Canadian startup news of the week (6/20/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Google sister company Verily set to expand to Kitchener-Waterloo
Another American tech firm has set its sights on a Canadian expansion. San-Francisco-based medical device company Verily Life…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A vision for virtual care
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Two US startups with Canadian roots, Moonshot and Nylas, secure combined $280 million
A pair of California-based tech startups with Canadian connections have collectively raised a total of $280 million USD in…
Dfuse rebrands, secures $73.5 million CAD grant to develop blockchain infrastructure project
Montréal-based blockchain startup Dfuse has rebranded to StreamingFast and pivoted its business to supporting a blockchain…
Google reveals first Canadian Cloud Accelerator cohort
Google Canada has revealed the list of startups joining the inaugural cohort of its 10-week cloud accelerator program for Canadian…
Browze announces $15.2 million CAD Series A round for factory-to-consumer e-commerce platform
Toronto-based retail startup Browze has announced $15.2 million CAD ($12.5 million USD) in Series A financing as it looks to…
R|T: The Retail Times – Growing at Lightspeed
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Alberta organizations launch database for tech startup ecosystem
The A100, Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC), and the Venture Capital Association of Alberta (VCAA) have teamed up to launch…
A|I: The AI Times – Raquel Urtasun’s life mission
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
VerticalScope upsizes IPO to $125 million, begins trading on TSX
After increasing the size of its initial public offering (IPO) by $25 million CAD, Toronto-based VerticalScope began trading…
ApplyBoard raises $375 million CAD Series D at $4 billion valuation
Following a busy year, Kitchener-Waterloo’s ApplyBoard has secured $375 million CAD ($300 million USD) in Series D funding…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The latest Canadian unicorn
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Shopify reportedly invests in Stripe, bringing total stake to over $350 million
Shopify has reportedly invested in San Francisco-based FinTech startup Stripe, which processes payments for e-commerce businesses.…
With third acquisition, holding company PlanetCorp is looking to win big with AI, 5G, blockchain
After building their own companies, the entrepreneurs behind Toronto’s PlanetCorp have turned their sights to a model of…