It’s exciting to be welcoming Q3 of 2021 with a wave of enthusiasm as we creep closer to normalcy and coming out of the pandemic. As for how the last quarter went, let’s get right into it: Fundraising Ada Support raised a $130M Series C led by Spark capital, reaching a…

We’re excited to announce that Leaders Fund portfolio company Drata has raised a $25M Series A led by GGV Capital to continue their mission of building the world leading continuous compliance automation platform. …

Today marks an incredible milestone for Ada, Leaders Fund, and Canadian tech. Ada has raised $130M led by Spark Capital, reaching a $1.2B valuation and solidifying their position as an industry leader in CX automation. First off, congratulations to Mike, David, and the entire Ada team on your relentless focus…

It’s wild to think that just a few months ago we were writing our 2020 year in review. Time is flying in the venture world, with Zoom deals continuing to flourish and funding continuing to soar to unprecedented volumes. For Leaders Fund, we had an exciting quarter of portfolio news…

Why We Invested in Drata — With cyber crime on the rise, and awareness around data privacy heightened, it has never been more important to ensure that company data, processes and systems are secure. Across our portfolio, we’ve seen deals get pushed or fall apart because they could not prove to the customer that their security…

It is clear that many of the behaviour changes the pandemic brought on are here to stay. 2020 accelerated the adoption and growth of a number of trends we are excited to invest in; digital transformation, the shift to the cloud, ecommerce software and AI. …

After Kindred was acquired by Ocado last week, we wanted to reflect on what we learned, and the ingredients that made Kindred successful in a short period of time. We were fortunate to have the opportunity to invest into Kindred at the Series A. We invested in the company in…

We are excited to announce that portfolio company Spot has been acquired by NetApp. Firstly, congratulations to Amiram and the entire team at Spot. From the moment we met 3 years ago for a late night drink at AWS Reinvent, it was clear that Amiram was building something special. A…

The Leaders Prize — Solving the Fake News Problem — We are excited to announce that we are fast approaching 100 teams registered to tackle the Fake News Problem and compete for the $1,000,000 winning prize. Full competition details are at: https://www.leadersprize.ca. These teams are from across Canada, and include students, academia, and professionals from both large and small companies. …