Canadian human resources startup Humi secures $31 million Series B
HR execs from ADP and Gusto invested in Humi.
Wealthsimple among international group of companies joining anti-money laundering crypto standard
Coinbase, Gemini among crypto companies leading the TRUST charge.
ChargeLab secures $19.3 million CAD with aim to be Android for EV charging
“The winner will be whoever builds ‘Android’ to power the whole ecosystem.”
Supportbench secures $1.9 million CAD to become Zendesk for B2B companies
First step? Convince investors that B2B customer support could be better.
Boast.ai leadership transition makes Alok Tyagi CEO to scale R&D tax credit company
Boast.ai co-founders Alex Popa and Lloyed Lobo will remain on the board.
Neo Financial joins Canada’s unicorns as Peter Thiel’s Valar triples down with $185 million round
Wealthsimple had Paul Desmaris to fuel its growth; Neo has Peter Thiel.
Alberta government launching internal AI lab powered by AltaML
The government calls this the first public AI lab in Alberta.
Bonsai lays off a third of employees shortly after $21 million Series A, citing shift to growth strategy
CEO says the move is about restructuring to focus on customer acquisition.
How Lending Loop pivoted from peer-to-peer lending to a cross-border banking platform for e-commerce
Loop’s focus on cross-border payments puts it in stark contrast to the competition.
Impression Ventures secures $64 million for fourth fund, continues to bet on seed-stage FinTech
Impression bet early on Wealthsimple and won. Now the firm wants to make bigger bets.
Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy
No Canadian DARPA, SR&ED reform is coming, and our clusters are no longer super.
Cybrid secures $3.8 million CAD seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto
Cybrid calls itself “the crypto banking-as-a-service provider.”
With new investment product, is Neo Financial’s biggest competition now Wealthsimple and Questrade, or the big banks?
The Prairie FinTech has teamed up with fellow Calgary startup OneVest for Neo Invest.
New report shares stories of the biases women entrepreneurs face raising capital
“He said, ‘well, don’t you just want to go get married and have babies now? Why are you fundraising?’”
With Series A funding, Manifest Climate can scale approach to helping companies see climate change as a strategic issue
The $30 million round will help Manifest reach new markets.