Dragons’ Den’s Arlene Dickinson, Build Canada’s Daniel Debow recognized as Nation Builders at 2025 NACO awards
FinTech investor Joe Canavan also took home Canada’s 2025 Angel of the Year Award.
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Brightspark spinout Brio nabs $3 million to help other VCs manage their LPs
Brio co-founder and CEO Audrey Ostiguy described Brio as Brightspark’s “secret sauce.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify: former exec
Former CPO Craig Miller says Carney offered president role in 2020, but turned it down for Brookfield.
Trulioo sees “significant growth” in Asia-Pacific region soon after entering market
Identity tech company rode a wave of demand from online stores and FinTech firms.
Canadian-founded Fluent Ventures bets on global startups with $40-million USD early-stage VC program
Fluent sees Canada as “a core geography” as firm eyes innovation beyond Silicon Valley.
Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement
Montréal-based companies lead the pack of B2B SaaS startups selected for 10-week program.
Canadian VCs have performance anxiety
Plus: Yoshua Bengio warns of agentic AI’s “catastrophic risks.”
The Manitoba startup that helps companies by hacking them
Why GlitchSecure walked away from a million-dollar deal—then raised even more.
Several tech figures endorse Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in open letter connected to Fairfax Financial
John Ruffolo, Amar Varma, and Fairfax’s Prem Watsa among list of 33 signatories.
Wealthsimple acquihires Plenty, a San Francisco-based wealth management platform for couples
Co-founders of Inovia-backed startup will help Wealthsimple expand family-focused products.
Trulioo taps former Nuvei exec Vicky Bindra to take over for retiring CEO Steve Munford
Munford, who led the company to unicorn status, will work with Bindra to ensure a smooth transition.
“Every dollar counts”: amid trade war, Float launches foreign exchange solution to help companies cut costs
FinTech startup rolls out currency conversion to help clients doing business stateside weather the economic storm.
Crypto exchange Kraken gains restricted dealer licence and new leader of Canadian operations
Cynthia Del Pozo takes the place of Alex Mehrdad, who held the role for just over a year.
Basetwo emerges from CIX Summit 2025 as Canada’s representative for the Startup World Cup
Clio founder Jack Newton also recognized as CIX Innovator of the Year.
Descartes nabs another American company with $164.4-million acquisition of 3Gtms
Acquisition expands logistics software company’s North American reach and adds network of carriers.