Montreal Insurtech Breathe Life raises $4.5 million CAD to accelerate U.S. expansion
Montreal insurtech startup Breathe Life has raised $4.5 million CAD in a seed round of equity funding from Diagram Ventures,…
Canadian Startup News
Canadian Export Challenge accepting startup applications
Startup Canada has announced the second annual Canadian Export Challenge, where startups can apply for the opportunity to pitch…
Lighthouse Labs launches Canadian university coding competition
Lighthouse Labs has launched CanUCode, a coding competition for Canadian universities. The competition begins today and allows…
Toronto Mayor John Tory to speak at SXSW 2019
Mayor John Tory is set to be a keynote speaker at South by Southwest (SXSW), an annual film, music, and tech festival taking…
Acceleprise hiring program director for new Toronto accelerator
US-based accelerator program Acceleprise is making a move into the Canadian market, with plans to open a Toronto location.…
Today in accelerators: IDEABOOST and Volta open submissions for new cohorts
Two accelerator programs, IDEABOOST and Volta, have opened applications for their 2019 cohorts. Toronto-based CFC Media Lab’s…
RenoRun raises $3 million seed round to build an Instacart for construction
It can be hard for early-stage startups to attract the attention of VCs. It becomes much easier when your company’s delivery…
Quantum, accelerators, venture capital: surveying Canada’s tech landscape at DRIVE
This year’s DRIVE 2019 conference, held in Waterloo for its inaugural year, set out to answer how Canada can create domestic…
North lays off a reported 150 employees, government suspends investment
North, the creator of Focals smart glasses, reportedly laid off 150 of its employees on Thursday. The layoff represents a substantial…
Startupfest 2019 is back with new workshops
Startupfest will return to Montreal from July 8 to 12 for its ninth year, presenting five days of pitching, hacking, learning,…
Influitive receives $10 million in equity and debt financing
Influitive recently announced that it has secured $10 million in equity and debt financing in an investment led by Georgian…
Why Mojio keeps announcing its Series B funding
Mojio has announced, yet again, its Series B funding round. Early yesterday, the connected car startup announced the close…
TSX Venture Exchange announces top performing Canadian startups
TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) has announced its top 50 performing companies, part of its annual 2019 TSX Venture 50 event. “We…
Northumberland CFDC commits $900,000 for rural Eastern Ontario tech startups
Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation (CDFC) has pledged $952,500 in non-dilutive, performance-based seed…
Dessa engineers build machine learning supernova identification system
Three engineers at Dessa, a company that works with enterprises to build and implement AI systems, have created a machine learning…