Shakepay secures $44 million Series A led by QED Investors to roll out more Bitcoin products
The round gives the Montréal crypto startup a $313 million valuation.
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Plus: Vendasta closes second acquisition after dashed IPO plans, venture round.
Review of 11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2021
Startups on the 2021 list made major financing deals and exits.
Conduit’s ‘Stripe for DeFi’ approach bags startup $21.2 million CAD round led by Portage
Conduit wants to make DeFi “invisible” via its APIs.
FundThrough acquires invoice financing business from Silicon Valley’s BlueVine
The purchase doubles FundThrough’s US customer base.
Neo Financial to bolster presence in Calgary with 113,000 square feet of new office space
Its expansion within Calgary comes from the rapid growth of its team, doubling its workforce to over 400 employees in the past…
Wagepoint makes first acquisition, purchasing Timesheet Mobile
Wagepoint to launch “Wagepoint 2.0” by 2022 with enhanced features.
Platform Calgary and Innovate Edmonton launch new pre-accelerator, Alberta Catalyzer
Platform Calgary hopes to open new Innovation Centre in 2022.
Mogo filing says relationship with Coinsquare is delaying CSA exemption
Exemptive relief and registration a no-go for Mogo (for now).
In preparation for IPO, Clio nabs Clearco CFO
Clearco also lost a co-founder as another becomes interim CFO.
TrojAI secures $3 million in seed funding to protect AI solutions against security threats
TrojAI maintains cyber attacks on self-automated cars could pose a public danger.
Hardbacon acquires India-based financial calculator Findmytotal.com
Last year, Hardbacon announced plans to list on a Canadian stock exchange.
Following Moka acquisition, Mogo launches stock trading app
Mogo is ready to go-go head-to-head with Wealthsimple.
Hubly raises $1.7 million CAD to help financial services firms improve their productivity
Hubly aims to capitalize on the wealth management sector’s pandemic-fuelled digital transformation.
As 2021 breaks records, can the Canadian tech sector sustain its growth in 2022?
There is a growing consensus that Canadian tech is facing an inflection point.