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Intellitix Technologies acquires majority stake in event management platform CrowdBlink

Amira Zubairi January 29, 2020

Cashless payment specialist Intellitix Technologies has acquired a majority stake in Edmonton-based CrowdBlink, an event management…

Meagan Simpson January 29, 2020

TextNow, the Waterloo-based free text and phone service startup, announced this week that it is now able to offer a free nationwide…

Stefan Palios January 29, 2020

When large companies want to innovate and build an entrepreneurial culture, one of their first stops is to the local startup…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 29, 2020

Two Canadian startups have recently raised fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 29, 2020

OpenPhone, which provides businesses and startups with cloud-based phone numbers, announced Wednesday a raise of $2.6 million…

Meagan Simpson January 28, 2020

Shopify is set to expand its presence in Vancouver, with plans to move into a new office space and hire 1,000 employees. The…

Meagan Simpson January 28, 2020

Miovision, a smart city-focused startup, has raised $120 million CAD in a funding round led by Telus Ventures. The round also…

Meagan Simpson January 28, 2020

Terramera, the Vancouver Agtech startup on a mission to reduce synthetic pesticides globally, has raised an additional $4.6…

Amira Zubairi January 28, 2020

Saint John, New Brunswick-based accelerator Propel is accepting applications for the next cohort of its Incite program. Launched…

Amira Zubairi January 28, 2020

Communitech has announced the 25 women entrepreneurs that will be participating in the Communitech Fierce Founders Bootcamp…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 27, 2020

Recently, two Canadian startups have announced new initiatives intended to help improve the environment and promote ecological…

Kelsey Rolfe January 27, 2020

Montreal-based Aifred Health has been named one of the top 10 semi-finalists of the global IBM Watson AI XPrize. The startup…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 27, 2020

Montréal-based early-stage venture capital firm Real Ventures has named Janet Bannister as managing partner. While Real will…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 27, 2020

FrontFundr, an equity crowdfunding platform, has received discretionary approval from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)…

Denise Paglinawan January 24, 2020

Alberta-based ATB Financial is hosting an open finance hackathon on February 7 and 9 at Mount Royal University in Calgary.…