Rebelstork strikes deal with Hudson’s Bay for baby gear resale program
Hudson’s Bay is teaming up with Rebelstork, a Canadian price-reduced and second-hand baby gear marketplace, to provide an opportunity for new parents to buy…
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Rewind fundraise shows that slow and steady can win the market
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Rewind fundraise shows that slow and steady can win the market
Mike Potter knew he had to move faster. The CEO and co-founder of Ottawa-based Rewind admitted to BetaKit in January that the company’s $19…
Sparrow raises $3.25 million CAD to accelerate computational health tech development
Halilfax-based Sparrow has raised $3.25 million CAD in its Pre-Series A financing round from Klister Credit Corp. and Killick Capital Inc. With the use…
Hootsuite brings on Tiziana Figliola as new CFO
Tiziana Figliola is joining Vancouver-based Hootsuite as its chief financial officer (CFO). Figliola’s career spans more than 20 years in technology. She comes to…
Vancouver-based First Fund closes additional $6 million for pre-seed investment fund
Samarth Chandola began his entrepreneurial journey in Canada with a $35,000 cheque from an angel investor to launch his first startup. Eight years later…
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Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before…
Canadian startup news of the week (9/19/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…
How Felix & Paul won an Emmy shooting VR on the ISS
This podcast features a Canadian tech company, which sent a custom-built camera to space, to connect to the Canadarm, to film astronauts on the…
Radical Ventures expands leadership team, adds partner in San Francisco
Radical Ventures has added three new people to its team, and promoted two others, as the Toronto-based venture capital firm looks to expand its…
IIROC briefly halts Facedrive stock after two days of heavy trading
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) briefly halted trading in Facedrive’s stock twice on September 17. The Toronto-based ridesharing company’s stock, once…
LearnExperts raises $1.25 million in seed funding to accelerate digital training solutions
An Ottawa-based startup has secured more than one million dollars in seed funding to enhance its course development platform. LearnExperts, founded in 2019 by…
WeCommerce announces new hires, including CFO
Following second-quarter 2021 results that showed Victoria, BC’s WeCommerce posting a loss, the acquirer of Shopify partner ecosystem companies announced a new CFO, general…
SMRT1 crowdfunds over $484,000 for smart touchscreen for vending machines
SMRT1, a Nelson, BC-based startup, raised almost half a million dollars through its seed round crowdfunding campaign that closed in July. In this round,…
Following Series A raise, Medchart adds VP of product design to support product development, expansion
Toronto-based healthtech startup Medchart has hired Kevin Callahan as VP of product design and research, as the company looks to ramp up its product…
Techstars Toronto tapped for second cohort as early-stage accelerator expands
In an effort to expand the capacity of its early-stage startup accelerator program, Techstars Toronto is increasing the size and frequency of its cohorts….
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