Busbud said it raised $1 million in a deal co-led by iNovia Capital and Real Ventures. Busbud’s website and free mobile application give travelers access to intercity bus travel information and ticket purchases.

Vidyard said it secured $6 million in Series A financing in a deal led by OMERS Ventures and joined by current investors iNovia Capital and SoftTech VC. The company is developing a video marketing platform.

Allocadia Software Inc., a Vancouver, British Columbia-based provider of cloud software for marketing operations, has closed a C$1 million seed-stage financing round. Proceeds from the deal, which involved Canadian venture capital firms Beehive Holdings and iNovia Capital, as well as local entrepreneurs, will be used to accelerate the company’s growth. Nanon de Gaspé Beaubien-Mattrick, President and Founder of Beehive, also joined Allocadia’s board. Beehive focuses on women entrepreneurs, offering them coaching, capital and a connected network.

More U.S.-based VCs and acquirers came up to Canada in 2012, looking for good deal flow, rational valuations and inexpensive buys.

Mitre Media, which is backed by iNovia Capital, has acquired MunicipalBonds.com and BondFunds.com. Financial terms were not announced. MunicipalBonds.com provides municipal bond market data and pricing information for individual investors and financial advisors.

Canadian start-up Crowdbase has secured $650,000 in seed financing from Real Ventures, iNovia Capital, and Martin-Luc Archambault (Bolidea) to accelerate product development and expand its team. Crowdbase allows teams to share questions, answers, notes, and Web links in a private social network.

San Francisco-based AppDirect, which helps users manage their cloud-based software and services, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding from existing investors iNovia Capital and Stingray Digital. The firms invested $3.25 million in seed stage funding in May 2011, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $11.75 million. AppDirect says it will use the latest [...]

Top Hat Monocle has raised $8 million in Series A funding in a round led by Emergence Capital Partners and iNovia Capital, along with SoftTech VC, Version One Ventures (the new fund of Boris Wertz) and Golden Venture Partners. The Toronto-based education company, which has an office in San Francisco, raised $1.5 million in seed stage [...]

Early stage venture investor iNovia Capital has added David Lault as an entrepreneur in residence. Nault will be in charge of evaluating Quebec originated investment opportunities and help support iNovia’s existing portfolio of companies. Prior to joining iNovia, David served in various posts at VIPswitch, Callio Technologies and Pivotal Payment. PRESS RELEASE iNovia Capital, an [...]

Ticket aggregation company TiqIQ announced that it had closed an undisclosed amount of Series A financing led by Contour Venture Partners, with participation from iNovia Capital and numerous angels. According to regulatory filings, the Series A came in at roughly $1.7 million. PRESS RELEASE TiqIQ, the leading ticket aggregator, today announced that it has closed [...]