Canada

Farm-focused biogas developer Obeo Biogas nabs C$3m seed round

Diagram Ventures, a Canadian venture capital firm, led the round.

Virtual home care startup HomePorter collects seed funding

Co-operators Group, a Canadian insurance and financial services co-operative, and R-LABS, a Canadian real estate and housing startup developer, led the round.

Carbonhound raises C$1.3m pre-seed to help SMES with climate change

Verdexus, Highline Beta and the Archangel Starforge Fund led the round.

Orthopedic platform Ethnocare raises C$2.5m in seed financing

Bernard Poitras, a member of the Anges Québec network, joined Ethnocare's board of directors as chairman.

Venture-backed Mysa acquires IP assets of Zen Ecosystems

Mysa, a St. John’s, Newfoundland-based smart thermostat company, said the acquisition is its first.

Personalized supplements startup VitaminLab closes Series A

Nimbus Synergies and DSM Venturing, the corporate venture capital arm of Royal DSM, led the round.

Recursion to buy AI-enabled drug discovery startups Cyclica, Valence

Recursion agreed to buy Toronto-based Cyclica for $40 million and Montreal-based Valence for $47.5 million.

Surgical Safety Technologies lands $15m in Series A financing

Based in Toronto, Surgical Safety Technologies is a medical technology company that engineered the OR Black Box, a platform for improving patient safety.

Insurtech startup Koïos Intelligence secures C$6.5m in funding

Koïos' Olivo conversational assistant acts as a virtual intermediary between the insurance broker and the consumer.