Read, share, and amplify. While International Women’s Day marks a moment to celebrate women’s progress, it also serves to highlight the challenges they continue to face. For women in business and tech, these obstacles can range from a lack of capital, to inadequate networking opportunities, to overt misogyny and abuse. BetaKit has collected a […]
Funding follows apparent departure of Certn president less than a year into the job. Victoria-based background-check technology startup Certn and Toronto-based software rollup company Quadshift are benefiting from the Business Development Bank of Canada’s (BDC) bolstered venture capital arm this week, securing a combined $53 million in funding from the agency’s recently topped-up investment […]
Company claims facility will produce enough battery-grade materials annually to power 25,000 EVs. Vancouver-based Mangrove Lithium has closed $35-million USD ($50.4-million CAD) in strategic financing to start construction on its new lithium refining plant. Participants in the round include new investors Mitsubishi, Asahi Kasei, provincial innovation agency InBC, Orion Industrial Ventures, and Export Development […]
Fund is targeting $250 million to invest in companies that help lower carbon emissions. Calgary-based private equity firm Longbow Capital looks to continue investing in emission-tackling companies after securing an initial close of $150 million for its second energy transition fund. Longbow’s first Energy Transition Fund reportedly raised a total of $181 million. The […]
