Canadian startup news of the week (7/18/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Smart corporate cards for Canada
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Think Research to acquire BioPharma Services for $44.6 million
Think Research has reached a deal to acquire fellow Toronto-based health company BioPharma Services for a total of about $44.6…
RBC joins as financial anchor partner for new Kanata tech hub
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has signed on to become the anchor financial sponsor for Hub350, a new technology park the Kanata…
Shopify launches new, centralized chat product for merchants
Shopify has officially launched Shopify Inbox, a free, new platform product that unifies the company’s existing chat tools,…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – The Theranos trial
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Latest CBRE report shows Canada has some of the fastest-growing tech talent pools in North America
Between 2015 and 2020, Toronto and Vancouver’s tech talent pools each experienced faster growth than any other large tech…
Happin raises $1.2 million to fuel growth of its hybrid event platform
Toronto-based software startup Happin, which offers a platform for hybrid, virtual and in-person events, has secured $1.2 million…
Prairie Robotics secures $690,000 CAD to identify recycling contaminants
Regina-based cleantech startup Prairie Robotics has secured $690,000 CAD in seed funding to support its Internet of Things…
R|T: The Retail Times – WeCommerce is hungry for more Shopify
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Wealthsimple rolls out fractional shares trading in Canada, US companies
Wealthsimple has introduced fractional shares to make buying and selling large stocks more accessible for new investors. The…
A|I: The AI Times – Scrutinizing facial recognition tech
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Today in funding: Oneka, Rootly, Convergence.Tech, Bird&Be, Rithmik, Scatr, Sonero
Seven companies with Canadian roots have recently secured fresh funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised…
Miovision acquires Traffop to expand traffic management software platform
Kitchener-Waterloo-based smart city startup Miovision has acquired fellow traffic software company Traffop for an undisclosed…
Canvaspop acquired by HIG Capital-owned Circle Graphics
Ottawa-based e-commerce startup Canvaspop has been acquired by Colorado’s Circle Graphics for an undisclosed amount. Canvaspop…