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New report on Canadian venture, private equity landscape shows firms failing when it comes to inclusion side of D&I

Meagan Simpson February 17, 2022

Women partners are six times more likely to report harassment or feel opinions not valued.

Charlize Alcaraz February 16, 2022

Divorcemate creator Mark Harris also participated in the financing.

Charlize Alcaraz February 16, 2022

Painting joins after Pinterest expanded its Toronto office by 50 people last year.

Josh Scott and Douglas Soltys February 16, 2022

Shopify’s share price has dropped 18 percent following market open.

Raj Dhaliwal February 16, 2022

Let’s get SaaS-y with two Best Coast unicorns.

Josh Scott February 16, 2022

Alongside used some of the funding to acquire CareerBeacon in December.

Josh Scott February 16, 2022

CEO says Vancouver is a “great hub” to begin serving Western Canada.

Josh Scott February 15, 2022

Cohere plans to open new Palo Alto office led by Apple alum.

Charlize Alcaraz February 15, 2022

Black entrepreneurs can receive loans of up to $250,000.

Charlize Alcaraz February 15, 2022

Wellbeats would mark LifeSpeak’s largest acquisition to date.

Meagan Simpson February 15, 2022

Paper doubled the number of students on its platform to two million since last year.

Stefan Palios February 14, 2022

For startups looking to make positive changes, it’s important to first have a conversation about bias.

Josh Scott February 14, 2022

The Government of Québec has committed $6.5 million to the program.

Josh Scott February 14, 2022

Couply’s investors include Wattpad co-founder Ivan Yuen, Shopify employees.

Charles Mandel February 11, 2022

Perturba fuses AI-drug design and biological science.