VCJ Staff

Aviron Interactive, a Toronto-based designer and maker of a connected rowing machine, has collected $18.5 million in Series A financing.

Canada's venture capital market finished 2021 with a record C$16.2 billion invested in 723 financings, exceeding the totals in 2019 and 2020 combined.

New York-based Occupier, a lease management software solution for commercial real estate tenants and brokers, has closed a $10.5 million Series A financing.

Stamped Technologies, a Quebec City-based technology-enabled auditing startup, has raised C$2 million in seed financing,

League, a Toronto-based healthcare platform technology company, has secured $95 million in a Series C financing.

RenoRun, a Montreal-based e-commerce platform for construction and building materials, has raised $142 million in Series B financing.

Sandpiper Ventures has invested in Begin AI, a Halifax-based artificial intelligence startup that builds human first technology without servers or data storage.

The firm, flush with cash from its fundraise in December, has promoted one and hired three to expand its marketing team.

The sixth fund for the venture firm follows a record year for Israeli tech in which Viola Ventures saw eight companies in its portfolio reach unicorn status.

The Menlo Park, California-based venture firm adds Albright as it opens a Boston office in Boston to target the tech community in the Boston area and the northeast. Sarah Leary, an existing venture partner will join him in the Boston office.