Aaron Zifkin departs Airbnb to become Lyft’s Canadian managing director
Aaron Zifkin is leaving his position as Airbnb’s Regional Director of Americas Operations and joining Lyft as its managing…
Canadian Startup News
Canadian government launching $100 million procurement program for startups
Today, the Canadian government is launching a $100 million program dedicated to increasing its procurements from startups.…
Highline BETA and RBC collaborating to co-create new ventures
Highline BETA has announced a collaboration with RBC to co-create new ventures. Highline BETA hopes to leverage RBC’s…
Hack To Start Ep.178: Amir Shevat, director of developer relations at Slack
Amir Shevat is the director of developer relations at Slack. Shevat originally fell into developer relations by mistake, volunteering…
eBay acquiring Terapeak to boost its data analytics offering for sellers
eBay has entered an agreement to acquire Toronto-based Terapeak, a company that provides insights for ecommerce sellers to…
Payment Rails launches API to help businesses set up global payment platforms
Montreal-based Payment Rails has an API for a global payment platform, allowing businesses and platforms to send global payments…
Canadian government unveils exceptions for income sprinkling tax proposal
Finance Minister Bill Morneau unveiled clarifications in the government’s “income sprinkling” tax proposal,…
Hackergal launches national hackathon with 2,900 girls across Canada
Toronto-based non-profit Hackergal today launched a national hackathon for girls in grades six to nine. Taking place across…
Foodbytes! pitch competition wants to connect Canada’s food-focused startups
Global food and agribusiness bank Rabobank is bringing its FoodBytes! pitch competition to Canada for the first time. Taking…
Startup Canada Podcast: Fighting corruption and bribery for small business
Is your business ready to go global? If you’re about to make the leap into foreign markets, it’s essential to understand…
Today in company updates: iComplyICO announces new advisors, League of Innovators acquires GradusOne
In the past few weeks, several Canadian startups have made announcements and launched new features. Here’s the latest on…
Cycle Capital Management announces first close of $116 million fund with Chinese investment group
Beijing’s Qingdao City Construction Investment Group and Montreal-based cleantech VC firm Cycle Capital Management announced…
Shopify Plus and Facebook partner with Vantage on new accelerator to help CPGs embrace ecommerce
Last year, Vantage found its product-market fit by taking the rich analytics it gathered from its customers — small and medium-sized…
Lyft launches in Toronto with SickKids donation partnership
As Lyft launches in Toronto, the ride-sharing company announced a partnership with SickKids. Lyft’s Round Up and Donate…
Former Discovery Communications VP joins Rumble as COO
Toronto-based Rumble has added 20-year digital media veteran Miguel Monteverde to its team as chief operating officer. Rumble’s…