Culture of equality key driver in workplace innovation, report finds
In Canada, employees’ willingness and ability to innovate is nearly six times higher in companies with a robust culture…
Irish taxi software company secures Téo Taxi’s former R&D team, opens Montreal office
iCabbi, an Irish automated taxi booking company, has acquired the research and development team of the now-defunct all-electric…
Wattpad partners with India’s largest media company to expand presence in the region
Toronto-based Wattpad, an online community for readers and writers, has announced a partnership and strategic investment with…
Halifax online hairdressing platform, Cribcut, secures $1 million pre-seed funding
Halifax-based Cribcut, an online platform that connects mobile hair stylists to clients, announced it has raised $1.06 million…
Sidewalk Labs speaking with investors, Canada Infrastructure Bank about funding Quayside
Sidewalk Labs has arrived at initial agreements with external financing partners and is in discussions with the Canada Infrastructure…
Today in acquisitions: Dye & Durham acquires legal tech companies, Epik acquires BitMitigate
Two companies have recently made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canadian companies making acquisitions.…
Gene42, Care4Rare launch Canada’s first national rare disease research platform
Gene42, a Toronto-based medicine software startup, recently launched Genomics4RD, Canada’s first national rare disease research…
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…