Montreal-based green investment company raises $2 million

A Montreal-based online investment platform that gives loans to support green energy projects has raised some capital of its own.
CoPower has received $2 million in equity financing from a group of investors that includes the Royal Bank of Canada; Fondaction CSN, a labour-sponsored pension fund; and Ferst Capital Partners, a Montreal-based venture capital firm that invests in financial technology.
The investment is a sign that established investors are starting to buy into “the idea of cli