Investments (#)
Investments (USD)
Transactions
Recent transactions - Canada
| Company | Funding round | Date | |
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UGE International Ltd Solar operator and developer of rooftop and ground mount commercial, industrial and community solar energy solutions. |
Acquisition |
16 Aug 2024 |
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Code Zero Technologies Inc Developer of enterprise microservices. enterprise microservices, microservices |
N/A USD 3,500,000 (USD 3,500,000) |
12 Mar 2024 |
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Fantuan Asian food delivery and life service platform. food delivery, Asian food |
Series C USD 40,000,000 (USD 40,000,000) |
5 Dec 2023 |
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Peloton Technologies Inc Canadian payments FinTech providing small to medium businesses with access to the global market. fintech, payments |
Seed USD 2,000,000 (USD 2,000,000) |
23 Nov 2023 |
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Photonic Inc Quantum computing firm. quantum computing |
N/A CAD 193,000,000 (USD 140,000,000) |
8 Nov 2023 |
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Agnostiq Inc Quantum computing company. quantum computing |
N/A USD 6,100,000 (USD 6,100,000) |
5 Apr 2023 |
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Entangled Networks quantum computing, quantum computing software |
Acquisition |
10 Jan 2023 |
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47 Labs Healthcare through neuro-simulation. biotechnology (biotech), healthcare, neuro-simulaton |
Pre Seed |
31 Dec 2022 |
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ChainSafe Systems Inc Encrypted file storage service, with sharing features. blockchain, data storage, encrypted storage |
Series A USD 18,750,000 (USD 18,750,000) |
18 Oct 2022 |
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Certified Tracking Solutions Inc Provider of fleet tracking and management software. fleet tracking, fleet management software, fleet management, GPS tracking, GPS |
Acquisition |
11 Oct 2022 |
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Coinchange Financials Inc blockchain, digital assets |
Series B USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000) |
29 Nov 2021 |
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Voyager Digital Ltd blockchain |
N/A USD 75,000,000 (USD 75,000,000) |
28 Oct 2021 |
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ShopperPlus Canadian e-commerce platform. ecommerce platform, ecommerce |
Series A CAD 17,000,000 |
8 Sep 2021 |
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Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc Canadian quantum computing hardware and software company. quantum computing, quantum computing software, quantum computing hardware, photonic quantum computing |
Series B USD 100,000,000 (USD 100,000,000) |
25 May 2021 |
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Thentia Maker of cloud-based licensing software. |
Series B USD 10,000,000 (USD 10,000,000) |
4 May 2021 |
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Dapper Labs Inc The company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain as well as titles like NBA Top Shot. blockchain, games, NFT marketplaces, non-fungible tokens (NFT) |
N/A USD 305,000,000 (USD 305,000,000) at USD 2,600,000,000 (USD 2,600,000,000) valuation. |
30 Mar 2021 |
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Boreal Ventures The first venture capital fund dedicated to high-tech ("deep tech") companies in Quebec. venture funds |
Fund Closing CAD 26,000,000 |
17 Feb 2021 |
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Fantuan Asian food delivery and life service platform. food delivery, Asian food |
Series B |
13 Jan 2021 |
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Future Fields Cell growth media for lab grown meat. YCS20, artificial meat, recombinant proteins, agriculture |
Seed |
31 Dec 2020 |
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Tiny Mile First- and last-mile delivery company that utilizes delivery robots to reduce carbon footprint and costs to the consumers. robotics, food delivery |
Seed |
11 Aug 2020 |
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JoeZoo Inc Assessment tool for writing skills. education technologies (edtech) |
Pre Seed |
1 May 2020 |
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Certn Holdings Inc Data platform for comprehensive background checks. enterprise software, background checks |
Seed USD 5,000,000 (USD 5,000,000) |
10 Mar 2020 |
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Checkfront Inc Independent booking management platform for travel experiences |
Series A CAD 9,300,000 |
9 Mar 2020 |
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Fantuan Asian food delivery and life service platform. food delivery, Asian food |
Series A USD 12,000,000 (USD 12,000,000) |
9 Mar 2020 |
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Tiny Mile First- and last-mile delivery company that utilizes delivery robots to reduce carbon footprint and costs to the consumers. robotics, food delivery |
