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…
Loblaw partners with League to launch new health-focused app
Loblaw Companies Ltd. has partnered with Toronto-based healthtech startup League to develop and launch the grocery giant’s…
Lazaridis ScaleUp Program reveals 13 companies joining virtual cohort
Thirteen Canadian tech startups have been accepted into the Lazaridis Institute’s ScaleUp Program, representing the program’s…
Report: Underrepresented workers disproportionately impacted by layoffs amid COVID-19
Underrepresented workers at Canadian startups are significantly overrepresented in the pool of talent left unemployed due to…
Provision extends food tech software reach through acquisition of Crop Boss
Calgary-based food safety software startup, Provision, has acquired Crop Boss farm management software from Platinum Agriculture…