Acquisition roundup: Ramp, Top Hat, Wishpond, Trade X, Enthusiast Gaming
Five Canadian tech companies have made acquisitions or have been acquired over the last little while. Here are some highlights…
Canadian Startup News
Inovia partners part of newly launched acquisition company, Soar Technology, and $230 million USD IPO
Two partners from Inovia have joined a newly formed acquisitions company. Chris Arsenault and Patrick Pichette from Inovia…
PhenoTips secures $2.5 million CAD to expand reach of medical genetics software
Toronto-based medical software startup PhenoTips has raised $2.5 million CAD in its first round of venture financing, as it…
Rebelstork strikes deal with Hudson’s Bay for baby gear resale program
Hudson’s Bay is teaming up with Rebelstork, a Canadian price-reduced and second-hand baby gear marketplace, to provide an…
Rewind fundraise shows that slow and steady can win the market
Mike Potter knew he had to move faster. The CEO and co-founder of Ottawa-based Rewind admitted to BetaKit in January that the…
Sparrow raises $3.25 million CAD to accelerate computational health tech development
Halilfax-based Sparrow has raised $3.25 million CAD in its Pre-Series A financing round from Klister Credit Corp. and Killick…
Hootsuite brings on Tiziana Figliolia as new CFO
Tiziana Figliolia is joining Vancouver-based Hootsuite as its chief financial officer (CFO). Figliolia’s career spans more…
Vancouver-based First Fund closes additional $6 million for pre-seed investment fund
Samarth Chandola began his entrepreneurial journey in Canada with a $35,000 cheque from an angel investor to launch his first…
How Felix & Paul won an Emmy shooting VR on the ISS
This podcast features a Canadian tech company, which sent a custom-built camera to space, to connect to the Canadarm, to film…
Radical Ventures expands leadership team, adds partner in San Francisco
Radical Ventures has added three new people to its team, and promoted two others, as the Toronto-based venture capital firm…
IIROC briefly halts Facedrive stock after two days of heavy trading
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) briefly halted trading in Facedrive’s stock twice on September…
LearnExperts raises $1.25 million in seed funding to accelerate digital training solutions
An Ottawa-based startup has secured more than one million dollars in seed funding to enhance its course development platform.…
WeCommerce announces new hires, including CFO
Following second-quarter 2021 results that showed Victoria, BC’s WeCommerce posting a loss, the acquirer of Shopify partner…
SMRT1 crowdfunds over $484,000 for smart touchscreen for vending machines
SMRT1, a Nelson, BC-based startup, raised almost half a million dollars through its seed round crowdfunding campaign that closed…
Following Series A raise, Medchart adds VP of product design to support product development, expansion
Toronto-based healthtech startup Medchart has hired Kevin Callahan as VP of product design and research, as the company looks…