Canadian merchant bank Difference Capital Financial announced the election and appointment of two new members to its board. The new directors are Jim Shaw, vice chairman of Shaw Communications Inc., and Ivan […]

Antibe Therapeutics Inc., a Toronto-based drug maker backed by Canadian venture capital firm AVAC and other private investors, has completed its initial public offering on the TSX Venture Exchange. The company […]

Vancouver-based Elastic Path Software Inc., a digital commerce company, has secured an $8 million debt facility from Canadian specialty finance firm Wellington Financial. The company, which has received private […]

Genome Canada has, with the federal government, launched a new program for bringing genomics-based solutions originating in laboratories to market. The Genomic Applications Partnership Program has received a […]

Montréal-based QA on Request.com, a provider of quality assurance testing services to web and software development businesses, has partnered with Wayra, an accelerator and venture capital investor affiliated with […]

Angel-backed Karma Gaming, a Halifax, Nova Scotia-based software developer of digital lottery games, has obtained $4 million in a Series A financing round. The deal was led by Canadian venture capital firms Rho […]

The sale of Toronto-based wireless carrier Public Mobile Inc. for an undisclosed sum to Thomvest Seed Capital and Cartesian Capital provided exit opportunities to a number of Canadian and U.S. private equity and […]

Vancouver-based LX Ventures, a publicly traded business incubator, has made three additions to its management team. Patrick Audley was named vice president of technology; Mark Binns was named VP of marketing […]

The pending acquisition of Mobilicity (a.k.a. Data & Audio-Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc.), by Canadian telecommunications company TELUS Corp. has been approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, bringing […]

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney recently traveled to Silicon Valley to promote the federal Start-Up Visa program, launched in April. Kenney met with entrepreneurs, venture […]

Toronto-based alternative assets manager Sprott Inc. has entered into a joint venture agreement with China’s CITIC Private Equity Hong Kong Management to establish an offshore natural resources investment fund. […]

OSF Global Services Inc., a Québec City-based provider of application development and technology integration solutions, has received a growth investment from the Business Development Bank of Canada. The financial […]

Vancouver’s LX Ventures, a publicly traded business incubator, has completed its previously announced purchase of Vancouver-based Mobio Technologies Inc., a developer of identity and trust solutions. LX Ventures […]

Canadian mid-market private equity firm Fulcrum Capital Partners has made an equity investment in Nilex Civil Environmental Group, an Edmonton, Alberta-based provider of environmentally-friendly construction […]

Toronto-based mid-market private equity firm Signal Hill Equity Partners announced the appointments of Mayank Chadha as the firm’s director of operations and Sundri Sengupta as the firm’s director of human […]

Ottawa, Ontario-based N-able Technologies Inc., a provider of remote monitoring and management automation solutions for managed service providers and information technology departments, has been acquired by […]

Québec City-based LeddarTech Inc., a developer of 3D detection technology for traffic management, has completed a $2.5 million round of financing led by Canadian venture capital firms GO Capital and BDC Venture […]

Ottawa, Ontario-based Halogen Software Inc. has filed the company’s final prospectus in connection with its initial public offering. At an offering price of $11.50 per share, Halogen will debut on the Toronto […]

Canadian mid-market private equity firm Fulcrum Capital Partners has made a $20 million equity investment in Tradesmen Enterprises LP, a facilities and pipeline construction contractor with a particular focus on […]

MaRS Innovation has announced that University of Toronto Early Stage Technology will, with its support, put five healthcare companies through its incubation program. The companies include eQOL, a provider of […]