Calgary-based ZayZoon closes $15 million round for financial wellness tools
ZayZoon, a provider of employee financial payroll features, announced it has raised $15 million in a funding round with institutional…
Lightspeed shares surge after TSX IPO
Price shares in Lightspeed POS jumped by 18 percent on its first day of trading last Friday, with the company’s shares…
Intelligent recycling system Waste Robotics receives $1.4 million investment
Waste Robotics, a company building a robotic waste sorting solution, has received a $1.4 million investment from the federal…
Spring Activator to invest $100,000 in Impact Investor Challenge
Vancouver-based Spring Activator today announced its first Impact Investor Challenge, an investor training program that will…
Women-led companies receiving first $20 million CAD of Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Mary Ng, has announced the federal government is now investing $20 million…
Canadian Civil Liberties Association wants project “reset”, Sidewalk Labs wants transit
Weeks after revelations that Sidewalk Labs was looking to redevelop an area 30 times larger than its original 12-acre Quayside…
Canadian company among finalists of #DisruptMining 2019
Goldcorp has announced the winner of #DisruptMining 2019, a challenge that calls for innovators in the mining space to pitch…
New Ventures BC opens applications for 19th annual competition
The New Ventures BC Competition, presented by Innovate BC, is now accepting applications from BC tech ventures, for the competition’s…
New federal directive looks to increase automated decision making in government
The Canadian government has announced the launch of the Directive on Automated Decision Making, a mandate which aims to guide…
AccelerateAB returns with new workshops, summits, and format
AccelerateAB, the grassroots technology conference that brings together leaders, investors, influencers, and supporters of…
Emovi raises $15 million CAD Series C led by TVM Capital Life Science
Montreal-based Emovi has announced a $15 million CAD Series C with TVM Capital Life Science and co-investors StandUp Ventures…
Silicon Valley Bank opens in Canada
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) today announced that it has been granted a license to operate in Canada, and has opened its Canadian…
eSentire raises $47 million USD, will build new office in Waterloo
Cambridge-based eSentire has announced it has raised $47 million USD in funding led by majority investor Warburg Pincus, a…
Wave acquires Every to expand financial services integration
Toronto-based financial services provider Wave has acquired Every, a FinTech startup that provides business accounts and debit…
Refugee entrepreneur program looks to empower Syrian founders
The Refugee Career Jumpstart Project (Jumpstart) is hosting a joint program with Angel Investors Ontario, aimed to empower…