OSC introduces new initiatives to boost access to capital for the province’s businesses

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has enacted several new measures aimed at increasing access to capital…

How Simple Ventures plans to fill a gap in Canadian entrepreneurship 

It’s a weird time for entrepreneurship in Canada right now. As you know from this podcast,…

What’s in #Budget2024 for Canadian tech?

The Government of Canada published its 2024 budget today and the reaction from Canadian tech was…

Business leaders urge feds to require public pension funds to invest at home

A group of Canadian business leaders is calling on the federal government to require Canadian public…

Ontario Budget 2024 tops up existing funds and innovation centres, allocates funding to healthtech procurement

While the Government of Ontario’s latest annual budget was light on new innovation funding, it did…

CDPQ’S $250-million Equity 25³ Fund is done after only four investments

Less than three and a half years after launching the largest Canadian fund of its kind,…

Monadical launches Developer Capital to fund early-stage AI startups with help from its team of software devs

Canada has gained another artificial intelligence (AI) investor in Developer Capital (DevCap), but this one looks…

Saskatchewan government doubles cap of startup investor tax credit to $7 million

The Government of Saskatchewan has doubled the annual cap for its early-stage tech investor tax credit.…

CVCA spotlights women leaders across Canadian venture capital, private equity

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has announced the winners of its second…

Angel Investors Ontario’s long-term future is unclear as FedDev funding dries up

With its current government funding set to expire at the end of March and no new…