BehrTech receives $3 million grant to build industrial IoT lab in Toronto
Toronto-based BehrTech, a startup that develops wireless connectivity products for the Internet of Things (IoT), has received…
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Toronto ShopHERE initiative goes national with $1 million investment from Google Canada
Google Canada is committing $1 million to ShopHERE to help expand the Digital Main Street program across Canada. Google Canada’s…
Black Swan #9 – Calgary and Toronto look to stop the bleeding
It’s been two weeks since our last episode, and there’s a reason for that. Black Swan was launched shortly after the pandemic…
Jon French departs NEXT Canada to take entrepreneurship role at University of Toronto
Jon French, who has long held a senior leadership position at NEXT Canada, has departed his role with the Toronto-based accelerator.…
Ritual, City of Toronto partner to provide free ordering tool to local foodservice businesses
Toronto Mayor John Tory is set to announce a partnership between the City and food ordering and mobile pickup startup Ritual,…
City leading Toronto tech initiative to get local small businesses online
The City of Toronto is set to announce a new program, ShopHERE, aimed at helping Toronto’s independent businesses build and…
Collision to give 1,000 laid-off Toronto residents free access to virtual conference
Collision from Home is launching an “employment initiative” aimed to give 1,000 people who have lost employment due to…
Online grocery startup Goodfood to open new fulfillment centre in Toronto
Montréal-based Goodfood Market, an online grocery and meal-kit startup, has signed a lease for a new first fulfillment centre…
Hamzah Nassif joins Real Ventures as second partner in Toronto
Montréal-based early-stage venture capital firm Real Ventures has appointed Hamzah Nassif as the venture capital firm’s…
City of Toronto reclaims startup lead as it restructures to better fight COVID-19
Chris Rickett, the former manager of entrepreneurship services at the City of Toronto, has returned to a role in the municipality,…
ResQ uses platform to help service industry deliver meals to frontline workers in Toronto
ResQ, which has created a restaurant repair and maintenance app, is raising donations to buy meals from the restaurants on…
Techstars Toronto announces 10 startups joining 2020 cohort
Techstars Toronto has announced the 10 startup’s joining the accelerator program’s third cohort, which will now begin on…
Waterfront Toronto extends Sidewalk Labs approval deadline due to COVID-19
Waterfront Toronto has extended the date for a decision on moving forward with the Quayside, Sidewalk Labs project due to the…
Toronto rideshare company Facedrive to acquire HiRide
Toronto-based ridesharing company Facedrive has entered into a share exchange agreement to acquire the entirety of HiRide,…
Toronto’s Sinclair Interplanetary to be acquired by Rocket Lab
Sinclair Interplanetary, a supplier of hardware, software, training, and expertise to the spacecraft community, is set to be…