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Clutch raises $7 million CAD seed round to expand online used car retail platform

Josh Scott July 23, 2020

Online car retailer Clutch, which sells used vehicles in Toronto and Halifax, has raised $7 million CAD in a seed round led…

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ethics before profits

Caitlin Hotchkiss July 23, 2020

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…

Uniting the Prairies to be held virtually in September

Isabelle Kirkwood July 22, 2020

Uniting the Prairies (UP), a tech conference that aims to bring together and elevate tech communities in Canada’s Prairies…

Accelerate Okanagan, Community Futures of the North Okanagan to launch new innovation centre in Vernon

Isabelle Kirkwood July 22, 2020

Accelerate Okanagan and Community Futures of the North Okanagan are set to launch a new innovation centre aimed to bring together…

Minister Bains says extending IRAP IAP “makes a lot of sense” following anticipated CEWS extension

Isabelle Kirkwood July 22, 2020

In a recent interview with BetaKit, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, Navdeep Bains, indicated an openness to…

Win Bear appointed a managing director at Kensington Capital Partners

Isabelle Kirkwood July 22, 2020

Kensington Capital Partners has appointed Win Bear as one of the firm’s managing directors. Bear will be based in Toronto…

Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund invests collective $7.25 million in AltaML, Harvest Builders

Meagan Simpson July 22, 2020

The Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF), backed by the City of Calgary, announced Wednesday that it has invested a collective…

Wattpad notifies users, shares new details of reported data breach

Josh Scott July 22, 2020

Toronto-based online entertainment startup Wattpad has notified its users that some of their data, such as email addresses,…

MaRS officially launches program developed using federal Scale-Up Platform funding

Isabelle Kirkwood July 22, 2020

MaRS Discovery District has officially launched Momentum, a new program designed to support high-growth Canadian companies…

F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Ma’s giant

Caitlin Hotchkiss July 22, 2020

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

Bird Canada brings e-scooters to Ottawa in new pilot

Isabelle Kirkwood July 21, 2020

E-scooter company Bird Canada has made its shared e-scooters available for use in Ottawa as part of a new pilot project approved…

FedDev Ontario invests $4 million in women-led small businesses through RRRF

Josh Scott July 21, 2020

The Government of Canada has invested $4 million to support over 700 women-led small to medium-sized businesses in southern…

The Canadian Shield new surgical mask line

PPE manufacturer The Canadian Shield launches new surgical mask line

Josh Scott July 21, 2020

Kitchener-Waterloo-based personal protective equipment (PPE) manufacturer The Canadian Shield has begun producing disposable…

Coinsquare CEO and president agree to step down, pay “penalties” in settlement with OSC

Meagan Simpson July 21, 2020

Coinsquare co-founders Cole Diamond (CEO) and Virgile Rostand (president) have agreed to step down from the crypto-trading…

Government invests $2.1 million to support Francophone businesses in Western Canada

Isabelle Kirkwood July 21, 2020

The federal government is investing $2.1 million in four economic development organizations that support Francophone businesses…

Canada’s long-awaited Real-Time Rail payments system launches without Big Six banks

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Clutch raises $7 million CAD seed round to expand online used car retail platform

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ethics before profits

Uniting the Prairies to be held virtually in September

Accelerate Okanagan, Community Futures of the North Okanagan to launch new innovation centre in Vernon

Minister Bains says extending IRAP IAP “makes a lot of sense” following anticipated CEWS extension

Win Bear appointed a managing director at Kensington Capital Partners

Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund invests collective $7.25 million in AltaML, Harvest Builders

Wattpad notifies users, shares new details of reported data breach

MaRS officially launches program developed using federal Scale-Up Platform funding

F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Ma’s giant

Bird Canada brings e-scooters to Ottawa in new pilot

FedDev Ontario invests $4 million in women-led small businesses through RRRF

PPE manufacturer The Canadian Shield launches new surgical mask line

Coinsquare CEO and president agree to step down, pay “penalties” in settlement with OSC

Government invests $2.1 million to support Francophone businesses in Western Canada

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