Waterloo-based Intellijoint Surgical receives FDA clearance for HIP surgical tool
Intellijoint Surgical, a Waterloo-based company which develops miniature surgical smart tools, has received Food and Drug Administration…
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Retail analytics platform Askuity raises $2 million Series A
Toronto-based Askuity has announced the closing of a $2 million Series A for its retail analytics platform, which allows product…
Startup jobs of the week: Tiny Hearts, theScore, SweetIQ, SurePath Capital Partners, Grow
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Jim Estill gives entrepreneurs their inspiration for 2016
“I’m CEO at Danby, which actually isn’t even a tech company. We sell wine coolers and bar fridges, and my…
Budweiser hosting hackathon to prevent drunk driving
Budweiser is turning to the Canadian tech community for smarter solutions to prevent drunk driving. On January 29-31, the brewer…
Reuters: Canadian deal activity at second-highest level in 2015
According to new data from Thomson Reuters, deal activity outside of Canada from the country’s top pension funds, banks,…
Zymeworks snags huge $61.5 USD million Series A round for its biotherapeutic treatments
Vancouver-based Zymeworks, a biotherapeutics company developing protein therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune…
MMB Networks closes $7 million Series B
As IoT-connected devices are projected to triple to 38 billion units by 2020, investors are keen to ensure that they don’t…
Aeryon Labs opens second office in Waterloo
It looks like drone maker Aeryon Labs is putting some of its recent $60 million in VC funding to good use. The company, which…
Hexoskin Smart hits crowdfunding goal in less than a day
Two years after Hexoskin raised 166 percent of its crowdfunding goal for its “World’s First Biometric Smart Shirt”,…
Hudson’s Bay to acquire Gilt Groupe for $250 million
When Gilt Groupe emerged as a deep-discount online clothing and furniture retailer in 2007, investors had faith that it would…
Airbus acquires Waterloo-based flight software company Navtech
Navtech was a startup before the word hit the mainstream; in the 1980s, an Air Canada pilot had an idea to use a computer system…
Toronto-based Street Contxt raises $8 million Series A led by Oculus investor Formation 8
In a city with the nation’s highest concentration of banks and financial institutions, it’s no surprise that some…
The biggest Canadian startup stories of 2015
If 2014 was a big year for Canadian startups, then 2015 was uncharted territory. Not only did the startup community reach a…
Lendful raises $15 million from new partner Alterna Bank
Vancouver-based Lendful has announced a major investment today, securing $15 million CAD from Ottawa-based Alterna Bank, a…