Cummins (NYSE: CMI) made additional milestone investment in Loop Energy, provider of fuel cell electric range extenders for medium and heavy-duty transport applications. Wayne Eckerle, Cummins VP of Global Research and Technology, joined Loop Energy’s Board
Checkfront secured $9.3M Series A funding led by Framework Venture Partners with participation of PenderFund, Conconi Growth Partners and Royal Bank of Canada. Andrew Lugsdin of Framework will join Checkfront board.
Vitruvi secured US $4.5 million Series A financing from Boulder, Colorado based Harbinger Ventures and Lyra Growth Ventures.
DP World and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) JV platform acquired Fraser Surrey Docks from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners (MIP)
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to acquire a 46% free cash flow interest in New Gold (TSX/NYSE American: NGD)’s New Afton mine for US $300M with option to convert into a 46% JV interest after 4 years
Persistence Capital Partners backed MedSpa Partners acquired Skin Matters Acne and Skin Medical Centre from Dr. Charles Cheng
PocketPills raised $7.35 million in Series A funding from a Canadian family office and Waterbridge Ventures.
Leading precision farming platform Semios officially announced US $75M financing led by Hong Kong/Boston based family office Morningside Group
Water purification cleantech company Acuva Technologies Inc. secured $5.4M funding. The company previously raised funding from entrepreneurship@UBC Ventures, BDC Capital, Interwest Enterprises, Genome BC, Western Economic Diversification Canada
Gemspring Capital backed Crafty Apes acquired CVD VFX from founder Chris van Dyck.
Momenta Ventures, the investment arm of Momenta Partners, invested disclosed amount in SST Wireless.
Terramera secured Series B add-on led by ArcTern Ventures II, closing US $48.5M round from ArcTern, Ospraie Ag Science, S2G Ventures, IKEA GreenTech, EDC, BDC Capital Cleantech Practice.
Zymeworks, Trillium Therapeutics, Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Aptose Biosciences, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Sierra Oncology raising over US $800M or CND $1B in public financings
Canalyst Financial Modeling Corporation secured $20M Series B from an unnamed strategic investor, ScaleUP Ventures, Vanedge Capital.
ToursByLocals, online marketplace for private tours, secured $33 million growth equity funding from Austin, Texas based Tritium Partners.
Persistence Capital Partners backed MedSpa Partners acquired Delta Laser & Skin Care Centre and Lougheed Laser Centre from Dr. Marcia Fleming and Darren Thornley
Aspect Biosystems secured US $20M in Series A funding from Radical Ventures, Pangaea Ventures, Pallasite Ventures, Rhino Ventures. Radical Ventures’ Salim Teja will join Aspect board
