OKR Financial launches $150 million fund to help early-stage startups access funding, loans, grants
Calgary-based debt and financing advisor OKR Financial has launched a $150 million fund aimed to support early-stage technology…
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goeasy to acquire LendCare for $320 million
Toronto-based FinTech company LendCare, which offers financial services and point-of-sale solutions for businesses, is set…
Content creation platform ContentFly raises $11.2 million CAD Series A round
Toronto-based ContentFly, which offers an on-demand content creation platform, has closed an $11.2 million CAD ($9 million…
Thinkific aims to raise $160 million CAD through TSX IPO
Vancouver’s Thinkific Labs is looking to raise $160 million CAD through its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on the…
Deeplite raises $7.5 million CAD seed round to optimize deep neural networks
Montréal-based Deeplite has raised $7.5 million CAD ($6 million USD) in seed funding as the startup looks to accelerate its…
Shopify, Ledger named in new class-action lawsuit following 2020 data breach
Shopify and cryptocurrency hard wallet company Ledger have been hit with a class-action lawsuit in relation to a 2020 data…
Georgian closes $1.02 billion USD alignment fund
Toronto venture capital firm Georgian Partners has closed its new Alignment Fund I, pulling in $1.02 billion USD. As reported…
DMZ startups reach milestone of $1 billion in collective funding
Eleven years after the Toronto incubator was founded, alumni and current portfolio companies of Ryerson University-based nonprofit…
QRA Corp secures $3.76 million to meet rising demand for its product engineer software solution
Halifax-based enterprise software developer QRA Corp has raised $3.76 million CAD ($3 million USD) in financing as the startup…
How Flinks plans to beat Plaid on its own turf
Valley-based FinTech unicorn Plaid has been in the news a lot lately, after a $5.3 billion sale to Visa fell through in January,…
3 Canadian tech companies hiring right now: 1Password, HelpSeeker, Unbounce
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
Peekapak, Cisco, and the C100 share advice for Canadian tech leaders who “leave it all on the field”
Startup leaders regularly pivot and evolve in response to both challenges and opportunities, but usually, these challenges…
Rocket Builders’ 2021 list classifies 86 BC tech firms as “ready to rocket”
Rocket Builders’ 2021 lists of the most promising British Columbia (BC)-based tech companies identify 86 firms in the…
AngelList launches new Roll Up Vehicles fundraising tool available to Canadian founders
AngelList, a United States-based startup investment platform, has launched a new product aimed to help early-stage founders…
Eight startups selected for latest Canadian Technology Accelerator Digital in Silicon Valley
Eight tech startups have been selected to participate in the Silicon Valley-based Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) Digital…