| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.02.2026 | Turnstile Announces $29M Series A | Turnstile, developer of a quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups, this week announced $29 million in funding from First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and some angel investors.
When SaaS first emerged, it was built arou... |
| 05.02.2026 | Turnstile Raises $29M in Funding | Turnstile, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a quote-to-cash platform for sales-led startups, raised $29M in funding.
Backers included First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and angel investors.
The company intends to use th... |
| 05.02.2026 | Turnstile: $29 Million Closed For AI-First Quote-To-Cash Platform | Turnstile has launched an AI-first quote-to-cash platform aimed at sales-led B2B SaaS startups, debuting with $29 million in funding from First Round, OMERS Ventures, Illuminate Financial, and a group of angel investors.
The company is posi... |
| 03.10.2025 | Europe's Tech Divide: New Funds Emerge as Startups Face Insolvency and Losses | Europe's startup ecosystem sees major movements. The Global Resilience Innovation Fund (GRIF) debuts, targeting €250M for DefenseTech and security innovations across NATO states. Norwegian private equity firm Verdane secures €2 billion for ... |
| 01.10.2025 | +++ Global Resilience Innovation Fund +++ Next Matter +++ Luca +++ suena energy +++ Verdane | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Mittwoch, 1. Oktober). #STARTUPLAND
SAVE THE DATE: Am 5. November findet unsere zweite STARTUPLAND statt. Es... |
| 20.08.2025 | History Made: Deep Sky Alpha Begins Operations with North America's First CO2 Storage via Direct Air Capture | One year after breaking ground, Deep Sky achieves a global milestone in carbon removal
INNISFAIL, AB, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Deep Sky, Canada's leading carbon removal project developer, today announced that Deep Sky Alpha has officia... |
| 16.06.2025 | Octaura: $46.5 Million Secured For Advancing Growth In The CLO And Leveraged Loan Markets | Octaura Holdings announced it has raised $46.5 million in an oversubscribed round of funding from existing and new strategic financial investors. This funding round was backed by continued support from Octaura’s founding investors, includin... |
| 10.06.2025 | Octaura Raises $46.5M in Funding | Octaura, a NYC-based provider of electronic trading, data, and analytics solutions, raised $46.5M in funding.
The round was led by Bank of America, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and Moody’s. New investors inc... |
| 18.04.2025 | Crux: $50 Million (Series B) Raised For Advancing Clean Energy And Manufacturing | Crux, a capital markets technology company for the clean economy, announced that it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Lowercarbon Capital. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Ardent Venture Partners, CIV, New Syst... |
| 20.02.2025 | Arize AI Raises $70M in Series C Funding | Arize AI, a Berkeley, CA-based AI observability and LLM evaluation company, raised $70M in Series C funding.
Thew round was led by Adams Street Partners, with participation from M12, Sinewave Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Datadog, PagerDuty, In... |
| 19.02.2025 | Crunchbase relaunches as an AI-powered platform for predictive market insights
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| 04.02.2025 | OneVest: $20 Million (Series B) Raised For Transforming Wealth Management | OneVest, a comprehensive wealth management technology platform, announced the closing of a $20 million Series B equity funding round. The funding round was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from new investors, Allianz Life Vent... |
| 30.01.2025 | OneVest's $20M Boost: A New Era in Wealth Management Technology | In the bustling world of finance, innovation is the lifeblood. OneVest, a Toronto-based wealth management technology provider, has just secured a significant $20 million in Series B funding. This infusion of capital is not just a number; it... |
| 29.01.2025 | OneVest Raises $20M in Series B Funding | OneVest, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of a comprehensive wealth management technology platform, raised $20M in Series B funding.
The round was led by Salesforce Ventures, with participation from new investors, Allianz Life Ventures and ... |
| 15.01.2025 | Float Financial: Riding the Wave of Innovation in Canadian Business Finance | In the bustling world of finance, innovation is the lifeblood that keeps businesses thriving. Float Financial, a Toronto-based business finance platform, has just secured a hefty C$70 million in a Series B funding round. This brings its tot... |
| 14.01.2025 | Float Financial: C$70 Million (Series B) Raised For Building Business Solutions | Float Financial, a business finance platform for Canadian businesses, has signed a C$70 million Series B financing round, bringing its total funds raised in the last year to $120 million. The funding round was led by Growth Equity at Goldma... |
| 13.01.2025 | Float Financial Raises $70M in Funding | Float Financial, a Toronto, Canada-based provider of a business finance platform for Canadian businesses, raised $70M in funding.
