HSBC opens Toronto data lab, will partner with FinTech, AI startups
Last week, HSBC opened a new data lab in Toronto, hoping the new lab will harness AI to develop future products and generate…
Canadian Startup News
​Volta selects five Atlantic Canada startups to receive $25,000 investment
Five​ Atlantic Canada tech startups have been selected to each receive a $25,000 investment from Volta Cohort, a micro-fund…
ApplyBoard raises $55 million CAD Series B for international student recruitment platform
ApplyBoard, a Kitchener-Waterloo-based AI-enabled recruitment platform helping international students apply to post-secondary…
Vector Institute knew about provincial AI funding cuts in the fall
Following revelations this week that the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Canadian Institute for Advanced…
Shopify acquires Handshake, marking its third acquisition in six months
Shopify has acquired New York-based B2B ecommerce wholesale platform Handshake, to be integrated into the Canadian ecommerce…
Startup jobs of the week: HR Manager, Senior Web Developer, Product Marketing Lead
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
Vancouver cleantech Mangrove Water receives $2.1 million from federal government
Vancouver-based water management cleantech Mangrove Water Technologies, has received a $2.1 million investment from the federal…
Vidyard, Faire, Sheertex share scaling war stories at #CollisionConf
No matter what stage a company is at, some things are universal and at #CollisionConf founder of Vidyard Michael Litt, founder…
AI “experimentation bases” developer Bases.ai acquires SenseAI
Bases.ai, a company looking to create experimentation bases for other businesses wanting to use AI, has announced the signing…
Canada-wide digital health platform receives $49 million from federal government
The Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP), a network that aims to establish a Canada-wide health data platform, has…
Toronto-based events e-commerce company AudienceView acquires Vendini
AudienceView, a Toronto-based company that produces e-commerce software for events and entertainment organizations, has acquired…
LG and University of Toronto expand AI research partnership
LG is expanding its artificial intelligence research investment in the University of Toronto (U of T) to focus on business-to-business…
Shopify partners with DMZ, Dream Maker Ventures for Black entrepreneurs initiative
Shopify is partnering with Ryerson University’s DMZ as a founding partner of the Black Innovation Initiative, a project that…
Uber launching engineering hub in Toronto as part of $200 million investment
Uber has announced plans to open an engineering hub in Toronto. The new site will mark its 11th engineering hub worldwide and…
Dan Doctoroff stays on message at #CollisionConf Q&A
At a question and answer session at Day Two of #CollisionConf, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff sat down with BNN Bloomberg’s…