BarrelWise secures $3.1 million CAD to modernize wine barrel management
The Vancouver startup aims to tackle thousands of years of winemaking tradition.
Canadian Startup News
Amazon makes AWS EdStart accelerator available to Canadians, picks Springbay Studio as first participant
Springbay Studio creates climate-focused educational games for children.
Q4 Inc. lays off eight percent of staff to accelerate “path to profitability”
Restructuring impacts the company’s sales, marketing, R&D teams.
Three Canadian startups selected for Google’s latest Women Founders accelerator cohort
Blossom Social, Emaww, MedEssist represent Canada in the third installation of Google’s accelerator.
The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize
Startups need cash, time, and connections.
Innovacorp venture fund manager Andrew Ray leaves org following announced merger with Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Ray oversaw Innovacorp’s VC activities, served on LeadSift, Swarmio, Proposify boards.
Insurtech startup Relay Platform acquired by US-based cyber insurance provider At-Bay
Relay Platform specializes in cyber insurance.
D-Wave, Coveo, Canada Drives among tech companies receiving collective $50 million for Scale AI projects
The projects in this cohort vary from AI integrations in finance to transportation.
VendorPM secures $20 million Series A to expand US footprint
VendorPM’s backers include Bessemer and a plethora of real estate investors.
“There’s a storm coming, but we’re on a good boat.” Koho says it’s ready to navigate downturn
Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale.
Vendasta lays off staff after the pandemic spurred fast-pace growth
Vendasta’s teams are spread across Canada, India, and the US.
Canadian tech companies continue to hire despite downturn – here’s an (incomplete) list
300 tech companies say they are still hiring in Canada.
Myplanet raises $14 million CAD to become leader in emerging ‘composable commerce’ market
Myplanet’s customers include New Balance, Harry Rosen, Telus.
Vive Crop Protection secures $34 million CAD Series C to drive AgTech R&D
Amid competition from major ag chemical firms, Vive sees R&D speed, efficiency as a differentiator.
Direct-C closes $3.9 million Series A from Henkel and GreenSky to scale oil leak detection tech
University of Calgary spinout sees applications for its tech beyond oil and gas.