The round was led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, with participation from OMERS Ventures, FJ L... |
| 11.08.2024 | Altana: Value Chain Management System Company Raises $200 Million (Series C) At $1 Billion Valuation | Value Chain Management System company Altana announced a $200 million Series C investment led by Thomas Tull’s US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT). This funding round included participation from March Capital, Generation Investment Managem... |
| 31.07.2024 | Altana's Ascent: A New Era in Supply Chain Management | In the fast-paced world of supply chain management, a new player has emerged, and it’s making waves. Altana Technologies, a New York-based startup, recently secured a whopping $200 million in Series C funding, catapulting its valuation to a... |
| 29.07.2024 | Supply Chain Startup Altana Hits Unicorn Status, Raises $200M | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Altana AI, a supply chain management startup, locked up a $200 million Series C investment led by the US Innovative Technology Fund that values the company at $1 billion.
Other investors in the new ... |
| 23.07.2024 | Medal: AI Assistant Company Secures $13 Million At $333 Million Valuation | Medal – the AI company behind the popular MedalTV clipping app – launched Highlight, its groundbreaking AI assistant platform designed to alter how users interact with popular AI models. And Medal also announced a $13 million funding round ... |
| 13.07.2024 | Highlight by Medal: Revolutionizing AI Assistance | Highlight by Medal is changing the game in AI assistance, offering developers a new way to create custom solutions on existing AI models while giving users access to a wider range of AI features. With a recent funding round of $13 million, ... |
| 11.07.2024 | Medal Unveils Highlight – a Revolutionary AI Assistant Platform, Raises $13Million at $333Million Valuation | Highlight by Medal offers developers an improved way to build custom solutions on top of existing AI models, while providing users access to a larger ecosystem of AI features
Medal, the innovative AI company behind the popular MedalTV clipp... |
| 11.07.2024 | Medal Unveils Highlight - a Revolutionary AI Assistant Platform, Raises $13M at $333M Valuation | Highlight by Medal offers developers an improved way to build custom solutions on top of existing AI models, while providing users access to a larger ecosystem of AI features
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Medal, the innovative AI ... |
| 01.05.2024 | From Connie Chan to Ethan Kurzweil, venture capitalists continue to play musical chairs | When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it came as a shock to many in the venture capital ecosystem — and not just because Rabois is a big name in the industry.
It was surprising bec... |
| 21.06.2023 | Fintech OneVest Announces $17M Series A to Support Financial Institutions’ Digital Capabilities | Wealth-as-a-Service platform OneVest announced CAD$17M in Series A funding as it aims to improve the wealth management experience for both financial institutions and their customers.
The investment round, “which is led by OMERS Ventures wit... |
| 10.05.2023 | Cerbos takes the pain out of authorization and user permissions | If you're looking for developer solutions, the best come from teams who saw a need for better software that could create their own pain points but also drive commercial business value.
Take authorisation and user permissions. Emre Baran was... |
| 12.04.2023 | Cerbos takes its open source access-control software to the cloud | Cerbos, a company building an open source user-permission software platform, has today announced a new managed cloud service and a fresh $7.5 million in seed funding.
Founded out of London back in early 2021, Cerbos exists in a space broadl... |
| 29.03.2023 | 6 VCs explain why embedded insurance isn’t the only hot opportunity in insurtech | If you think embedded insurance is the only hot thing in insurtech these days, we’ve got a surprise in store for you: While it’s true that startups that help sell insurance together with other products and services are enjoying tailwinds, t... |
| 29.09.2022 | Despite its many troubles, the insurtech market is ‘far from dead,’ investors say | When insurtech company Metromile went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in February last year, it was valued at over $1 billion. A year and five months later, Lemonade acquired the company for less than $145 million.
A... |
| 29.09.2022 | 8 investors weigh in on the state of insurtech in Q3 2022 | Insurtech companies have been among the biggest victims of the public market selloff, especially those that went public in 2021. Notably, Metromile saw its valuation decline over 85% and was subsequently acquired by peer Lemonade, and it ha... |
| 18.08.2022 | OMERS investments steady in a difficult market environment | TORONTO, Aug. 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OMERS generated a net investment return of -0.4%, or a loss of $0.5 billion, during the six-month period from January 1 to June 30, 2022. Over the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, the Plan earned... |
| 28.06.2022 | London-based ‘Operating system for care providers’ Birdie raises $30 million | London’s Birdie has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The startup offers in-home caregivers a suite of tools aimed at not only increasing their efficiency but ultimately improving the lives of those they provide care for.
