Canada

Vive Crop Protection brings on more investors for Series C round

The new Series C round investors are Co-operators, iSelect and the Jim Richardson Family Office.

Bird Global pursues merger with venture-backed Bird Canada

Along with the merger, Bird Global is pursuing financing of $32 million.

Chevron New Energies leads $318m Series E financing of Svante

Based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Svante is a carbon capture and removal technology company.

Copperstone Technologies inks C$5.8m in funding led by WindSail

Edmonton-based Copperstone Technologies specializes in the design, production and operation of HELIX robots for hazardous site inspection.

CPP Investments invests in energy-as-a-service provider Redaptive

Return investors Linse Capital and CBRE also participated in the round.

5G application enabler Shabodi raises $10.3m in Series A financing

CEAS Investments and SineWave Ventures led the round.

Agtech startup Winter Farm lands C$46m for strawberry production

Winter Farm, also known as Ferme d'Hiver, will use the funds raised to build a vertical farm dedicated to strawberry production.

Insurtech startup Walnut Insurance raises C$4m in seed funding

The round was led by ATB Financial and NAventures, with participation from Harvest Venture Partners, Highline Beta and N49P.

Physician engagement platform KeyOps closes C$4m seed round

KeyOps has developed a digital platform that connects doctors and other opinion leaders to life science companies to enable faster commercial decision-making and a better response to patients' needs.

Plooto secures $20m Series B round led by Centana Growth Partners

Plooto is a Toronto-based provider of accounts payable and accounts receivable automation software to small to medium-sized businesses.