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Sidewalk Labs reportedly closes Toronto office, lays off 20 employees

Sidewalk Labs has reportedly permanently closed its Toronto office and laid off around 20 people, which represents more than half of its Toronto workforce….

Montréal makes Startup Genome’s top 30 as Toronto, Vancouver ecosystems drop in rankings

Montréal is Canada’s newest entrant to the top 30 of Startup Genome’s 2020 global ecosystem rankings, while Toronto-Waterloo and Vancouver have dropped by five…

Toronto-based challenger bank Stack acquired by Credit Sesame

Toronto-based challenger bank Stack has been acquired by Credit Sesame, a United States-based credit and loan company. The purchase price of the acquisition was…

Toronto Region Board of Trade launches program to help Ontario businesses go digital

The free, new online business support program is designed to help Ontario businesses adapt to a more digital world during and post-COVID-19. The program…

Report: Canada ranked fourth startup ecosystem globally as Toronto, Vancouver drop for second year

Despite being ranked in the top four, Canada has fallen one spot in StartupBlink’s 2020 global startup ecosystem rankings, as major tech hubs Toronto…

BehrTech receives $3 million grant to build industrial IoT lab in Toronto

Toronto-based BehrTech, a startup that develops wireless connectivity products for the Internet of Things (IoT), has received a $3 million grant from a joint…

Toronto ShopHERE initiative goes national with $1 million investment from Google Canada

Google Canada is committing $1 million to ShopHERE to help expand the Digital Main Street program across Canada. Google Canada’s commitment will be used…

Black Swan #9 – Calgary and Toronto look to stop the bleeding

It’s been two weeks since our last episode, and there’s a reason for that. Black Swan was launched shortly after the pandemic hit, as…

Jon French departs NEXT Canada to take entrepreneurship role at University of Toronto

Jon French, who has long held a senior leadership position at NEXT Canada, has departed his role with the Toronto-based accelerator. French is now…

Ritual, City of Toronto partner to provide free ordering tool to local foodservice businesses

Toronto Mayor John Tory is set to announce a partnership between the City and food ordering and mobile pickup startup Ritual, to provide a…

City leading Toronto tech initiative to get local small businesses online

The City of Toronto is set to announce a new program, ShopHERE, aimed at helping Toronto’s independent businesses build and optimize online stores at…

Collision to give 1,000 laid-off Toronto residents free access to virtual conference

Collision from Home is launching an “employment initiative” aimed to give 1,000 people who have lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic free and…

Online grocery startup Goodfood to open new fulfillment centre in Toronto

Montréal-based Goodfood Market, an online grocery and meal-kit startup, has signed a lease for a new first fulfillment centre in the Greater Toronto Area…