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January 31, 2012 11:15 pm GMT

Extreme Startups Launches Accelerator With $7 Million In Funding From Top Canadian VCs

Screen shot 2012-01-31 at 9.04.17 AMNot to be outdone by its southern neighbor, Canada has been hard at work on its own fleet of tech startup accelerators. Back in June, Montreal became the home to FounderFuel, Vancouver has GrowLab, and Toronto had Extreme University. Well, let's clarify that: Back in November, Extreme Venture Partners announced the launch of a new-and-improved version of its accelerator program, ExtremeU. Today, ExtremeU has officially gotten a makeover, as it has been rebranded and expanded under the name Extreme Startups. The accelerator program (re)launches today with $7 million in committed funding, backed by a group of Canada's leading venture capital firms.

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