BC-based Carbon Engineering secures $90 million CAD to address climate change
Carbon Engineering, a cleantech company in Squamish, BC, has closed an equity financing round of $90 million CAD, which it called the largest private…
Canadian Startup News
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#Budget2019 makes Global Talent Stream permanent, provides no national data strategy
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Three Canadian Cities Ranked Top 20 Most Active Startup Scenes (Infographic)
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L33dr.ly ‘takes the suck’ out of Game Leaderboards by making them ‘socially and geographically relevant’
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Kickstarter allows Canadians to start creating projects today, official launch is September 9th
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Wave introduces mobile payments as it approaches 2 million users
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Waterloo-based Nanotech startup NeverFrost lives up to its name
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“Startup Community” doc about Kitchener-Waterloo hits Indigogo
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This Toronto startup’s warning about school admissions fraud fell on deaf ears for years
Academic admissions fraud has been in the spotlight after federal prosecutors in the US indicted 50 people for allegedly bribing college sports coaches, test…
Progressa announces loan milestone, updates plan for IPO
Short-term lending platform Progressa has announced that it has surpassed a self-proclaimed milestone of $100 million in funded loans for customers. This comes after…
Mailchimp, Box, Zapier headline Traction 2019
The seventh edition of Traction Conf is set to take place in Vancouver this upcoming August. The conference will be hosting founders and industry…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – The AWS for pharmacies
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…
PitchIt series comes to Durham region
PitchIt, an interactive pitch event designed to connect entrepreneurs with potential clients and angel investors, will be taking place at Durham College in Oshawa…
York University’s LaunchYU startup accelerator accepting applications
York University is now accepting applications for the newest cohort of its four month accelerator program, designed to support entrepreneurs in building, launching, and…
Waterloo wearables-tech company announces first shipment of “smart shirt”
Aexos (Advanced Exoskeletal Systems), a Kickstarter-funded wearables company based in Waterloo, has announced the first shipment of its wearables product, a “smart shirt” designed…
Report: Canadians willing to share data for personalized products, efficient services
A recent study revealed that nearly half of Canadian consumers would share personal information, such as location data and lifestyle habits, if it meant…
Global tech talent drawn to Toronto feels warm welcome despite Visa delays
At the beginning of February, global accelerator program Techstars commenced its second cohort in Toronto. The cohort is comprised of a diverse range of…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple takes stock
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before…
#Budget2019 makes Global Talent Stream permanent, provides no national data strategy
The Canadian government has tabled its #Budget2019. This government’s previous budgets have featured significant investments in Canada’s innovation economy. In 2017, the federal government…
More than 100 international trade missions to take place in Toronto during Collision
The arrival of Collision Conference, which lands in Toronto for the first time this May, has encouraged several organizations to schedule more than 100…