The company’s co-founders announced they raised US$4.5M in seed money for their new Montreal-based startup. Golden Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures and Luge Capital participated in the round, co-founder Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf said in an email. (The Logic)
Talking point: Deck is automating data collection to give app-builders access to open-source information in areas like energy, telecom, government and the gig economy. The startup is connected to 100,000 utility providers across the world, Leboeuf said in a LinkedIn post. BetaKit first reported the news, including that the round comes just months after Deck raised US$2 million from angel investors. Two of Deck’s co-founders, Lavoie and Leboeuf, formerly led the fintech startup Flinks, which National Bank acquired for $103 million in 2021.