Dragons’ Den, Desjardins partner in search for youth-focused social entrepreneurs
For this upcoming season of CBC’s Dragons’ Den, the show is partnering with Desjardins in search of social entrepreneurs…
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Healthtech company Dapasoft & cybersecurity consultancy iSecurity merge
Dapasoft, a healthtech iPaaS (integration-platform-as-a-service) company announced that it has merged with iSecurity, a privacy…
Today in acquisitions: Dye & Durham acquires legal tech companies, Epik acquires BitMitigate
Two companies have recently made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canadian companies making acquisitions.…
Gene42, Care4Rare launch Canada’s first national rare disease research platform
Gene42, a Toronto-based medicine software startup, recently launched Genomics4RD, Canada’s first national rare disease research…
Vancouver-based BasicGov receives $2 million investment
Vancouver-based BasicGov announced it will be receiving a $2 million investment over three years from TIMIA Capital. “The…
Calgary-based ZayZoon closes $15 million round for financial wellness tools
ZayZoon, a provider of employee financial payroll features, announced it has raised $15 million in a funding round with institutional…
Lightspeed shares surge after TSX IPO
Price shares in Lightspeed POS jumped by 18 percent on its first day of trading last Friday, with the company’s shares…
#FutureMakers talks on APIs explains how developers win ecosystems
On a Toronto night dubbed “Snowmageddon” by more than a few tweeting attendees, RBC hosted the February edition…
Intelligent recycling system Waste Robotics receives $1.4 million investment
Waste Robotics, a company building a robotic waste sorting solution, has received a $1.4 million investment from the federal…
Spring Activator to invest $100,000 in Impact Investor Challenge
Vancouver-based Spring Activator today announced its first Impact Investor Challenge, an investor training program that will…
Women-led companies receiving first $20 million CAD of Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Mary Ng, has announced the federal government is now investing $20 million…
How we built a tech company that is 50 percent women
Tech has a gender problem. According to Fortune, only 2.2 percent of venture funding in 2018 went to female-founded companies.…
80 women and non-binary people in Canadian tech worth following
For International Women’s Day, BetaKit has highlighted some of the many women in Canada’s tech community building strong…
Lightspeed prices IPO at $16 per share, raises $240 million CAD
Lightspeed has officially announced the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO), of 15,000,000 subordinate voting shares…
Fundica Roadshow announces $800,000 investment award
In a continued partnership with Panache Ventures and BCF Ventures, the Fundica Roadshow has announced the two firms will consider…