Pre Seed |
1 Mar 2020 |
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Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc Canadian quantum computing hardware and software company. quantum computing, quantum computing software, quantum computing hardware, photonic quantum computing |
N/A CAD 4,400,000 |
17 Jan 2020 |
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General Fusion Inc General Fusion is developing fusion technology to generate affordable, safe and plentiful energy. fusion energy |
Series E USD 65,000,000 (USD 65,000,000) |
16 Dec 2019 |
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FlexPay Inc Payment authorization management solution, helping subscription businesses recover failed payments. payments, subscription payments |
N/A CAD 6,000,000 |
9 Dec 2019 |
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Element AI AI software to streamline business operations in sectors including insurance, banking and logistics. artificial intelligence |
Series B CAD 200,000,000 (USD 151,000,000) |
13 Sep 2019 |
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Appnovation Technologies Inc |
Venture GBP 9,300,000 |
13 Aug 2019 |
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Diagram Ventures II LP |
Fund Closing USD 2,487,110 (USD 2,487,110) |
17 May 2019 |
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Enerkem Inc |
Private Equity USD 76,300,000 (USD 76,300,000) |
17 Apr 2019 |
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CryptoNumerics Inc CryptoNumerics helps organizations to use data to gain insights while overcoming privacy and data residency issues. data analytics, artificial intelligence |
Seed CAD 3,300,000 (USD 2,500,000) |
13 Mar 2019 |
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General Fusion Inc General Fusion is developing fusion technology to generate affordable, safe and plentiful energy. fusion energy |
Secondary |
1 Mar 2019 |
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Equinox Gold Corp |
Convertible Note USD 130,000,000 (USD 130,000,000) |
25 Feb 2019 |
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CryptoNumerics Inc CryptoNumerics helps organizations to use data to gain insights while overcoming privacy and data residency issues. data analytics, artificial intelligence |
Pre Seed |
1 Jan 2019 |
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Dapper Labs Inc The company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain as well as titles like NBA Top Shot. blockchain, games, NFT marketplaces, non-fungible tokens (NFT) |
N/A |
31 Dec 2018 |
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Aalo Lego-like furniture for design geeks. YCW18, furniture, design |
Seed |
31 Dec 2018 |
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Certn Holdings Inc Data platform for comprehensive background checks. enterprise software, background checks |
Seed CAD 825,000 |
1 Nov 2018 |
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Dapper Labs Inc The company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain as well as titles like NBA Top Shot. blockchain, games, NFT marketplaces, non-fungible tokens (NFT) |
Series A USD 15,000,000 (USD 15,000,000) |
1 Nov 2018 |
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General Fusion Inc General Fusion is developing fusion technology to generate affordable, safe and plentiful energy. fusion energy |
Venture CAD 49,300,000 |
26 Oct 2018 |
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Clarius Mobile Health Inc ultrasound scanners, medical equipment |
N/A |
28 May 2018 |
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Certn Holdings Inc Data platform for comprehensive background checks. enterprise software, background checks |
Seed CAD 975,000 |
2 May 2018 |
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Enerkem Inc |
Private Equity CAD 280,000,000 |
6 Feb 2018 |
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Enerkem Inc |
Private Equity |
22 Jan 2018 |
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Doe Pics Hit Holdings ULC Mobile app development platform. |
Acquisition |
3 Jan 2018 |
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Canadian Business Growth Fund Canadian fund focused on long-term minority investments in small and medium-sized companies looking to grow or scale operations. |
Fund Closing CAD 1,000,000,000 |
31 Dec 2017 |
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Cascadia Consumer Electronics Corp |
Other BTC 425 (USD 6,120,000) |
29 Dec 2017 |
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Immunio Provider of run-time application software protection for web applications. |
Acquisition |
4 Dec 2017 |
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1QB Information Technologies Inc Artificial intelligence for quantum computers. Quantum computers for artificial intelligence. quantum computing, artificial intelligence |
Series B CAD 45,000,000 |
28 Nov 2017 |
Companies
Best funded companies in Canada
The company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain as well as titles like NBA Top Shot.
