Global emission monitoring startup receives $3.3 million to monitor oil and gas in BC
Montreal-based GHGSat, which builds global emissions monitoring solutions, has received $3.3 million from Sustainable Development…
Canadian Startup News
Xanadu, BMO, Scotiabank joint project uses quantum for trading products
Toronto-based Xanadu has announced the findings of a joint proof-of-concept with BMO and Scotiabank. The firms worked on discovering…
11 Canadian companies participating in Y Combinator summer 2019 cohort
This week, Y Combinator held its Summer 2019 Demo Day and this time 11 Canadian startups participated in the seed accelerator…
Future of Sport Lab accepting applications for second cohort
Ryerson University and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) are now accepting applications for a second cohort of…
New Brunswick-based money saving app Quber raises $450,000
Moncton-based Quber, an app that aims to help users save money through fun games, has closed $450,000 in total funding. Of…
Innovation Guelph receives $1.9 million federal investment for women entrepreneurship
Innovation Guelph, which supports local entrepreneurs through funding and programming, has received $1,879,983 from the federal…
Toronto-based indoor mapping company Jibestream acquired by Inpixon
Toronto-based Jibestream, which develops indoor mapping software, has been acquired by Palo Alto-based Inpixon. The entire…
Breather recruits CTO to expand product suite, hire in Montreal
Breather has announced that Philippe Bouffaut, former head of engineering in Canada for Cision, will take the role of Breather’s…
Lyft’s new Ontario general manager noncommittal on company’s plans in Canada
Lyft Canada has hired its first general manager for Ontario, bringing in Hannah Parish, a former director at General Motors…
NexTech AR closes $1,161,780 to expand AR entertainment studio
NexTech AR, which develops an augmented reality (AR) advertising platform, has closed $1,161,780 in a private placement. Private…
MolecuLight receives $7.5 million USD loan from Oxford Finance
Toronto-based MolecuLight, which develops fluorescence-guided imaging for visualizing bacteria of chronic wounds, has received…
Bird launches scooters in Edmonton
Bird has officially launched its dockless electric scooters in Edmonton. Over 400 Bird One e-scooters are now available throughout…
FinTech-focused Holt Accelerator announces 2019 cohort
The Holt Accelerator, a Montreal-based program open to FinTechs from around the world, has accepted eight companies into its…
League partners with Vector Institute to improve platform’s AI capabilities
Toronto-based League and the Vector Institute have partnered to offer resources in an effort to accelerate the development…
Report: Slow, uneven tech adoption will shape the future of Canada’s workforce
Although technological trends are highly likely to disrupt the Canadian workforce over the next decade, these new technologies…