Toronto’s Fable Tech Labs Inc. wants to make the digital world better for people with disabilities by putting them at the forefront of improving it – and the startup is signing on a growing number of clients and investors in the process. Read More
More action and less talk. Millions of dollars are spent on advocacy, mentorship, sponsorships, and conferences. The organizations spending money to create platforms to talk about change can have a significantly greater impact by creating platforms to make the change actually happen. Read More
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 Ventures Cuts First Cheque to Women-led Hostfully Read More »
Gillian Riley, president and CEO of Tangerine Bank and Elaine Kunda, founder and managing partner of Disruption Ventures, join BNN Bloomberg to discuss how they’re taking action towards gender parity for women in business. Read More
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 …
Women-focused Disruption Ventures raises $13 million led by Scotiabank Read More »
Disruption Ventures has secured an undisclosed investment for its inaugural fund from Scotiabank, a Canadian banking institution. Scotiabank led commitments of $13 million for the $30 million Disruption Ventures I LP, according to the Globe and Mail. Read More
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 …
New VC fund Disruption Ventures to focus entirely on firms led by women Read More »