Bench taps current president and CFO, Jean-Philippe Durrios, as new CEO
Bench board called Durrios the “clear choice.”
Canadian Startup News
Benevity’s platform surpasses $10 billion in donations, brings on 124 clients
Among Benevity’s new clients include Mondelēz International, LegalZoom.
Flow Ventures partner Bryan Watson lands at Venbridge as SVP of business development
Watson will use his expertise in SR&ED credits to attract more business.
Jombone closes $3.3 million to modernize the blue-collar staffing industry
Jombone aims to offer businesses an alternative to incumbent staffing agencies.
Vitalik Buterin fund gives financial booster shot to doctor’s startup assessing airborne COVID-19 risk
Raven Clean Air tracks carbon dioxide levels in order to assess COVID-19 risk.
CIO Strategy Council wants to establish a national standard for cybersecurity workers
The national standard is meant to lay out core requirements for the qualifications of cybersecurity workers.
BarrelWise secures $3.1 million CAD to modernize wine barrel management
The Vancouver startup aims to tackle thousands of years of winemaking tradition.
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.