Every new business or product owner wants to attract the broadest possible audience, so they are prone to adding more features, multiple sales channels and appealing to every demographic. Unfortunately, often the result is potential customers who...
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: NAO-ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW NAME & BRAND
What an impactful year 2016 has been for the Network of Angel Organizations - Ontario and the Ontario Angel investor community, and we look forward to kicking off 2017 with a bang! If you were unable to join us for our Annual General Meeting and...
Kepler Communications: York Angel Investors Help Toronto-Based Start-Up Develop ‘Out of This World’ Technology
The Start-Up While many Angel investments take place here on earth, some find themselves orbiting its surface. Kepler Communications, a Toronto-based start-up, is building a communications network in space with many small satellites to enable...
NAO-ONTARIO HOSTS GENERAL MEETING AND SYMPOSIUM
On Wednesday June 8th, 2016 NAO-Ontario held a general meeting and symposium in Toronto. Angel investors, group managers, and other partners in the Angel ecosystem gathered to compare notes and share best practices, plus attend brief educational...
With Support from SOAN, Mosaic Goes Where No 3D Printer Has Gone Before
At one time, you would have to go to a brick-and-mortar store to purchase hard goods. Then came the Internet to help facilitate the transaction. Now, as we approach a new era, producing goods from the comfort of your home has moved from concept to...
Toronto-Based Start-Up Orchard Puts Phones in the Hands of Many at a Reasonable Cost
In today’s technology-centric world, anyone with his or her hands on the pulse owns a smartphone. And while phones might merely be seen as an extension of self, few using smartphone technology truly grasp the mechanisms behind the magic. For many,...
Ontario Start-Up Receives Angel Funding to Assist Women Undergoing Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Rna Diagnostics Inc., an advanced healthcare company with offices in both Toronto and Sudbury, recently received a fourth round of financing from 20 Angel Investors in the Northern Ontario Angels (NOA) group, representing a significant milestone for...
Angel-Backed SurfEasy Inc. Acquired. by Opera Software ASA
Angel-Backed SurfEasy Inc. Acquired. by Opera Software ASA Members of Angel One Investor Network (Angel One), Georgian Angel Network (GAN) and Niagara Angel Network (NAN) invested in the Toronto-based start-up, SurfEasy, between November 2012 and...
Ontario-Based Company ChipCare Advancing the Global Health Mission
Ontario-Based Company Advancing the Global Health Mission ChipCare Corporation is a Toronto-based start-up commercializing a handheld, blood-testing platform for remote health settings. The handheld platform is mobile, does not require a power...
ClevrU Acquires NewMindsets Inc. and Strengthens Global Market Presence
After decades of experience in working with multinationals and in senior management roles, Founder and Vice Chair of ClevrU, Dana Fox decided to become a professor at Wilfred Laurier University. In his experience, he recognized the difficulties...
FIELD ID
Field ID is software-as-a-service that allows companies to digitize their safety compliance inspections on a variety of handheld devices. The software increases workplace safety, and reduces costs as well as liability for the customer. “The...
Angel-Backed Company REGEN Energy Closes a $5.5 Million Equity Co-Investment
Founded in 2005, REGEN Energy (now Encycle) has been working hard to provide solutions to the ever-rising costs of energy. Their industry-leading wireless demand-management and demand-response solutions for commercial and industrial facilities has...
27 members from five Angel Groups Invest Alongside the Ontario Government in Toronto Venture, Viafoura
Members of Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN), the Sudbury chapter of Northern Ontario Angels (NOA), York Angel Investors (YAI), Niagara Angel Network (NAN), and Angel One Investor Network (Angel One) united to make a substantial undisclosed...
Northern Ontario Angels Links an Innovative Venture IGY Immune Technologies with a Significant Round of Smart Money
Six members of Thunder Bay’s Angel investment group organized by Northern Ontario Angels (NOA) have invested a total of $3.5M in IGY Immune Technologies and Life Sciences Inc., a three-year-old biotechnology company specializing in the extraction,...
Quant Interpretations Inc. Rapidly Wins Early-Stage Financing from Local Angel Investors
Members of the Angel One Investor Network (Angel One) contributed a first tranche of capital investment totalling $160,000 in Quant Interpretations Inc., an innovative market intelligence company that is developing a suite of online consumer...
Ottawa Region Angel Group helps Seed Company ActivDox Identify IP and Market Opportunities
The mentorship and soon-to-be financial relationship between ActivDox (now SavvyDox) and Capital Angel Network (CAN) began at a CAN investment meeting. ActivDox was referred to CAN by Brian O’Higgins, a member of CAN. With significant references...
Angel Investor Group Makes Going Abroad Possible for Local Start-Up
Miovision now employs close to 80 individuals, has over $4M in annual revenues, and 60+ global customers. In 2010, members of the Golden Triangle Angel Network (GTAN) of Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph and Cambridge catalyzed a significant round...
Angel Investors Help Start-Up Increase Early Revenues
Since its 2009 inception, Top Hat Monocle rapidly transitioned from its humble beginning to become one of Canada’s vibrant educational software companies. In just one year, the number of users has nearly quintupled: the small high-tech empire is now...
Southwestern Ontario Angel Group Credited with Reducing and Simplifying the Development Process That Led to a Successful Merger
Incorporated in 2002, Scisense Inc. (now Transonic) is a leading manufacturer of micro-sensing technologies for medical research applications, including the measurement of blood pressure, volume, and electrocardiogram (ECG). The Scisense team...
Syndication is the “Life Blood” of Closing Deals and Creating Jobs
When Toronto-based ExpertFile was looking for investment, syndication proved to be the way to go. With its latest round, the company saw participation from a wide variety of NAO-Ontario angel groups including members of Angel One Investor Network,...
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