WELL Health raises $70 million of target $500 million from bought deal offering
Vancouver-based WELL Health Technologies has raised $70 million from a bought deal offering of convertible debentures. In a…
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Versaterm to bolster next generation 9-1-1 calling tech with acquisition of Québec’s Komutel
Ottawa public safety tech firm Versaterm has acquired Komutel, a Saint-Georges, Québec-based communications solutions startup…
Dax Dasilva on using Lightspeed learnings to address the world’s climate crisis
At a recent event for BetaKit Patreon supporters, Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva explained how he hopes to…
Hootsuite eyes 2022 as “window has closed” for new Canadian tech IPOs
While Hootsuite’s IPO dreams might not be dashed, they are delayed, as a frigid public market response to tech IPOs has…
Anatomy of an IPO: How Coveo prepared to take itself public
It was back in mid-October, immediately after Coveo acquired English commerce intelligence company Qubit, that the Canadian…
Previously bootstrapped, appointment booking solution Booxi raises $1.5 million
Montréal-based retail tech startup Booxi has received $1.5 million CAD in financing from Investissement Quebec and Business…
As CIOSC preps consumer framework, Canadian FinTech startups fear another open banking boondoggle
The CIO Strategy Council will release a draft of its minimum viable framework for consumer-directed finance by the end of 2021…
California-based FinTech Tipalti expanding Canadian presence with Toronto office, 300 hires
California-based FinTech company Tipalti is set to expand its Canadian presence with a new Toronto office, where it plans to…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…
Armed with first close of $6.3 million CAD, PaceZero aims to bring focus on sustainability to Canada’s private credit market
A pair of former capital market operators have launched a new Toronto-based investment firm to address what they see as a gap…
mCloud aims to secure capital for push into Middle East, as it lists to Nasdaq Capital Markets
mCloud Technologies Corp hopes to raise gross proceeds of $9.5 million USD from a public offering as it begins trading November…
Coveo closes $215 million CAD in Toronto Stock Exchange debut
After making its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange on November 18, trading under the symbol ‘CVO,’ Québec City-based…
Dapper Labs, Thinkific, AbCellera among 11 winners of 2021 BC Tech Awards
Large Vancouver companies Dapper Labs, Thinkific, and AbCellera were among the winners at last week’s 28th Technology Impact…
Tired of waiting, Flinks launches its own Open Banking Environment with National Bank
API developer Flinks is launching a new product called the Open Banking Environment (OBE) in collaboration with the National…
Harvest Builders launches venture fund to build on Neo Financial, SkipTheDishes success
SkipTheDishes co-founder and former CEO Chris Simair is looking to increase the Prairies’ notoriety yet again, this time…