The ... |
| 03.06.2022 | Armed with experience, insurtech MGAs are paving the way for insurtech 2.0 | Dave Wechsler Contributor
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Dave Wechsler leads insurtech investing for OMERS Ventures. After serving as the VP of Growth at Hippo, Dave is one of the first insurtech operators to become a full-time investor.
Just over five y... |
| 24.05.2022 | Fintech Moves Secures $5M to Support Gig Workers to Own the Gig Economy | Listen to this article
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Moves, an “all-in-one” banking app for gig workers, recently announced that it has closed a $5 million seed funding round “to advance its mission of making the gig economy work for its worke... |
| 21.02.2022 | Where is SoftBank investing? London-based fintech platform gets $190 million to offer fair access to invest in public firms | London-based fintech platform that provides retail investors with fair access to public markets, PrimaryBid has wrapped up a $190 million Series C funding. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from existing invest... |
| 02.02.2022 | Are healthcare investors spending too much too fast? Find out at MedCity INVEST March 28-30. | The MedCity INVEST conference is coming up March 28-30, attracting traditional and strategic investors and healthcare executives across providers, payers, big tech, medtech and startups with compelling content and networking opportunities. ... |
| 20.01.2022 | Investors disagree on whether digital health is in a bubble after another record funding haul in 2021 | If there were any doubts that digital health funding, especially in the U.S., is on a rocket ride straight to the stratosphere, they were removed with the latest funding report from CBInsights. Are we in a bubble? Is there irrational exuber... |
| 14.12.2021 | Dutch-based Medal.tv raises €53M for its short-form gaming video platform | Dutch startup Medal.tv, a platform to create, watch, share, and analyse short-form gaming video clips, announced that it has raised $60M (approx €53M) in its Series C round of funding led by OMERS Ventures.
The company said the proceeds fro... |
| 01.06.2021 | Berlin’s insurtech wefox pulls home $650 million, now valued at $3 billion | Berlin-based digital insurance company wefox has raised $650 million in a Series C round led by Target Global. The record-setting round also saw participation from new investors FinTLV, EDBI, LGT via Lightrock, Partners Group, Jupiter, Deci... |
| 21.04.2021 | Belgium based startup Deliverect raises US$ 65 million in series C | Deliverect, a Ghent (Belgium) based startup, announced on 21st April 2021 that it has raised US$ 65 million in its series C funding round. The round was led by DST Global and Redpoint Eventures along with participation from OMERS Ventures, ... |
| 11.03.2021 | London-based AI powered therapy service HelloSelf raises £5.5 million | The pandemic hasn’t been easy. And if your mental health hasn’t taken a hit in one way or another, I’ve got news for you; you’re kidding yourself.
To this end, London-based braintech startup HelloSelf has raised £5.5 million in a Series-A f... |
| 21.01.2021 | 8 VCs agree: Behavioral support and remote visits make digital health a strong bet for 2021 | In TechCrunch investor surveys of years past, we’ve seen a big focus on fixing what’s broken or bringing the infrastructure into the modern era. But the world has dramatically changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More of us... |
| 05.01.2021 | Europe’s Top Investors Reveal What’s Next For European Tech In 2021 | European tech investment ($B) adjusted for reporting lag effect (the reporting lag is the difference ... [+] between the date of a round's disclosure and the reported date of a round's occurrence).Dealroom |
| 09.12.2020 | WorkRamp Raises $17M To Usher in the Next Era of Corporate Learning and Development | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) December 09, 2020
WorkRamp, the Enterprise Learning Platform, announced a $17 million Series B funding round led by OMERS Ventures, with additional participation from Bow Capital. The round brings WorkRamp’s total fund... |
| 10.07.2020 | We asked over 150 VCs if they are doing remote deals. Here’s what they said. | If you’re a founder or a fellow VC, you may be asking yourself, “Are VCs really open for business?” As a notoriously networked industry, startups and VCs have not been spared the challenges of going remote. VC-founder relationships are ofte... |
| 10.07.2020 | We asked over 150 VCs if they are doing remote deals. Here’s what they said. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you’re a founder or a fellow VC, you may be as... |
| 09.07.2020 | VCs are cutting checks remotely, but deal volume could be slowing | When COVID-19 began to shutter the United States economy, startups jumped into cost-cutting mode as expectations rose that venture capital was about to get a heck of a lot harder to raise. After all, prior downturns in the broader economy, ... |
| 26.06.2020 | Video surveillance software startup Solink raises $23 million CAD Series B round | Ottawa-based startup Solink, which has developed software aimed to enhance business’ video surveillance capabilities, has closed a $23 million CAD Series B round. The funding brings Solink’s total raised to date to more than $40 million CAD... |
| 05.05.2020 | Tehama raises $14 million CAD as it looks to address demand for remote working solutions | Tehama, an Ottawa-based startup that provides a cloud-based software solution for remote teams, has raised a $14 million CAD ($10 million USD) Series A in its first external fundraise.
