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Ottawa startups remain bullish on fundraising despite headwinds in VC market

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While venture capital investment in Canadian firms plummeted in 2022 as tech valuations took a widespread hit and economic headwinds mounted, some Ottawa tech companies

No ‘funding problem’ in Canada despite declining investment levels, Ottawa VC says

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Venture debt in the spotlight amid tech downturn, falling valuations

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Venture debt is handy for extending a company’s runway, making it popular as businesses navigate a downturn that has triggered mass layoffs, spending cuts and falling valuations

VC funding falling back to pre-pandemic levels after stellar 2021, studies show

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After Ottawa firms landed hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital in the closing months of 2021, the funding pipeline slowed to a trickle

Canadian tech community braces for possible downturn as stocks fall, inflation rises

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Members of Canada’s tech sector say that anxiety is being felt across the industry as rising interest rates and 30-year inflation highs weigh on businesses.

Ottawa fails to make cut in venture capital group’s Q1 Canadian rankings

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While the amount of venture capital flowing into Canadian cities continued its brisk pace in the first quarter, Ottawa failed to crack the top 10

Higher interest rates could dim valuations for VC backed startups in Canada: experts

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Venture capital experts say higher interest rates could trim sky-high valuations Canadian startups have grown accustomed to over the last couple of years, but not right away. On Wednesday,

VC funding to Ottawa firms continues downward slide in Q1, new report says

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Funding to locally based companies is down more than 50 per cent year-over-year to $9 million.

CATA calls on feds to provide billions in emergency aid to tech firms

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A major Canadian tech industry group is urging the federal government to free up billions of dollars in fast-tracked funding to help sustain companies that

Ottawa-based Assent Compliance leads Canada’s largest venture-capital rounds in 2018

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Assent Compliance’s enormous series-C round last fall was the largest such venture capital raise from a Canadian company in 2018, according to a new report