Shop Pay to be offered to non-Shopify merchants on Facebook, Google
Shopify is set to extend its online checkout offering, Shop Pay, beyond the Shopify merchant network. The company announced…
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Employee wellness software firm LifeSpeak files for TSX IPO
Toronto-based employee wellness and software-as-a-service company LifeSpeak has officially filed to go public on the Toronto…
VerticalScope upsizes IPO to $125 million, begins trading on TSX
After increasing the size of its initial public offering (IPO) by $25 million CAD, Toronto-based VerticalScope began trading…
ApplyBoard raises $375 million CAD Series D at $4 billion valuation
Following a busy year, Kitchener-Waterloo’s ApplyBoard has secured $375 million CAD ($300 million USD) in Series D funding…
One year after joining RBC, Sid Paquette reveals his plans to disrupt innovation banking with RBCx
More than a year after joining the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Sid Paquette is finally ready to reveal the details behind his…
SkyWatch raises $21 million CAD Series B as private sector satellite interest skyrockets
Waterloo-based space tech startup SkyWatch Space Applications has raised a $21 million CAD ($17.2 million USD) Series B round…
AbCellera secondary deal sees senior leaders sell 11.9 million shares
Vancouver-based biotechnology firm AbCellera has announced a new secondary deal, which saw entities owned and controlled by…
Shopify reportedly invests in Stripe, bringing total stake to over $350 million
Shopify has reportedly invested in San Francisco-based FinTech startup Stripe, which processes payments for e-commerce businesses.…
With third acquisition, holding company PlanetCorp is looking to win big with AI, 5G, blockchain
After building their own companies, the entrepreneurs behind Toronto’s PlanetCorp have turned their sights to a model of…
Why Heirlume wants to become the GoDaddy of trademark registration
While this isn’t a Black Swan episode, I still might scare the pants off some entrepreneurs. “It’s hearing those…
Growth investor Carter Griffin on why the best SaaS companies are obsessive about churn
Fundraising is a numbers game, and many SaaS founders hope their financial metrics will show signs of investment potential.…
3 companies hiring in Montréal right now
A recent report shows that Montréal caught up to Toronto as Canada’s leading tech ecosystem in 2020. The explosion in financing…
Despite pandemic challenges, new business creation in Canada was strong over the last year
Despite the many challenges faced by Canadian businesses throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, entrepreneurship and new business…
Today in funding: Data Sentinel, AltaML, Commit
Three Canadian startups have secured fresh funding to fuel their growth, including Data Sentinel, AltaML, and Commit. Here’s…
Kovo HealthTech lists on TSX Venture Exchange
Vancouver-based Kovo HealthTech, a company that creates, acquires, and grows healthtech businesses, is now trading on the TSX…