Review of 11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2021
Startups on the 2021 list made major financing deals and exits.
Canadian Startup News
Redbrick acquires Indianapolis-based email marketing platform Delivra
Delivra is the fifth company to join Redbrick’s growing portfolio.
PayFacto acquires iShopFood Inc. to offer all-in-one restaurant solutions
The acquisition follows a recent equity investment of up to $150 million.
Together lands $6.2 million CAD to pair mentors and mentees in companies
The Y Combinator graduate caters to Airbnb, Discovery Channel.
Ryan Holmes, Manny Padda-led LOI Venture secures more than one-third of $20 million target in first close
Newly announced LPs include Dapper Labs and Clearco founders.
Alberta launches tech worker immigration stream after calls from community
New program hopes to fill gap in tech talent.
Boosted.ai raises $43.7 million CAD to scale AI platform for investment managers
Boosted.ai claims $57.4 million CAD in total funding to date.
Provision Analytics raises $6 million CAD to improve food safety with its SaaS platform
Provision supplies digital record keeping, insights for food safety
Conduit’s ‘Stripe for DeFi’ approach bags startup $21.2 million CAD round led by Portage
Conduit wants to make DeFi “invisible” via its APIs.
Unreserved closes $33 million seed round to build property auction platform
E Inc founder aims to apply car auction model to homes.
FundThrough acquires invoice financing business from Silicon Valley’s BlueVine
The purchase doubles FundThrough’s US customer base.
AmpMe accused of boosting app sales through fake reviews by noted App Store critic
App maker conceded “more oversight is needed.”
Neo Financial to bolster presence in Calgary with 113,000 square feet of new office space
Its expansion within Calgary comes from the rapid growth of its team, doubling its workforce to over 400 employees in the past…
Wagepoint makes first acquisition, purchasing Timesheet Mobile
Wagepoint to launch “Wagepoint 2.0” by 2022 with enhanced features.
Maple acquires Wello to expand employee healthcare business
Wello’s 350 customers include Fortune 100 companies