Canada

Canadian Business Growth Fund has increased its investment in ThoughtWire, a Toronto-based developer of an intelligent building management platform.

Talkatoo, a provider of dictation software for animal health professionals, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding.

Biotech startup Laronde has raised $440 million in Series B financing.

Vancouver-based surgical imaging company Imagin Medical has secured $3 million in a convertible note financing.

LifeBooster, a Vancouver-based provider of connected worker risk analytics technology, has secured financing.

Ottawa-based Lytica, an electronic component spend analytics and risk intelligence startup, has secured $3 million in financing.

Montreal-based Angel Host, a data-driven, technology-enabled rental-maximization company, has secured $5.2 million in seed-stage financing.

Top Hat has acquired Morton Publishing Company, an Englewood, Colorado-based publisher of course materials for science disciplines.

National Bank of Canada has invested C$103 million, including C$30 million in growth capital, in Flinks, a Montreal-based financial technology startup.