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Luge Capital closes additional $10 million from strategics for FinTech-focused fund

Meagan Simpson October 22, 2019

FinTech-focused Luge Capital has closed an additional $10 million for its first fund, bringing the total fund size to $85 million.…

Meagan Simpson October 21, 2019

Snap Projections, a financial planning software startup, has been acquired by Vancouver-based wealth management company WealthBar…

Meagan Simpson October 21, 2019

Mover, an Edmonton-based startup that offers data migration services, was acquired by Microsoft today. Terms of the deal were…

Meagan Simpson October 21, 2019

Lightspeed POS has entered into an agreement to acquire Kounta Holdings, an Australian, cloud-based POS solution provider for…

Douglas Soltys October 21, 2019

To kick off the sixth annual Edmonton Startup Week, a new startup partner has come to Alberta’s capital city. Local hub Startup…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 21, 2019

Two Canadian venture capital organizations have brought on new team members to add to their leadership. Here’s a breakdown…

Ilya Brotzky October 18, 2019

Toronto and Vancouver get the lion’s share of attention on the Canadian tech scene. And it’s no wonder! Startup founders,…

Meagan Simpson October 18, 2019

After a tumultuous few weeks, the Kik app has officially been acquired by US-based holding company MediaLab. Terms of the deal…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 18, 2019

Two Canadian startups have been named grantees of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 18, 2019

Last week, Kelowna-based Accelerate Okanagan appointed Brea Lake as its new CEO. Lake, who has been the acting CEO of the hub…

Caitlin Hotchkiss October 18, 2019

Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 17, 2019

Quebéc-based institutional investment firm La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is committing $50 million in…

Jacqueline Loganathan October 17, 2019

Many small businesses that exist today could not have existed 10 years ago. Why? Technology. Whether we’re talking about…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 17, 2019

Carta, a San Francisco-headquartered company that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership, announced…

Isabelle Kirkwood October 17, 2019

Calgary-based Chata Technologies, which has developed a cloud-based conversational application allowing users to access, search,…