Playmaker acquires New York-based sports media company The Sports Drop
Playmaker continues sports media acquisitions spree.
CFIN, Ontario Genomics reveal winners of cumulative $900,000 for food innovation research
Winners aim to replicate the taste, feel, and smell of meat without any meat.
Boundless Life secures $2 million seed round to help families transition to digital nomad lifestyle
Boundless claims no competition, targeting aspiring digital nomads with children.
PayTic raises $2.95 million to help banks, credit unions centralize program management
PayTic wants to remove Excel spreadsheets from payment reconciliation.
Untether AI secures $1 million for partnership with General Motors
Untether and General Motors on a mission to help cars see better using AI.
Pocketed co-founders pocket $25,000 prize money in pitch contest for women entrepreneurs
Pocketed, which helps businesses find grants, gets granted with $25,000.
Innovate BC opens applications for startups to receive up to $300,000 for R&D
Innovate BC’s Ignite program has awarded 34 projects with a cumulative $8.5 million.
Loop Energy, Acuva, CORE Energy receive collective $13.4 million in federal cleantech funding
The BC cleantech companies are meant to create 169 jobs backed by this investment.
Innovation Guelph awarded $10 million from federal government for cleantech program
Businesses can receive up to $30,000 to bring tech to market.
Cyno secures $2.3 million seed round to bolster virtual care for employees
Cyno users can choose between individual or group health services.
Userful secures $10 million for tech that centralizes brands’ visual network
NASA, Nestlé, among over a thousand companies using Userful’s visual networking platform.
Shipfusion secures $51.2 million CAD to expand warehouse network to Dallas, New Jersey
Canadian-based Shipfusion wants to win big in the US fulfillment market.
Later acquired by US influencer marketing platform Mavrck
Vancouver’s Later started as an Instagram tool in 2013.
Yamaha Motor Ventures leads Verge Ag’s $7.5 million Series A round to scale precision farming tech
Verge Ag wants to help farmers plan(t) ahead.
Square makes loans offering available for Canadian small businesses
Loans follow the launch of Square card for small businesses.