“Our vision is to build the world’s leading platform fo... |
| 29.04.2020 | Food tech start-up Deliverect raises €16.25 million to expand internationally | Service simplifies online ordering management and fulfilment for restaurants
GHENT, BELGIUM: 29TH April 2020, 9AM BST / 10AM CEST – Deliverect (www.deliverect.com), the Belgian start-up streamlining the restaurant industry with its online ... |
| 28.04.2020 | Fond de investiții de 750 milioane dolari pentru startup-uri IT | Un fond de investiții de 750 de milioane de dolari a fost lansat recent de firma de capital de risc OMERS Ventures pentru finanțarea startup-urilor de tehnologie, inclusiv în Europa.
OMERS Ventures Fund IV va acorda în principal runde de in... |
| 27.04.2020 | OMERS Ventures announces a new $750M fund for investing in North America, Europe | OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), has put together a new, $750 million fund to invest in both Europe and North America.
The capital vehicle is larger than the group’s prece... |
| 28.03.2020 | What Advice Are Venture Capitalists Giving To Startups In Light Of The Coronavirus Crisis? | The coronavirus pandemic is broadly affecting businesses globally, but it is affecting startups particularly hard. In this article, I have gathered some key advice to startups from leading venture capitalists and others connected to the ven... |
| 07.02.2020 | Casper IPO: What Does It Mean For The Tech World? | Philip Krim, CEO and co-founder of sleep product company Casper, right, is applauded as he rings the ... [+] New York Stock Exchange opening bell, before their IPO, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 20.01.2020 | Healthcare Insurance Big Picture: How do we lower deductibles/premiums and overall costs? | #InventHealth Future of Clinics 2019 @ HP
At The Future of Health Insurance, the latest healthcare salon held by Vator, UCSF Health Hub and HP, one topic of conversation that came up was how to empower consumers to take more control over th... |
| 10.12.2019 | OMERS Ventures brings on board former Uber executive, Jambu Palaniappan | Jambu Palaniappan has joined OMERS Ventures as managing partner in London. The former Uber executive brings extensive experience from the startup world to the Canadian VC’s team in Europe.
Palaniappan joined Uber in 2012 and led its expansi... |
| 08.12.2019 | Anthem: we are now a tech company first | Jonna Kurucz, head of AI and emerging tech at Anthem, spoke at the Future of Health Insurance salon
(Editor's note: Invent Health can help startups make connections to strategics and investors in the following areas. If you want to present ... |
| 26.11.2019 | In Silicon Valley, startup cofounder battles VC over the future of health insurance | On one side was Michael Yang, managing partner at OMERS Ventures, the venture capital arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension funds, who is based in the Bay Area. He firmly believes that given the complexity of health insurance, consu... |
| 21.11.2019 | Are patients equipped to handle their own health insurance? And do they even want to? | Entrepreneurs and investors debated the topic at the Future of Health Insurance salon
At The Future of Health Insurance, the latest healthcare salon held by Vator, UCSF Health Hub and HP, one topic of conversation that came up was how to em... |
| 12.11.2019 | Who you'll see at The Future of Health Insurance | We will have speakers from Anthem, Bind Benefits, Sutter Health, Gravie and more!
On November 14, HP, Vator and UCSF Health Hub will be holding their latest salon, called The Future of Health Insurance. Check out the discussion at #futurehe... |
| 06.11.2019 | Stockholm-based startup FirstVet raises €18.5 million to provide pet-owners with video consultations | Stockholm-based FirstVet, a startup that provides pet-owners with on-demand video consultations with local, qualified veterinarians, has closed an €18.5 million Series B funding round led by London-based OMERS Ventures, which earlier this y... |
| 27.08.2019 | PeerWell Lands $6.5M to Commercialize its Worker’s Comp Musculoskeletal Surgery Optimization Platform | Today PeerWell, a San Francisco, CA-based PreHab company helping patients prepare physically and mentally for orthopedic surgery and recover faster has raised $6.5M in Series A funding led by OMERS Ventures with participation from investors... |
| 24.06.2019 | Xanadu raises $32 million Series A for quantum cloud computing platform | Toronto-based Xanadu has raised a $32 million Series A round, led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Georgian Partners, Radical Ventures, Real Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, and Tim Draper.
