Startup Canada Podcast: Filmmaking to create measurable impact with Greg Hemmings
Greg Hemmings is an entrepreneur, filmmaker and community movement maker with a commitment for positive social change. Greg…
New report provides fresh data on familiar diversity problems in Canadian VC
A new report from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) and BDC Capital offers more detail on…
AlayaCare raises $51 million CAD to scale homecare provider platform
Montreal-based AlayaCare, which provides AI-powered cloud software for homecare providers, has raised a $51 million CAD Series…
Shawn Cadeau, Sara Cooper join Jobber’s executive team
Jobber, an Edmonton-founded SaaS company with a platform built for growing home service businesses, has announced it is adding…
BMO launches digital-only line of credit service
Bank of Montreal is launching a new digital-only lending solution, allowing customers to apply for a personal line of credit…
Six neurotech startups take home $50,000 from ONtrepreneurs Program
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) has announced the the early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs taking home $50,000 as part of…
First Ocean Supercluster project to create underwater technology service hub
The federal government has announced that the Ocean Supercluster, concentrated largely in Atlantic Canada, has conditionally…
EhsAI, Silofit, Neuraura named winners of the 2019 Fundica Roadshow
Fundica, a Montreal-based funding identification and connection platform for Canadian businesses, has announced the winners…
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,…