LifeSpeak acquires online wellness company Lift for approximately $15 million
LifeSpeak just got a Lift. The mental health and total well-being startup has acquired Lift Digital Inc. Lift is an online…
Canadian Startup News
Doctor-backed KixCare secures $2 million to make pediatric care more accessible
Toronto and Montreal-based healthtech startup KixCare has raised $2 million CAD in seed financing to give more Canadian families…
Relocalize closes $1.4 million to deploy thousands of micro-factories in containers
Relocalize believes shrinking factories down to the size of shipping containers could produce some big results. The company…
SVB expands to Montréal amid competition, growth in Canadian venture debt market
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is continuing its expansion across Canada, with the innovation banking group bringing on Karl Théard…
What a marriage proposal at a Vance Joy show taught Dan Mangan about scaling Side Door
Like most musicians, Juno Award-winning Dan Mangan left us waiting for the show to start. But he had a good reason: Dan Mangan…
Trellis to acquire Apixibot to bolster automated marketing tech for Amazon, Shopify merchants
Trellis, an Ottawa-based SaaS startup, has entered into an agreement to acquire Apixibot, a fellow Ottawa company that provides…
Fobi to acquire PassWallet for $1.2 million CAD to enter FinTech space
Vancouver-based SaaS startup Fobi AI is set to acquire PassWallet for $1.2 million CAD (€888,000) to commence its strategy…
SWTCH pilots blockchain-enabled, electric vehicle charging station
With gas prices steadily rising at the pumps, IBI Group, SWTCH Energy, and Slate Asset Management have launched a three-year…
Perch raises $1 million to fuel mortgage data platform
Toronto real estate tech startup Perch has raised $1 million CAD in seed funding to scale the development of its property financing…
VC firm Antler ramps up, adds Bernie Li as Canadian partner
Antler, the Singapore-based venture firm that expanded to Canada in July, has named Bernie Li as a partner in its Toronto office.…
On mission to make audio and video files searchable, Omnisearch raises $565,000 CAD
Omnisearch, a Vancouver-based startup, raised $565,000 CAD ($450,000 USD) in an August pre-seed funding round led by GoAhead…
Q4 Inc resumes plans to go public on the TSX
Toronto-based investor relations (IR) software company Q4 Inc. is looking to going public once again. The company filed a second…
Bay Mills Investment Group “on pause” following departures and alleged health issues with executive team
Eight months after its launch, Bay Mills Investment Group is facing a “restructuring in management” due to alleged health…
Big Whale Labs raises $655,000 to accelerate NFT product development
Big Whale Labs, a Vancouver-based web 3 social startup, raised $655,000 USD in September from a pre-seed funding round led…
New accelerator aims to give Black-led startups in the Prairies a kick-start
Black-led startups on the Prairies will get a boost in mid-November when the Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) launches…