“Our platform can be used throughout the l... |
| 10.04.2019 | Top 20 Retail & Restaurant Tech Startups in 2018 | Retail and restaurant tech is a category of agrifood tech startups encompassing technologies and services aimed at making retail food businesses more profitable as well as improving shopper experience at the supermarket, in restaurants and ... |
| 25.03.2019 | Canadian investment firm OMERS Ventures launches in Europe with a €300 million fund | Toronto-based investment company OMERS Ventures, the venture arm of the pension fund OMERS, has launched in Europe with a dedicated €300 million fund to invest in startups across the continent. The firm’s new London office will be led by Ha... |
| 25.03.2019 | European startups get a boost with new €300 million fund from OMERS Ventures | OMERS Ventures, a Toronto-based VC which recently opened an office in Silicon Valley, is today announcing the launch of a €300 million fund to make long-term investments in European startups.
The new fund launch follows a spike in startup a... |
| 25.03.2019 | Term Sheet — Monday, March 25 | FINANCIAL SNACKS
Robinhood, a no-fee trading stock trading startup, just made its first acquisition, and it’s a millennial-focused media company called MarketSnacks.
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| 25.03.2019 | Omers Ventures outs €300M European fund — Q&A with Managing Partner Harry Briggs | Omers Ventures, the venture capital arm of Canadian pension fund Omers, is officially launching a new €300 million fund aimed at European technology startups.
Headed up by Harry Briggs, who was previously at BGF Ventures, Omers Europe will ... |
| 25.03.2019 | A €86bn Canadian investment firm wants to invest €300M fund on European tech startups | Canadian investment firm OMERS Ventures, which has back startups like Shopify and Hopper has announced today the launch of a €300 million venture capital fund in Europe to make long-term investments in some of the continent’s most innovativ... |
| 25.03.2019 | Omers Ventures Launches €300m European Fund | Omers Ventures, a multi-stage, multi-sector investor headquartered in Toronto, has launched a €300m European fund.
The venture capital investment arm of Omers, Omers Ventures is a multi-stage investor in growth-oriented, technology companie... |
| 23.01.2019 | OMERS Ventures’ new managing partner on how to find value in digital health | So why make the move to OMERS Ventures?
OMERS Ventures Managing Partner Michael Yang
Just as a little bit of background, they are an 8-year-old venture firm, that is multi-stage, multi-sector with a portfolio of about 40 companies mostly ba... |
| 15.01.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 15 | BAKKT UP
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On Monday, Bakkt, which was launched by the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, announced the acquisition of assets own... |
| 05.12.2018 | Berlin-based startup Contentful raises €29.5 million Series D for its modern content delivery infrastructure | Contentful is leading the transition from traditional Content Management Systems (CMS) to what it instead dubs content infrastructure. Its approach unifies all content and makes it ready to share and update in a matter of seconds, on multip... |
| 03.10.2018 | Hopper Raises $100M In Series D Funding Led by OMERS Ventures | Hopper, the world's fastest growing travel booking app, today announced US $100 million (CA ~$128 million) in Series D financing led by OMERS Ventures. Existing investors Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), Accomplice, Brightspar... |
| 09.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, May 9 | PROFITABILITY OVER PASSION
Land of Opportunity: Yesterday’s Term Sheet included a link to this story about SoftBank’s ambitions in India that deserves a little more attention. Like so many articles about tech in India, this one draws compar... |
| 20.04.2017 | Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center | Conrad Egusa Contributor
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| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate who they should approach for investment. There’s a general sense in our community that it’s difficult to raise money in Canada. Software startups have this misconception before they do their ow... |
| 06.04.2017 | Canadian SaaS startups, you don’t need U.S. funding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Time and time again, SaaS startups contemplate wh... |
| 16.03.2017 | Advances in AI and ML are reshaping healthcare | Megh Gupta Contributor
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| 16.11.2016 | Voice recognition technology is expediting the race to frictionless retail | Qasim Mohammad Contributor
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| 03.10.2016 | Rover raises $40 million Series E for doggy Airbnb | The network of pet sitters and dog walkers has nearly doubled its total venture capital raised
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| 09.09.2016 | Opportunities and challenges in commercializing space privately | Qasim Mohammad Contributor
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| 02.09.2016 | California Pension Fund Considers Blockchain Opportunities | Board members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) recently took part in a discussion on blockchain technology as part of a broader conversation about future investment opportunities.
