How Felix & Paul won an Emmy shooting VR on the ISS
This podcast features a Canadian tech company, which sent a custom-built camera to space, to connect to the Canadarm, to film…
Canadian Startup News
Radical Ventures expands leadership team, adds partner in San Francisco
Radical Ventures has added three new people to its team, and promoted two others, as the Toronto-based venture capital firm…
IIROC briefly halts Facedrive stock after two days of heavy trading
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) briefly halted trading in Facedrive’s stock twice on September…
LearnExperts raises $1.25 million in seed funding to accelerate digital training solutions
An Ottawa-based startup has secured more than one million dollars in seed funding to enhance its course development platform.…
WeCommerce announces new hires, including CFO
Following second-quarter 2021 results that showed Victoria, BC’s WeCommerce posting a loss, the acquirer of Shopify partner…
SMRT1 crowdfunds over $484,000 for smart touchscreen for vending machines
SMRT1, a Nelson, BC-based startup, raised almost half a million dollars through its seed round crowdfunding campaign that closed…
Following Series A raise, Medchart adds VP of product design to support product development, expansion
Toronto-based healthtech startup Medchart has hired Kevin Callahan as VP of product design and research, as the company looks…
Techstars Toronto tapped for second cohort as early-stage accelerator expands
In an effort to expand the capacity of its early-stage startup accelerator program, Techstars Toronto is increasing the size…
Montreal-based BrainBox AI, American Internet of Things company partner to lower energy consumption in commercial buildings
Montreal’s BrainBox AI is working with an American Internet of Things (IoT) company to help commercial buildings lower their…
Duda acquires Quebec-based e-commerce startup Snipcart
Web-building startup Duda has acquired e-commerce tech company Snipcart as the former company’s first deal. Snipcart is headquartered…
Urbx moves to dismiss Attabotics’ patent infringement claim
Boston startup Urbx has filed a motion to dismiss Attabotics’ patent infringement lawsuit, arguing the claims laid out in…
PwC Canada acquires Ottawa-based cybersecurity consulting firm Avaleris
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced the acquisition of IT firm Avaleris Inc. on Thursday amid growing need for cybersecurity…
CarDoor raises $3 million, prepares its online car retail platform for cross-Canada expansion
Toronto-based CarDoor is preparing to expand its online car retailing platform across Canada after raising $3 million CAD in…
Foxquilt raises $8 million Series A round to accelerate US expansion
After building out and testing its insurance platform in the Canadian market, Toronto-based startup Foxquilt has secured $8…
What Juno has learned offering Income Share Agreements to Bootcamp students
Almost a decade ago, Coding Bootcamps began to emerge across Canada to help fill gaps in the workforce. The model works well…