Canada

ETS has acquired a majority stake in Kira Talent, a Toronto-based holistic admissions platform solution designed for higher education.

Quebecor, a Montreal-based media and telecommunications company, has launched a corporate venture capital arm called asterX Capital.

Calgary-based StellarAlgo, a customer cloud platform for the sports and live audience industry, has collected C$16.5 million in Series A financing.

Calgary-based energy technology company Interface Fluidics has secured $5.4 million (C$6.7 million) in financing.

Knak, an Ottawa-based e-mail and landing page creation platform for enterprise marketing teams, has raised $25 million in Series A financing, according to a LinkedIn post.

OpenWeb, an audience relationship platform, has raised $150 million in Series E funding.

Waterloo, Ontario-based EnPowered, an on-bill payment platform for the energy industry, has secured C$12 million in two financings.

Vancouver-based vegan food products startup Pangea Natural Foods has closed a seed-stage financing, raising C$1.4 million.

Vancouver and Oakland, California-based Mimik Technology has raised $14.3 million in an extended Series A financing.