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| 29.04.2016 | Omers Ventures Invests in Digital Currency Group | Omers Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Omers, one of Canada’s largest pension funds with over $72 billion in net assets, has made an investment in Digital Currency Group (DCG), a venture investor and builder of bitcoin and bl... |
| 29.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 29, 2016 | Mercato led investment in Stance; GotIt! recieved over $9M; VividCortex raised $4.5M Series A
OMERS Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Digital Currency Group (DCG), a New York-based builder, incubator and funder of bitcoin and block... |
| 29.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 29, 2016 | LeSports bagged $1.2B financing; Betterment raised $100M; Lesson.ly added $5.8M to Series A funding
Slice Labs, an insurtech startup focusing on on-demand insurance, secured $3.9 million in seed funding, led by Horizons Ventures and XL Inno... |
| 26.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 26, 2016 | Grovo announced $40 funding; Vidyard nabbed $35M; Cedexis closed $22M Series B funding
Grovo, a SaaS-based learning management system (LMS) for companies, today announced that it has closed $40 million in a Series C funding round led by exi... |
| 16.11.2015 | Jobber Secures CAD$8M in Series A Financing | Jobber, an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada-based provider of software for home and mobile service businesses, secured CAD $8m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Omers Ventures, with participation from existing investors Version One Ventu... |
| 28.08.2015 | Canadian Pension Fund's Venture Arm Exploring Bitcoin Investments | The venture arm of a major Canadian pension fund is reportedly looking at making investments in bitcoin and blockchain startups.
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, or OMERS, is one of Canada's largest municipal pension funds... |
| 17.08.2015 | OMERS Ventures Closes Second Venture Capital Fund, at $260M | OMERS Ventures announced the closing of its second venture capital fund, at $260m.
Backers included the OMERS pension plan, BMO Financial Group (BMO) and Cisco Investments.
Led by John Ruffolo, CEO, OMERS Ventures is the venture capital inv... |
| 17.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 17, 2015 | Ryan secured $300M; EnTouch Controls landed $6M; LevelEleven closed $2M
UK-based Loyalty Bay has raised $1 million + in a late seed funding round to power its service, which helps businesses increase any conversion metric on their web prope... |
| 14.01.2015 | The $1B valuation club became super crowded in 2014 | All told, 38 companies joined, including JustFab, Tango, Snapdeal, Delivery Hero, Docusign and Houzz
There's something about number: $1 billion. When a company reaches that height something changes; obviously the company was already success... |
| 10.12.2014 | BuildDirect Raises $50 Million For Its Online Home Improvement Marketplace | Taking the big box home improvement center online and adding an element of the online marketplace has netted Canadian startup BuildDirect $50 million in fresh financing.
The company raised the new money from new and existing investors inclu... |
| 12.11.2014 | Mobile health startup League raises $4M in seed funding | “The future of health is preventative, and it’s about the consumer,” said Michael Serbinis, CEO and founder of League, in a statement. The company was incubated through the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, which was established in 2000 t... |
| 10.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. DogVacay, an ‘Airbnb for dogs,’ raises $25M
Today Santa Monica, California-based DogVacay, a site for finding a dog sitter, ... |
| 10.11.2014 | DogVacay Secures $25M in Funding | DogVacay, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based online community provider of pet care services, secured $25m in funding.
The round was led by Omers Ventures with participation from GSV Capital, First Round Capital, Benchmark, Foundation Capital and ... |
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| 25.09.2014 | Hootsuite Closes $60M Financing; Acquires Zeetl | Hootsuite, a Vancouver, Canada-based social relationship platform, closed US$60m in financing.
The round was led by a large Boston-based asset manager with participation from existing investors Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners and O... |
| 25.09.2014 | Hootsuite raises $60M, buys messaging platform Zeetl | The purchase of Zeetl is an acqui-hire, with Hootsuite acquiring the technology and team
There are two big pieces of news out from social media management company Hootsuite on Thursday.
First, the company announced that it has raised $60 mi... |
