Queer Tech MTL wants to encourage startups to hire from the LGBT community
Itâs no secret that the technology industry needs to work on buildingâand retainingâa more diverse workforce. While awareness…
Canadian Startup News
Today in funding: Naborly, Financeit
Two Toronto-based companies managed to secure fresh rounds of funding. Hereâs the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Drone Delivery Canada receives Special Flight Operations Certificate from Transport Canada
Imagine this: you walk out your door to see a drone dropping off the package you ordered. Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) is one…
New York-based Influenster makes first international expansion in Toronto
New York-based product discovery and review company Influenster announced that it is expanding its operations into Canada with…
MaRS announces FinTech partnership with BCTIA to bridge gap between Vancouver and Toronto
MaRS Discovery District’s FinTech cluster and the BC Tech Association (BCTIA) are entering a strategic partnership to…
Hack To Start Ep. 117: Jeremy Goldberg, product designer at Facebook
Jeremy Goldberg is a product designer at Facebook working on building Business, Platform, and AI on Messenger. Goldberg has…
Why two Canadian sports startups are setting up shop in St. Louis
They say growth begins where your comfort zone ends. A pair of Canadian entrepreneurs are applying that advice to the business…
NEXT Canada commits to organizational changes following diversity and inclusivity criticisms
National youth entrepreneurship non-profit NEXT Canada (formerly Next 36) issued an email statement to its stakeholders last…
Why AI is the most overused term in legaltech
My team and I attended several legaltech-focused conferences this month and of course, as expected, machine learning and AI…
Vancouver Startup Week panel explores what it really means to be an innovative startup
âInnovation has become a buzzword that has lost its meaning.â At least, thatâs how the written program started out for…
Grow Financial says next face of FinTech is working with enterprise following Celero partnership
Grow Financial, the enterprise FinTech company, and Celero, which provides IT solutions to Canadian financial institutions,…
ILKOS Therapeutics $21 million seed round is “record-breaking”, according to CVCA
The Fonds de solidaritĂ© FTQ, CTI Life Sciences Fund, and Servier Canada have announced a combined investment of $21 million…
#SalesTO explores how a culture of analytics can increase company sales
With large amounts of information available to businesses, it is important for a companyâs sales teams and leaders to understand…
Clearpath Robotics raises $39 million Series B to shift focus to factory material transport
Clearpath Robotics, which builds autonomous vehicles for âdull, dirty, and deadlyâ jobs, announced CAD $39 million (USD…
Why we chose to rename our startup (and what it means to rebrand)
If you find this blog post, it means I will no longer be the CEO of Qimple… instead, as of September 26, I find myself…