Taiv acquihires fellow Canadian adtech startup Local Reach to aid expansion plans
Winnipeg company plans to hire more than 30 people in Manitoba.
Canadian Startup News
Former Klue sales reps secure $500,000 to make cold calling easier with Quack
Quack claims reduced wait times for sales folks tired of prospects ducking their calls.
Google reportedly close to buying Canada’s AdHawk for its eye-tracking smart glasses tech
Waterloo Region startup has received investment from Intel, Sony, Samsung, and HP.
Mining magnate Pierre Lassonde donates $50 million to establish deep tech institute at Polytechnique Montréal
Institute aims to establish itself as a partner for major tech initiatives in Bromont, Québec City, and Ottawa.
Consensus 2025 crypto conference will feature WonderFi’s Dean Skurka and Coinbase Canada’s CEO
The first Toronto edition also includes talks from PayPal and Chainlink.
Shopify acquires search startup Vantage Discovery for undisclosed amount
Shopify CTO hints that Vantage’s AI-powered platform could help merchants advertise.
Softchoice taken private, moved stateside by WWT after $1.48-billion acquisition closes
Completed acquisition puts the 35-year-old software provider under American ownership at a sensitive moment.
Anita Anand named innovation minister, Champagne moved to finance in new Carney cabinet
Freeland appointed Minister of Transport and Internal Trade, with Gould and Baylis nowhere to be found.
General Fusion takes major step in quest for Canadian fusion reactors
The company hopes to commercialize energy from fusion in the next decade.
Web Summit Vancouver 2025 speaker lineup includes CEOs of Bluesky and Clio
1Password, FreshBooks, and Waabi among headliners of rebranded Collision event
Vertu Capital promotes principal and “employee number two” Eric Kafka to partner
Kafka previously worked with Vertu’s founding managing partner Lisa Melchoir at OMERS Private Equity.
Kraken Robotics looks to peer further under the sea with $24.5-million acquisition of 3D at Depth
Acquisition of US-based firm to build on Newfoundland company’s subsea imaging expertise.
Cohere says Command A model edges out LLM competition in speed and energy efficiency
New enterprise AI model outperforms DeepSeek, ChatGPT on several enterprise-specific tasks, company says.
Clio acquires UK-based ShareDo to move into serving large law firms, fuel global expansion
BC legaltech company says its largest acquisition accelerates roadmap by “five years or more.”
Two new AI tools to help you land a job
Path Pilot and OpportuNext unleash AI assistants to support those seeking employment.