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Menswear brand Frank & Oak racks up $15 mln Series BMenswear brand Frank & Oak said Thursday that it has closed $15 million in Series B funding. Goodwater Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Greenoaks Capital, Investment Quebec, Rho Canada Ventures, Real Ventures, Version One Ventures, Lightbank and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. In addition to the funding, the company has named Howard Starr, former president and CEO of Tommy Hilfiger International, to its board of advisors.
- Extreme Startups and GrowLab merge, launch new accelerator platform
Canadian startup accelerators Extreme Startups and GrowLab Ventures have merged and concurrently launched a new pan-Canadian accelerator platform called HIGHLINE. The platform is backed by Canadian venture capital firms BDC Capital and Relay Ventures, as well as several angel investors, including Amar Varma, a senior executive at Pivotal Labs, Clarity Digital Group president Leonard Brody, and Boris Wertz, general partner at Version One Ventures. HIGHLINE will begin hosting startups this fall in Vancouver and Toronto, focusing on early-stage digital company founders with global ambition to scale. It aims to create $10 billion in value over the next 10 years.
Figure 1 nets $4 mln in Series A round led by Union Square VenturesFigure 1 has raised US$4 million in a Series A financing round led by U.S. venture capital firm Union Square Ventures. Canadian firms Version One Ventures and Rho Canada Ventures, which co-led the company's seed-stage funding /canada/2013/12/11/version-one-and-rho-canada-ventures-lead-2-mln-seed-funding-of-figure-1/?preview=true&preview_id=285834&preview_nonce=d85c0ff8f1 last year, also joined the Series A round. A new angel investor, Jevon MacDonald, co-founder of GoInstant and StartupNorth, was also a participant. Based in Toronto, Figure 1 is a mobile-first network of healthcare professionals who use it to share and discuss medical images and other content. Union Square partner Andy Weissman will join the company's board of directors, as will Boris Wertz, general partner at Version One.
- Healthcare startup Figure 1 bags $4 mln Series A
Figure 1 said Wednesday that it has secured $4 million in Series A funding. Union Square Ventures led the round with participation from Version One Ventures and Rho Canada Ventures. Based in Toronto, Figure 1 is a medical photo-sharing platform.
- Editor's notebook: Conference season picks up
Events coming and going this fall where you’ll find the editor of VCJ
Top VC deals done in Canada in second quarterCanada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and research partner Thomson Reuters will in August publish their full report on Canadian venture capital activity in the second quarter of 2014. In the meantime, peHUB Canada has compiled an early list of some of the top disclosed financings completed between April and June.
- Top VC deals done in Canada in second quarter
Canada’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and research partner Thomson Reuters will in August publish their full report on Canadian venture capital activity in the second quarter of 2014. In the meantime, peHUB Canada has compiled an early list of some of the top disclosed financings completed between April and June.
VCs on the move Jun 1, 2014Canadian angel joins a16z; Stein lures Melton to return to DFJ
- GrowLab, CANARIE partner on startup acceleration
CANARIE and GrowLab have entered into a partnership to provide entrepreneurs with cloud-based resources to support product development and commercialization. Through the partnership, clients of Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab will gain access to CANARIE's Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research, which offers cloud-based computer, network and storage resources to small businesses. Established in 1993, CANARIE is a non-profit corporation based in Ottawa.
Georgian Partners’ Fund II debuts with lead of Top Hat’s $10 mln Series BGeorgian Partners has taken time away from fundraising to lend support to a Canadian ed-tech startup it feels has especially strong growth prospects. The Toronto-based VC firm has led the $10 million Series B financing of Top Hat, a mobile and web-based provider of classroom engagement tools. It was joined in the round by existing investors. The deal comes only a few weeks after Georgian Partners wrapped up the initial close /canada/2014/02/25/georgian-partners-nets-100-mln-in-first-close-of-second-applied-analytics-fund/ of its second applied analytics fund, raising $100 million.