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Elaine Kunda was the CEO of two tech companies. But it wasn’t until she’d exited those companies, and was considering becoming an angel investor, that she understood how hard it was for women entrepreneurs to raise money. She’d see smart pitch decks from women, but the companies never seemed to get funded. Instead, similar companies, […]

John Albright, co-founder of Relay Ventures and Elaine Kunda, managing director at Disruption Ventures join BNN Bloomberg’s Catherine Murray for a look at why there’s a lack of women receiving venture capital money. Read More

Disruption participated in a $1.34 million CAD funding round for San Francisco-based vacation rental SaaS solution Hostfully. Hostfully’s funding round was led by Precursor Ventures, with participation from Wharton Alumni Angels, Blue Startups, and MergeLane, as well as Disruption. Hostfully has designed an end-to-end property management platform to help vacation rental property managers increase bookings

Disruption has received commitments for $13 million of its $30 million fund target, in funding led by Scotiabank, according to The Globe and Mail. The investment includes a $2 million commitment from CI Financial Corp. The money will go towards Disruption’s mission of investing in early growth financing rounds for startups founded or managed by

A new venture-capital fund focused exclusively on investing in companies founded and led by women will start fundraising this week with a $30-million goal that could make it the biggest of its kind in Canada. Led by Toronto-based entrepreneur Elaine Kunda, Disruption Ventures will kick off fundraising May 1, and already has Canadian VC and