Yaletown portfolio company GoSecure closes US$35 million Series E growth financing

Yaletown Partners is proud that its portfolio company GoSecure has closed an over-subscribed US$35 million Series E growth financing. Yaletown led the initial US$21 million portion of GoSecure’s Series E last summer, with the participation of Bank of Montreal, SAP/NS2 and Razor’s Edge, among others, and also participated in the recent… Read More

Yaletown Partners leads Aerial Technologies’ financing round

Yaletown Partners is proud to have led Aerial Technologies’ financing round, announced earlier today. In addition, Shyam Gupta, Partner at Yaletown, will join Aerial’s board of directors, further reaffirming our commitment to supporting Aerial. Established in 2015 and based in Montreal, Aerial Technologies is a pioneer in WiFi Motion Intelligence. Read More

Microsoft names ThoughtWire Great Canadian Innovator

Yaletown Partners is proud to share the news that its portfolio company ThoughtWire has been included in Microsoft’s 2020 Great Canadian Innovators Yearbook. The Yearbook recognizes 15 remarkable, technology-driven Canadian companies innovating in their field by leveraging AI, IoT as well as cloud-based analytics and computing to bring outstanding solutions… Read More

Yaletown Participates in Latest Financing by Portfolio Company ThoughtWire

Yaletown Partners is proud to have participated in ThoughtWire’s recent $11.5 million financing. Other investors included BDC Capital, Canadian Business Growth Fund, Greensoil PropTech Ventures and EDC. ThoughtWire will use this latest financing to further its mission of creating smarter built environments and to pursue international growth initiatives. ThoughtWire has… Read More

Yaletown Portfolio Company ThoughtWire Cited in Latest Gartner Healthcare Hype Cycle

Yaletown Partners is thrilled to report that global research, advisory and information technology firm Gartner has mentioned Yaletown portfolio company ThoughtWire in its latest Healthcare Hype Cycle report, in three separate categories, demonstrating the value of ThoughtWire’s transformative solutions. Although hospitals are data rich, they struggle to turn data into… Read More

Thoughtexchange recognized by Crunchbase as one of the world’s top 5 start-ups to watch

Yaletown Partners portfolio company Thoughtexchange was recently recognized by Crunchbase as one of 5 start-ups to watch—worldwide! Crowdsourcing company Thoughtexchange produces software that allows leaders to ask open-ended questions to groups ranging from 10 to 100,000 people. The software then uses data analysis and artificial intelligence to provide insights in… Read More

Tasktop named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Value Stream Management, Q3, 2020 Report

Yaletown Partners is proud to announce that our portfolio company Tasktop has secured a leadership position in The Forrester Wave™: Value Stream Management, Q3, 2020 Report. Forrester is a leading American market research company that offers syndicated research on technology. In its Forrester Wave™ report, it named Tasktop as… Read More

Yaletown portfolio company Foodee acquires US competitor Chewse

Yaletown Partners is pleased to report that our portfolio company Foodee has acquired Chewse, a leading family-style office catering company servicing the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin and Chicago. This is the first acquisition for Vancouver-based Foodee, a leading meal and catering platform focused on serving corporate clients. Leveraging its… Read More

Yaletown participates in $10 million Series B extension by Thoughtexchange, as platform usage jumps by 600 percent

Yaletown Partners is proud to participate in a $10 million (CAD) extension of Thoughtexchange’s $20 million Series B Round of last December, alongside fellow Series B investors Information Venture Partners and Voyager Capital. Crowdsourcing company Thoughtexchange produces software that allows leaders to ask open-ended questions to groups ranging from… Read More

Yaletown participates in Series A Round by enterprise data management leader ThinkData Works

On June 25, 2020, ThinkData Works, Inc. announced an $8 million (CAD) Series A financing. Yaletown Partners was proud to participate, alongside BDC Capital Inc. (BDC ICE Fund). First Ascent Ventures and Extreme Venture Partners invested in the round, as well. Toronto-based ThinkData Works is a leading data management company… Read More