Real Ventures leads $1.1 mln first-time funding of Vantage Analytics

Vantage Analytics Inc has raised its first venture capital financing round, securing $1.1 million. The deal was led by Canadian venture capital firm Real Ventures and joined by several angel investors, including PBX Innovations, CertaPay co-founder Brad Badeau, Greg Wolfond, co-founder of 724 Solutions and SecureKey Technologies, and Thoughtwire co-founder Mike Monteith. Launched in 2013 by Aran Hamilton and Brandon Kane, the Toronto-based Vantage helps business managers compete on analytics without having to become analysts. It plans to use funding to develop the company's data mining and predictive analytics offering and to hire additional staff.

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