10Adventures, SOS WebAR take home Startup Calgary 2021 Launch Party awards
Digital travel guide startup 10Adventures and augmented reality company SOS WebAR were recently awarded with the People’s…
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How to (successfully) pivot your startup, from a company that did it twice
In recent years, the word “pivot” became one of the buzziest in Silicon Valley. It seemed as if every other startup had…
Cross-Border Impact Ventures launches with $30 million in commitments for women, youth-focused healthtech fund
Toronto-based Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV) has secured commitments of $30 million USD in an initial close of its new…
Lockheed Martin partners with, invests $1.3 million in Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique
Lockheed Martin Canada has entered into a partnership with Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique (IQ) to become…
Influitive acquires PostBeyond to expand customer advocacy platform to employees
Influitive has acquired fellow Toronto-based PostBeyond, a SaaS company focused on employee advocacy and social selling. The…
D2L records rising revenue, net losses in first quarterly report since IPO
D2L’s latest earnings report shows the Kitchener-Waterloo-based EdTech company continues to benefit from the pandemic-fuelled…
Execs, investors sell $74.4 million in Magnet Forensics shares
The selling shareholders received combined gross proceeds of $74.4 million.
Benevity acquires Swiss firm Alaya to extend global reach
Benevity is acquiring the Swiss SaaS platform Alaya for an undisclosed amount. According to Benevity management, the acquisition…
Sleep Country acquires 25 percent stake in blackout curtains manufacturer Sleepout
Major Canadian sleep retailer Sleep Country has signed an agreement to purchase a 25 percent stake in Sleepout, a Toronto-based…
Shabodi secures $3.3 million to accelerate deployment of next-generation 5G solutions
Toronto-based Shabodi has raised $3.17 million USD in what it classifies as an oversubscribed seed round led by Blumberg Capital,…
Whitecap Venture Partners closes $140 million Fund V to invest across Canada
Whitecap Venture Partners has secured $140 million CAD for its fifth fund, which will invest in early-stage B2B SaaS and medtech…
Damon Motors secures $37.9 million CAD for its AI-backed electric motorcycles
Damon Motors has raised $37.9 million CAD ($30 million USD) in a Series B funding round led by House of Lithium and other undisclosed…
Nuvei shares drop amid short seller report
Payment processing company Nuvei saw its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Nasdaq fall rapidly today as a short-seller…
NACO names Backbone Angels’ Arati Sharma 2021 Angel of the Year
Former Shopify senior leader and current founding partner of Backbone Angels Arati Sharma has been named Canada’s Angel…
Former Shopify employees raise $8.5 million from Sequoia, Bessemer for new developer productivity startup Gadget
Ottawa-based Gadget has raised $8.5 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. The financing…