Google’s Steven Woods joins Inovia as partner and CTO
Long-time Google Canada engineering lead Steven Woods is jumping to Inovia to join the investment firm as a partner and chief…
Canadian Startup News
Float secures $5 million seed round to make corporate credit cards less of a headache
Toronto FinTech startup Float has secured $5 million to bring a Brex-like offering to the Canadian market. Formerly named Journal,…
Today in acquisitions: VitalHub, Shift CRM
Two Canadian tech companies have recently made acquisitions or have been acquired, including VitalHub and Shift CRM. Here’s…
Foodee acquired by global food service company Sodexo
Vancouver-based corporate catering startup Foodee has been acquired by Sodexo, one of the largest food services and facilities…
Computer vision startup Algolux secures $23 million CAD Series B round
Montréal-based computer vision startup Algolux has raised $23 million CAD ($18.4 million USD) in a Series B funding round…
Michelle McBane on shrinking the gender investing gap in VC
A recent Crunchbase survey found that 11 percent of all venture capital dollars went to companies with at least one woman on…
Hackers run startups now, too: here’s what businesses need to know
No startup is too small or too new to be a target for cybercrime. Hackers now run startups in their own right, experimenting…
Today in funding: Enedym, Side Door, Empower, FREDsense, Konfidis, 3D Planeta
Six Canadian tech startups have recently secured funding. Here’s the latest on who raised money, how much, from whom, and…
BC venture funding matches Toronto with over $1 billion raised in Q1 2021
With over $1 billion invested into British Columbia’s tech startups in the first quarter of this year, venture funding in…
Tetra Trust to become Canada’s first qualified crypto custodian, raises funding from Coinbase, Mogo
Calgary-based FinTech startup Tetra Trust said it has received regulatory approval from the Government of Alberta to store…
How Loopio went from bootstrapped startup to RFP leader
In April, Toronto-based B2B software startup Loopio closed a $252 million CAD strategic investment, its second external fundraise…
Swarmio aiming to go public on Canadian Securities Exchange
Halifax-based video game tech startup Swarmio Media revealed it intends to go public on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE),…
WeCommerce closes $33.7 million bought deal financing to acquire more Shopify ecosystem companies
Victoria-based holding company WeCommerce has secured about $33.7 million in funding following the close of a previously announced…
Relay Ventures bolsters investment team, while Antler expands to Canada
Two venture capital (VC) firms, Relay Ventures and Singapore-based Antler, have made recent moves in Canada to support the…
BBTV CEO Shahrzad Rafati on why ethical business decisions are good business decisions
Startup leaders are increasingly attuned to the impact their business has on the world. It’s no longer enough for many founders…