Richa Mehta joins Radical Ventures as San Francisco-based partner
AI-focused VC firm launched a new $800-million USD growth fund in August.
Canadian Startup News
Trolley secures $32-million CAD Series B to expand payout platform’s global reach
Growth equity financing for Montréal-based FinTech startup backed entirely by American investors.
Clio boosted Canadian VC investment in Q3 2024, but early-stage funding reaches “worrisome” low
Late-stage funding also faltered, accounting for a record low 21 percent of total investment dollars in Canada.
Office management startup GPHY plans to grow sales outside of Québec with $5-million CAD seed round
Company uses anonymized sensors to count in-office employees in the era of hybrid work.
1Password alters leadership with David Faugno appointed co-CEO alongside Jeff Shiner
Faugno was tapped to serve as the company’s first-ever president and COO last year.
Toronto’s rising tech stars have one big thing in common: they worked at Uber
How the global rideshare company provided “the best possible business education.”
AppDirect’s acquisition spree heats up as it reveals plans to purchase vCom Solutions
The deal marks the fourth acquisition for Canadian-founded AppDirect in the last two years.
Shopify rises on 26 percent revenue growth in Q3, strong holiday forecast
Shopify shares rose over 21 percent following its third-quarter earnings beat.
Armed with $1.6 million CAD, runQL wants to take the chaos out of data query management
Communitech’s former CTO wants to save data teams hours in “painful admin work.”
Neo Financial’s $360-million Series D features big names, unanswered questions
Shopify, Slack, PointClickCare, Roblox founders back FinTech scaleup in down round led by unnamed Chinese investor.
4AG Robotics, Daanaa return to Foresight’s 50 “most investible” cleantech ventures list in 2024
Panel of cleantech investors evaluate potential economic impact, leadership team, and environmental impact.
ImaginAble Solutions founder Lianna Genovese recognized at 11th annual Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards
The young Canadian founder accepted the award on the same stage as Shaquille O’Neal.
As Google and Cohere expand multilingual AI offerings, experts warn of “plausible BS”
Human translators still needed alongside automated tools, experts say, citing legal and safety risks.
Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation
Koho, Borrowell, Manzil—plus the Department of Finance—talk product velocity, risks & opportunity.
“The world’s biggest problems are not going to be solved with software”: HardTech talks semiconductors and AI
VentureLab’s HardTech event discusses the state of Canadian deep tech, re-shoring, and the investment landscape.