North America

Toronto-based Swift Medical, a digital wound care management platform, has raised $35 million in a Series B financing.

Palo Alto, California-based Duda, a professional website builder for digital agencies and SaaS companies, has raised $50 million in Series D financing.

Miovision has acquired Traffop, a Phoenix, Arizona-based developer of software solutions to improve traffic flow and make roadways safer.

Montreal-based Spaceful, a technology-powered e-commerce fulfillment startup, has secured C$1.3 million in financing.

Sherbrooke, Quebec-based Oneka Technologies, a developer of wave-powered desalination solutions, has closed a C$5.5 million financing.

Following the US SPAC boom of 2020 and Q1 2021, many US-based SPACs are snatching up European targets for high valuations.

Israel's Shopic, an artificial intelligence-enabled retail solutions provider, has raised $10 million in equity, bringing its total funding to $21 million.

Food technology company Comet Bio, based in London, Ontario and Schaumburg, Illinois, has secured $22 million in the initial close of a Series C financing.

Even with the implementation of the International Entrepreneur Rule, the US could still fall behind in attracting start-ups, says Uncork Capital's Jeff Clavier.