Xanadu raises $32 million Series A for quantum cloud computing platform
Toronto-based Xanadu has raised a $32 million Series A round, led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Georgian Partners,…
Canadian Startup News
Lightspeed named CIX 2019 Innovator of the Year
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a Canada-wide startup investment conference, has named Montreal-based POS software…
Wealthsimple snags former Netflix HR director Marina Harris
Wealthsimple has announced that Marina Harris will join as the new Chief People Officer to help manage and scale the Toronto-based…
How MPP Vic Fedeli’s “demotion” could affect Ontario’s tech and innovation sector
Victor (Vic) Fedeli has been removed as Ontario’s finance minister, and will now take on the role of minister of economic…
Startup Train giving away 2 free tickets ahead of Startupfest
The Startup Train is back for its eighth year to bring attendees from Toronto to Startupfest in Montreal, and this year, it’s…
Slack, IBM, and RBC provide a path for positive digital transformation at #FutureMakers
Whether big or small, digital transformation has a massive impact for organizations. The RBC FutureMakers Talks June event…
SVB says it remains committed to Canada as Barbara Dirks steps down
Barbara Dirks, head of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Canada is stepping down from her role just four months after the bank was…
QuadrigaCX CEO moved customer funds into his own accounts
The late founder and CEO of now-defunct crypto exchange platform QuadrigaCX used customer funds to trade crypto for his own…
Startup Canada Podcast: Relentless Returns and the Pursuit of Social Impact with Brenda Irwin
Brenda Irwin is the managing partner of Relentless Pursuit Partners. Brenda, along with Olympian Simon Whitfield, built this…
L-Spark Accelerator opens applications for sixth B2B SaaS cohort
Ottawa-based L-Spark Accelerator, has opened applications for its sixth cohort. Through participation in the accelerator, L-Spark…
Willful partners with Wealthsimple to launch RESP and will creation tool
Toronto-based FinTech Wealthsimple has partnered with online estate planning company Willful, to help users create a will and…
Slack shares surge after direct listing on the NYSE
Slack has officially gone public via direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), hitting the market at $26 per share,…
Managing partner Jim Orlando departs OMERS
Jim Orlando, managing partner at OMERS Ventures, is leaving the multi-stage investing firm to reportedly lead a new $100 million…
Procurify raises $26 million CAD Series B for spend management solution
Procurify, a spend management software solution for businesses, announced today that it has closed $26 million CAD ($20 million…
#TrueNorth19 speakers argue the future of privacy is the cloud
At day one of True North 2019, held by Communitech in Kitchener-Waterloo, MedStack CEO Balaji Gopalan and Ann Cavoukian, a…