CalendarHero parlays successful pivot into potent acquisition by Vendasta
Every startup is a complicated journey, and CalendarHero’s was seven years, including a name change and a pivot, but it’s…
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Bridgit secures $24 million in funding; announces new C-suite hires
Bridgit, a Toronto-based SaaS startup, has raised $24 million CAD in its Series B financing round co-led by Camber Creek and…
BC’s tech investment boom continued in Q3
With over $900 million raised by British Columbia’s tech startups, venture investment in the province stayed strong in the…
Clio expands into VC, FinTech with payments product, investment fund
Legaltech startup Clio has announced the launch of Clio Payments and a new fund, as the Burnaby-based unicorn joins a growing…
Felicia Bochicchio named CEO of Unbounce; Rick Perreault becomes board chair
Unbounce, the conversion intelligence startup, is undergoing a big change at the executive level as Felicia Bochicchio becomes…
CCI launches board training program to increase tech knowledge, diversity
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) has launched a program to train business people to be qualified directors and board…
Link Investment Management revs up to take on insurance, banking incumbents with $2.5 million
FinTech startup Link Investment Management has received a $2.5 million CAD Series A strategic investment from the Canaccord…
Magnet Forensics files for $950 million CAD offering for “financing flexibility”
The digital investigation software startup Magnet Forensics has filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus and is…
Former Slack leader Allan Leinwand joins Shopify as new CTO
Allan Leinwand, former senior leader at Slack, is joining Shopify as its chief technology officer. In a Tweet posted on Monday,…
aDolus raises $3 million CAD to bolster supply chain security solution amid growing demand
SaaS startup aDolus Technology raised $3 million CAD ($2.5 million USD) in what the company classified as an oversubscribed…
Amid potential PayPal-Pinterest deal, Scott Galloway predicts Shopify will purchase Snap
Scott Galloway, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, has predicted that Canadian e-commerce giant…
Q4 Inc. makes TSX debut, joining growing wave of Canadian tech IPOs
Investor relations software firm Q4 Inc. has begun trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Q4 is listed on the TSX under…
White Star Capital closes $446 million CAD for new fund
White Star Capital, a global venture firm with Canadian operations, announced that it has secured $446 million CAD ($360 million…
In Q3, Toronto startups broke venture funding records… again
Toronto tech startups once again broke venture funding records, raising over $1.6 billion through 53 deals in Q3 2021, according…
Why Elizabeth Yin is hustling to build the next generation of angel investors
Let’s talk angel investing, which has exploded in 2021 (in the US at least). Pitchbook data claims that angel investment…