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Finny
First Check
First Check: Finny

FINNY has closed a landmark Series A with Venrock leading a $15M round at a $150M post-money valuation.

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Clay
First Check
First Check: Clay

Today we celebrate one of the biggest milestones in Maple's portfolio: Clay crossed $100M ARR, just two years after passing $1M.

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Fey
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First Check: Fey

We invested first in 2021. Today, Fey was acquired by Wealthsimple.

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BenchIQ
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First Check: BenchIQ

Bench IQ has announced a $5.3M funding round co-led by Battery Ventures and Inovia Capital.

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Portfolio News

Beta Kit
Wealthsimple acquires Fey
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 Business Insider
Bench IQ raises $5.8M
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 Aalo Atomics
Aalo Closes $100M Series B
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 TechCrunch
Clay secures a new round at a $3B valuation, sources say
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 Bloomberg
Uber promotes company veteran to COO, CEO says he's not going anywhere
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 The Harbus
Founder Launch: A Push to Redefine Entrepreneurship at HBS
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 TechCrunch
Sequoia leads $1.5B tender offer for sales automation startup Clay
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 Cointelegraph
A16z doubles down on LayerZero with $55M investment
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 Beta Kit
Canadian-founded Clay achieves unicorn status with $57.5-million raise
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 Forbes
Clay AI growth software one billion valuation
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 TechCrunch
YC-backed Finny is using AI to match financial advisors with prospects
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 Beta Kit
Neo Financial's $360-million Series D features big names, unanswered questions
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 Beta Kit
Knox Custody founders close $1.8 million CAD to launch borderless Bitcoin payments with Tmrw
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 Forbes
WeWork To DNK: A Quest To Innovate Real Estate Software In Asia
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 Games Beat
Blockus raises $4M pre-seed round for web3 gaming infrastructure
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 Beta Kit
Canadian-founded, New York-based AI startup Clay closes $63-million CAD Series B
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 Beta Kit
Bench IQ raises $2.8 million CAD in pre-seed funding with buy-in from Maple VC, Haystack
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 Beta Kit
Maple VC co-leads $4-million USD seed round for Canadian-led Inference.ai
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 Beta Kit
Maple VC backs Canadian-founded Dexa's $6-million seed round
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 Inovia VC
Inovia Emerging Managers Portrait Series: Meet Maple VC
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 Espresso Capital
Why Early Stage VCs Favor Canadian Founders
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 TechCrunch
AutoLeap, now with $30M Series B, accelerates SaaS approach to auto repair operations
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 Business Insider
Patch, a carbon credit startup backed by both Andreessen Horowitz and Coatue, just raised $55 million in fresh funds
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 TechCrunch
Sports community platform Stadium Live raises $10M to expand its digital world for Gen Z
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 Beta Kit
Mash raises $7.5 million CAD to help builders, developers, and creators monetize
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 TechCrunch
Parallelz brings a new approach to seamlessly convert native mobile apps to websites
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 TechCrunch
ChargeLab's software layer to power ABB's EV chargers in North America
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 TechCrunch
Playbook, where 'Pinterest meets Dropbox' for designers, closes on $18M in funding
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 TechCrunch
Calico attracts Serena Williams to $2.1M seed to build fashion supply chain software
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 TechCrunch
Tiger Global backs Accrue Savings' 'save now, pay later' approach to consumer purchases
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Podcasts

First Funders
Before Clay Was a Unicorn: The First Check, the Thesis, and the Long Game
Andre Charoo
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 Unstacked Startups
Founder DNA: From Scaling Uber to Winning with Canadian Talent
Andre Charoo
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 The Hard Part
Andre Charoo from Maple VC
Andre Charoo
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 Tank Talks
Expanding Canada's Global Presence
Andre Charoo
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 TTT Studios
Andre Charoo — Venture Capitalist, Maple VC — Afternoon "T"
Andre Charoo
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 RBC Disruptors
Views from the Valley: Is The Worst Over for Tech?
Andre Charoo
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 Need to Know
Andre Charoo, GP at Maple VC, Ex Uber, Hired
Andre Charoo
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 Rep Matters
Perspective: The Advantage of Being Black and Canadian in Tech
Andre Charoo
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 Disruptors
Accelerating the Growth of Canada's Tech Ecosystem
Andre Charoo
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