Lightspeed launches into subscription space with new recurring payments product
Montreal-based Lightspeed has launched a new subscription-based offering that allows retailers using Lightspeed Payments in…
CDPQ launches $250 million diversity-focused fund
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has launched a new $250 million fund aimed at increasing diversity and inclusion…
Proptech startup Doorr acquired by mortgage business of Finastra
Doorr, a Toronto-based proptech startup that offers a mortgage platform for brokers and financial institutions, has been acquired…
Téo Taxi returns to Quebec more than a year after bankruptcy
Téo Taxi, a once-defunct all-electric ride-sharing company, has restarted its operations and returned to Montreal and Gatineau,…
Shopify commits $130 million to help create one million new Black-owned businesses in the US
Shopify has partnered with Operation HOPE, a non-profit organization focused on financial literacy and education, on an initiative…
Kik, SEC propose joint settlement, $5 million penalty
Kik and the United States’ Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have proposed a joint settlement in the matter of Kik’s…
Federal government invests $12 million to support small businesses through COVID-19 relief fund
The federal government is investing $12 million into the Canada United Small Business Relief Fund to help small businesses…
Food robotics startup YPC Technologies raises $1.8 million seed round
Montreal-based YPC Technologies, a food robotics company with the goal of making good food more accessible, has closed a $1.8…
BC tech orgs lobby federal, provincial governments for scale-up funding
A collection of innovation-focused organizations in British Columbia (BC) are pushing the federal and provincial governments…
Toronto-based Nulogy files suit against client Menasha, alleging misappropriation of trade secrets
Toronto-based supply chain SaaS startup Nulogy has reportedly filed a $60 million lawsuit against Menasha, one of Nulogy’s…
Eight startups joining Intuit Canada, Highline Beta’s Prosperity accelerator
FinTech company Intuit Canada and venture capital firm Highline Beta have revealed the eight startups in the inaugural cohort…
Bonjour Startup Montréal names members of first board of directors
Bonjour Startup Montréal, a nonprofit organization with the goal of putting Montréal’s startup ecosystem on the map, has…
Amid EdTech boom, Knowledgehook raises $20 million Series A
Kitchener-Waterloo-based Knowledgehook, which has developed an artificial intelligence-based EdTech platform aimed to improve…
New proposed parameters for emergency wage subsidy that would be in place until December
The federal government has revealed what the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) could look like until the end of its tenth…
Canadian organizations receive $15 million through federal government’s anti-racism program
Eighty-five Canadian businesses and organizations are receiving a cumulative $15 million from the federal government through…