Canada

Quebec City-based Poka, a connected worker platform built specifically for manufacturers, has raised $25 million in a Series B financing.

Liquid Meta, a Toronto-based decentralized finance infrastructure and technology company has closed a seed-stage financing.

Trulioo, a Vancouver-based electronic identity and address verification platform, has secured $394 million (C$476 million) in financing.

Fredericton, New Brunswick-based Smart Skin Technologies, a developer of a pressure-sensitive skin technology, has raised C$10.7 million in financing.

GreenSky Capital, an investor in early-stage technology companies in Canada, has initially closed a fourth fund, securing C$15 million.

Vancouver-based financial technology company Bench has secured $60 million in a Series C financing.

Canada's TD Bank has established a C$100 million equity fund in support of minority-owned small businesses.

Venture capital firm AQC Capital has launched a new fund to invest in Quebec early-stage companies.

Proactive, a Toronto-based provider of real-time financial news, investor outreach tools and websites for listed businesses, has closed a Series B financing.

Toronto-based Adeptmind, an artificial intelligence-focused retail technology company, has secured $6.2 million in Series A financing.