AI software to streamline business operations in sectors including insurance, banking and logistics.
General Fusion is developing fusion technology to generate affordable, safe and plentiful energy.
Graphene research, development and investment company that invests in, manages and develops markets for processes for economically scalable graphene.
Developer of small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of inflammatory disease
Payments cloud that powers mobile commerce and payment services across mobile decides and the IoT.
CryptoNumerics helps organizations to use data to gain insights while overcoming privacy and data residency issues.
Canadian payments FinTech providing small to medium businesses with access to the global market.
Provider of high throughput, comprehensive test solutions for a broad range of high-speed semiconductor device interfaces.
Investors
Top investors - Canada
| Investor | Profile | Country | Investments | |
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BDC Venture Capital Group | Canada | 13 | |
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OMERS Ventures | The venture capital investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds | Canada | 12 |
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Onex Corp | United States | 11 | |
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Rho Capital Partners | Venture capital firm that actively invests in companies related to technology, new media, cleaning technology and healthcare. | United States | 11 |
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GrowthWorks Capital Ltd | Canada | 10 | |
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SCF Partners | Houston based private equity firm focused exclusively on building energy services, technology, and equipment companies. | United States | 10 |
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Braemar Energy Ventures LLC | Energy venture capital firm. | United States | 10 |
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Business Development Bank of Canada | Canada | 8 | |
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Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP | Alternative investment management firm focused on real estate, credit, infrastructure/energy, renewables, and growth equity. | United States | 7 |
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Riverstone Holdings LLC | Private equity firm focused on the energy and power sectors | United States | 7 |
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JMI Equity | Growth equity firm focused on software companies. | United States | 7 |
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Summerhill Venture Partners | Early stage venture capital firm focused on select areas within the wireless, digital media, and information technology sectors | Canada | 6 |
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GB Merchant Partners LLC | United States | 6 | |
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VantagePoint Capital Partners | Venture capital firm with investments in the cleantech, information technology, and healthcare sectors. | United States | 6 |
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Chrysalix Venture Capital | Canada | 6 | |
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BDC Capital Corp | The investment arm of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). | Canada | 6 |
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NGEN Partners LLC | United States | 5 | |
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Bessemer Venture Partners | Early stage venture capital firm. | United States | 5 |
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TA Associates Inc | Global growth private equity firm. | United States | 5 |
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Export Development Canada | Canada’s export credit agency. | Canada | 5 |
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GTCR Capital Partners | Mezzanine debt fund managed by GTCR. | United States | 5 |
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BEST Capital Ltd | United Kingdom | 5 | |
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Cycle Capital Management | Canada | 5 | |
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Bloomberg Beta | Venture fund manager focused broadly on the future of work. | United States | 5 |
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GE Energy Financial Services | Division of GE Capital which provides financial and technological investment in energy infrastructure projects around the world. | United States | 5 |
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Swander Pace Capital Management Co Inc | United States | 4 | |
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Greylock Partners | Venture capital firm. | United States | 4 |
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Marlin Equity Partners LLC | United States | 4 | |
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Reference Capital Management LLC | United States | 4 | |
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Y Combinator | American technology startup accelerator. | United States | 4 |
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Entrepreneur First Investment Manager LLP | Tehnology incubator that invests in individuals “pre-team, pre-idea” to help create new technology startups. | United Kingdom | 4 |
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Waste Management | United States | 4 | |
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Real Ventures | Canada | 4 | |
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Entrepreneurs Fund Management LLP | United Kingdom | 4 | |
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Sustainable Development Technology Canada | Canada | 4 | |
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iNovia Capital | Seed and early-stage venture capital firm | Canada | 4 |
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Nova Capital Management USA LLC | United States | 4 | |
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Denham Capital Management LP | Energy focused global private equity firm | United States | 4 |
