Coconut Software closes $4.2 million Series A
Coconut Software announced today the close of a$4.2 million CAD Series A round, led by Toronto-based Information Venture Partners,…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 92: Can a business be built solely with Canadian tech?
Is it possible to build a profitable tech-based company that is entirely Canadian-made, down to the studs? That’s the…
Nekso wants to close a $25 million round
Nekso is a ride-hailing service that integrates taxi lines, passengers, and drivers into one unified app. Operating under Toronto-based…
MaRS expands to New York with Grand Central Tech partnership
Toronto-based innovation hub MaRS announced a new partnership today that will expand its presence to New York City. Partnering…
Vector Institute doubles AI faculty with 10 new additions
Toronto-based Vector Institute announced today that it has effectively doubled its faculty of AI researchers. The non-profit…
R|T: The Retail Times – Beyond eCommerce
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 91: Do we not give the Canadian gaming industry enough tech credit?
There’s an ongoing fight for control between our tech and political bodies. While the AI community is currently grasping…
Integrate.ai adds Amazon alum as VP of Engineering, Netflix alum to advisory board
Integrate.ai is starting to add more senior talent following its recent $5.6 million CAD funding round. The Toronto-based company,…
Startup Canada Podcast: The Future of Fashion with Peter Simons
Like any other age-old industry, fashion retailers must innovate or die. Peter Simons, President of the Quebec-born La Maison…
Kindred closes $35.4M Series B from Tencent, launches pilot program with major retailers
Vancouver-based AI company Kindred announced today that it had closed a $35.4 million CAD Series B round ($28 million USD),…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 90: Begging for Amazon, building with Alphabet
Would your city fight a bear for Amazon? Or is your city more likely to upgrade its infrastructure with Alphabet? Do you buy…
Subscribe to R|T: The Retail Times Newsletter
It’s auspicious timing that BetaKit would launch a retail-focused newsletter the week that Lightspeed closes a $207 million…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 89: Is Canada ready for the Singularity?
The singularity is coming! Is Canada ready? According to the SingularityU Canada Summit last week, the world has at least a…
Yung Wu is MaRS’ new CEO
MaRS Discovery District’s board of directors announced today that Yung Wu will be the entrepreneurship hub’s new…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 86: Does tech need IPO 2.0?
Does tech make things better? That the question (and the challenge) we posed on this podcast at the start of 2017. Today, we…