Sun Life launches online portal with ratings, cost for Canadian health providers
Sun Life has launched of Lumino Health, a digital platform giving Canadians insight into health providers. Lumino Health includes…
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Applications open for $20 million Women Entrepreneurship Fund
The Canadian government has opened applications for its $20 million Women Entrepreneurship Fund. The fund will provide up to…
Why your company needs a chief diversity officer
It’s no secret that Canada’s tech scene is hot. Last year, more jobs were created in Toronto alone than in San Francisco…
Toronto reportedly out of the running for Amazon’s HQ2
Amazon has been actively seeking a location for its second headquarters in North America for over a year. Twenty cities have…
Ahead of Collision 2019, federal, provincial, and municipal governments team up to sell Canada at Web Summit
A day before Web Summit began in Lisbon, Canadian startups, government officials, and foreign investors convened for the Canada…
L-SPARK announces four SaaS startups joining fall 2018 cohort
L-SPARK has announced that four new SaaS startups have joined its fall 2018 cohort. The companies were chosen after a SaaS…
CMA’s Joule announces 2018 recipients of Innovation grant program
Joule, the Canadian Medical Association’s subsidiary dedicated to encouraging physicians to adopt innovative technologies,…
Government reveals seven recipients of $50 million in VCCI funding
The Canadian government has revealed the seven recipients of $50 million total from the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative,…
New Brunswick-based Smart Skin Technologies raises $3.1 million
New Brunswick-based Smart Skin Technologies, a manufacturer of pressure sensing container devices and analytics used in the…
Canadian-founded Circle Medical raises $3.5 million
Circle Medical, a primary healthcare company, has raised $3.5 million in funding led by A.Capital. Existing investors Y Combinator…
Apple opening office in downtown Vancouver
Apple has leased 60,000 square feet of office space in Vancouver’s 400 West Georgia Street office tower, according to…
Home maintenance startup Setter raises $10 million
Toronto-based home maintenance service Setter has announced that it’s raised $10 million in Series A funding, co-led…
Good AI Capital opens Montreal office to support its $40 million USD fund
Silicon Valley venture fund Good AI Capital is opening an office in Montreal. The new office will be focused on investing in…
CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs raises $19 million CAD
Dapper Labs, the Canadian-founded company behind CryptoKitties, has raised $19 million CAD ($15 million USD) in financing led…
OPC releases new security breach reporting guidelines
New security breach reporting guidelines are set to come into force on November 1st, 2018, compelling organizations to report…