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Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec | Long-term institutional investor that manages funds primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans. | Canada | 4 |
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The Westly Group | United States | 4 | |
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In-Q-Tel Inc | Non-profit venture capital firm, sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that invests agency funds in promising early stage companies | United States | 4 |
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Union Square Ventures LLC | Early stage venture capital firm | United States | 4 |
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Industry Ventures LLC | Venture capital firm making investments through secondary opportunities, primary fund investments and direct co-investments in VC-backed companies. | United States | 4 |
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Warburg Pincus LLC | Private equity firm | United States | 4 |
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Bezos Expeditions | Bezos Expeditions manages Jeff Bezos' personal venture capital investments. | 4 | |
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Creative Destruction Lab | 3 | ||
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Softbank Capital Partners | Early stage venture capital firm | United States | 3 |
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ABS Capital Partners | American private equity firm focused on investments in software and tech-enabled services businesses across a range of industries. | United States | 3 |
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JK&B Capital | Venture capital firm focused in the software, IT and communications markets. | United States | 3 |
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PenderFund Capital Management Ltd | Canada | 3 |
Acquirers
Top acquirers - Canada
| Investor | Profile | Country | Investments | |
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Salesforce.Com Inc | United States | 2 | |
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Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc | Complement inhibition for cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases. | United States | 1 |
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Glencoe Capital LLC | United States | 1 | |
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ABRY Partners LLC | Private equity investment firm focused on media, communications, insurance, business and information services. | United States | 1 |
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Apple Inc | Designer and manufacturer of consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. | United States | 1 |
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Mobify | Mobile customer engagement platform. | Canada | 1 |
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Motricity Inc | 1 | ||
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Platte River Ventures | United States | 1 | |
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Yahoo! Inc | Computer software and web search engine company. | United States | 1 |
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GPS Insight | United States | 1 | |
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NOVA Infrastructure | United States | 1 | |
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Xilinx Inc | United States | 1 | |
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Ericsson | Sweden | 1 | |
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Trend Micro | Japan | 1 | |
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HubSpot Inc | Internet marketing company focused on small business web-based marketing and sales tools. | United States | 1 |
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Gannett Co Inc | Media and marketing solutions company. | United States | 1 |
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HP Inc | 1 | ||
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IonQ Inc | Manufacturer of quantum computers. | United States | 1 |
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Empire Genomics LLC | Molecular diagnostics company. | United States | 1 |
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IBM Corp | American multinational information technology company | United States | 1 |
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Wellspring Capital Management LLC | Mid-market private equity firm | United States | 1 |
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Bain Capital LP | United States | 1 | |
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Hammond Kennedy Whitney & Co Inc | United States | 1 | |
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Burger King Corp | Chain of fast food hamburger restaurants. | United States | 1 |
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Articles
Articles (CA)
Games studio set to forge ahead after £2.6m fundraise
Radical Forge, a Middlesbrough-based games studio, has raised £2.6m from NPIF II – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia Venturesas part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (NPIF II).
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RetiSpec Closes $10M USD to Advance Commercialization of its AI-Driven Eye Test for Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
RetiSpec Inc, an innovator in AI-driven eye diagnostics for brain health, announced the successful closing of its $10M USD Series A financing. This funding will enable RetiSpec to accelerate the commercialization of its groundbreaking technology aimed at early detection of Alzheimer's disease.
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HR Path Secures Record €500 Million in Financing from Ardian to Accelerate its International Acquisition Strategy and Consolidate its Position as a Leader in HR Transformations
HR Path, a global leader in HR consulting, announces a record €500 million fundraising from Ardian, a world-leading private investment house. This landmark fundraising, the largest of the company's history, marks a significant milestone in HR Path's success story. It will play a crucial role in driving the next phase of HR Path's growth and international expansion in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Nordic countries and Australia.