Six-month-old Anchorbase closes $2 million USD pre-seed round
Payment automation platform plans to scale its engineering and product teams.
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Questrade launches custom indexing as massive IPOs reshape the market
CPO says thereâs demand for portfolio flexibility ahead of blockbuster IPOs from Anthropic and OpenAI.
Wealthsimple partners with US exchange Kalshi to launch prediction market app
Users can only make predictions on climate, economic markets, and financial indicators.
Meet the father-son duo hoping to turn their AI side project into a gaming company
After vibe-coding a viral colour memory game, Geoff and Sam Teehan want to make it a lasting business.
Calgary is now the fastest growing tech ecosystem in Canada
Global report shows city’s tech sector growth dramatically outpaces Canadian average.
Tech’s World Cup takeover
Plus: Canada’s new FinTech unicorns.
Koho becomes Canadaâs latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round
FinTech firm passes 2.5 million users as it navigates âfinal stagesâ of acquiring banking licence.
Coinbase Canada appoints Eric Richmond as new CEO
Former leader Lucas Matheson left the crypto exchange in December to join Opendoor.
Is Canadaâs AI strategy a plan of action?
Plus: Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun explains the coming Physical AI revolution.
Inovia promotes Mia Morisset to partner on growth team
MontrĂ©al VC firmâs third growth fund has raised $365 million USD of $450-million target.
Stablecoins will eventually âleapfrogâ real-time rail payments, finance leaders say
Panelists at the 2026 Canadian Finance Summit agreed that stablecoins present better value than RTR payments.
Questradeâs Salim Naran doesnât understand why more people arenât using AI for personal finance
At Toronto Tech Week, Naran said uptake of AI tools for financial management is âsurprisingly low.â
Wealthsimple to offer early access to IPO trading
Upcoming IPOs for SpaceX and Anthropic are boosting demand.
Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming
CEOs of Float, Neo Financial, and Rebel told Homecoming attendees how they courted investors.
âNot a blipâ: AI was Canadaâs venture market mover in 2025
Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.