Wattpad’s Seema Lakhani promoted to chief product officer
Wattpad, a platform for readers and writers to find and post original stories, has announced that Seema Lakhani has been promoted…
Annette Verschuren, Erin Mahoney, Jill Earthy named to board of federal cleantech agency
The federal government has announced new appointments to the board of directors for Sustainable Development Technology Canada…
Buckzy Payments adds real-time cross-border bill payment
Toronto-based FinTech startup Buckzy Payments has added a new feature to its cross-border network, which now includes real-time…
Today in FedDev funding: VentureLAB ($5M), Waterloo EDC ($3M)
Today, the federal government announced two financial contributions to accelerators and startups across Ontario through FedDev…
Bus.com closes $19.6 million CAD Series B to recruit new talent
Montreal-based Bus.com, an online platform for bus rentals, has raised a $19.6 million CAD round of funding, co-led by Silicon…
Bird to launch dockless e-scooter in Canada this summer
Bird, an electric scooter sharing company based in Santa Monica, California, is bringing its dockless e-scooters to Canada…
Quebec’s Scale AI supercluster announces first four supply chain projects
The Quebec-based Scale AI Supercluster, one of five members of the federal government’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative,…
Fellow.app closes $8.58 million CAD to scale co-pilot tool for managers
Fellow.app, an Ottawa-based SaaS company, has closed an $8.58 million CAD ($6.5 million USD) Seed round to build out a cloud-based…
Blockchain API startup Dfuse raises $4.5 million CAD in oversubscribed funding
Montreal-based Dfuse, a startup that aims to help web developers build high-performing applications through blockchain, announced…
Startup Canada Podcast: Building a Freelance Business with Paul Jarvis
Paul Jarvis is an entrepreneur and author who believes in the power of one, and that bigger isn’t always better when it comes…
BlackBerry partners with LG to accelerate deployment of autonomous vehicle technology
To advance the deployment of its connected and autonomous vehicle technology, phone manufacturer turned SaaS company BlackBerry…
Ann Cavoukian still has problems with Sidewalk Labs’ approach to data with Quayside
In Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP), released Monday, the Alphabet company echoed its assurances…
BenchSci’s total funding reaches $27 million as Gradient ups investment
Toronto-based BenchSci, an AI biomedical startup, has raised approximately $6.7 million CAD in financing, bringing its total…
Carbon Engineering secures $25 million from government to capture, reuse CO₂
Carbon Engineering (CE), a cleantech company based in Squamish, BC, has received a $25 million investment from the federal…
Felix launches digital health platform following $750,000 Seed round
Felix Health Inc., a Toronto-based healthtech offering access to treatments for common lifestyle health issues, has launched…