WATCH: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke fireside and AMA with Satish Kanwar
Shopify CEO asks for a conversation about “courage” and “ambition” at BetaKit Town Hall.
Hard Knocks: The lawyer behind some of Canada’s biggest (and quietest) deals
Chad Bayne talks Verafin, Cognos, and Wealthsimple.
Wealthsimple enters mortgage space through Pine partnership
Wealthsimple partners with the “Wealthsimple for home buying” to help customers avoid a “sucker rate.”
Xatoms is planning a quantum leap to clean the world’s water
R&D-stage startup is using AI and quantum chemistry to purify the world’s most precious resource.
Maia Farms secures $2.3 million as it looks to turn mushrooms into meat alternatives
Startup recently won a space food challenge hosted by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.
QueerTech report finds change is lagging for 2SLGBTQIA+ tech workers in Canada
Fewer than 40 percent of respondents feel that 2SLGBTQIA+ employees are “consistently treated with respect.”
Netskrt Systems secures $10 million CAD in Series A financing to improve streaming speeds in “underserved” communities
Yaletown Partners and InBC Investment Corp were among investors in the content-delivery network startup.
The Startup Train returns for its 10th year to kick off Startupfest 2024
Chartered train offers a one-way, business-class journey from Toronto to Montréal.
Save da Sea closes seed financing, becomes the first investment of BDC’s Thrive Lab
Startup is serving up plant-based alternatives to seafood.
Hydrogen power projects receive $57 million in funding from Alberta government
Alberta government wants to make the province the “hydrogen capital of Canada.”
Capital gains tax changes not included in feds’ Budget 2024 motion bill
Freeland continued to back tax changes but dodged questions about their absence from the motion.
FinTech startup Fluence Technologies agrees to be acquired by Anaplan
Anaplan plans to integrate Fluence’s financial consolidation software into its own platform.
Beyoncé’s former digital director thinks your culture is meaningless
Dr. Marcus Collins will headline Inventures 2024 from May 29-31.
Geoffrey Hinton, Raquel Urtasun, Aidan Gomez set to speak at Collision 2024
Collision will return to Toronto for the fourth year June 17 to 20.
Pendium Health wins $10,000 at OCI’s DiscoveryX Conference
DiscoveryX returned to Toronto’s Enercare Centre this month after a four-year hiatus.