serve hosted service that provides tools to create, publish and test promotion specific landing pages, has raised $850k in funding.
Backers include Real Ventures, Founder Co-Op, Atlas Ventures, S... |
| 20.09.2011 | Caristix Closes Seed Financing | Caristix, a Quebec City, QC, Canada healthcare IT startup, has closed a seed financing of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by Real Ventures, with participation from Anges Quebec investors.
The company intends to use the funding for cus... |
| 16.08.2011 | Localmind’s check-in app update gives you the power of omniscience | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When mobile location service Foursquare released its API, Lenny Rachitsky wondered what he could do with all of that data. Foursquare i... |
| 02.06.2011 | FounderFuel Launches a Montreal-Based Accelerator Program | Although Silicon Valley gets the bulk of the tech world’s attention, as ReadWriteWeb’s Never Mind the Valley series likes to highlight, there are actually thriving startup hubs all over the place. And arguably one of the most vibrant in Nor... |
| 28.01.2011 | Canada’s Real Ventures announces lean startup program for games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Canadian game startups can look forward to receiving private support from a Montreal incubator program announced at a video game financ... |
| 28.01.2011 | Canada’s Real Ventures announces lean startup program for games | Canadian game startups can look forward to receiving private support from a Montreal incubator program announced at a video game finance conference in Toronto.
The FounderFuel accelerator program by Montreal venture capital group Real Ventu... |
| 27.10.2010 | Canada Gets Real About Seed Investing With New $45 Million Fund | If you need more proof that seed investing is taking over the world, just look up north to Canada. Three years ago, a group of angels started Montreal Startup, a $5 million seed fund. This week, they are launching their second, $45 million ... |
| 16.08.2010 | Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Montreal | The largest primarily French-speaking city outside of Paris, Montreal is the second largest city in Canada and the largest in the province of Quebec. Despite some claims to the contrary, Montreal still maintains it is the cultural capital o... |
| - | Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding | League Inc., a Toronto-based mobile health startup focused on wellness, has raised $4 million in seed funding to support its official launch in early 2015.
The first round of investment was led by OMERS Ventures, Foundation Capital, Real Ve... |
| - | YData secures €2.3 million to join the data preparation for AI race | Lisbon’s YData has secured €2.3 million in seed funding. The company joins the ranks of startups that use a data-centric approach in preparing data to be fed to help train AI products. The seed money will be used to help the startup acceler... |
| - | Почему стартапам стоит выбрать Канаду, а не Кремниевую Долину? | Почему стартапам стоит выбрать Канаду, а не Кремниевую Долину?
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