North America

Sandpiper leads Coloursmith Labs' C$2m seed-stage round

Sandpiper Ventures had led a seed investment in Coloursmith Labs, a Halifax-based developer of modern eyewear through an optical filtering technology.

Paystone raises C$30m in funding from Crédit Mutuel Equity

Paystone, a London, Ontario- and Montreal-based electronic payments and customer engagement technology company, has secured C$30 million in financing.

Germany's BrandMaker to buy venture-backed Allocadia

Germany's BrandMaker has agreed to acquire Allocadia, a Vancouver-based marketing planning, budgeting and performance management company.

Freshly funded edtech startup Wize acquires EssayJack

Vancouver-based Wize, an online education platform, has acquired EssayJack, a Toronto-based patented software solution for academic writing.

Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp prices IPO to raise $240m

Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Portage Ventures, has priced its initial public offering to raise $240 million

Turnstone Biologics raises $80m in Series D financing

Turnstone Biologics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing cancer immunotherapies, has raised $80 million in Series D financing.

Fintech Conquest Planning snags C$7.5m in follow-on VC

Winnipeg-based Conquest Planning, a provider of financial planning software solutions, has secured C$7.5 million in follow-on funding.

Tech-enabled real estate broker Properly nabs $35m Series B

Properly, a Toronto-based technology-enabled real estate brokerage, has raised $35 million in Series B financing.