Former Wattpad employees close $300,000 to build relationship improvement app Couply
Couply’s investors include Wattpad co-founder Ivan Yuen, Shopify employees.
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Montréal Inc and Bonjour Startup Montréal merge, become Startup Montréal
The new org will have “a substantially greater impact,” says Startup Montréal.
Hospitality platform 7shifts secures $101.6 million CAD to increase staffing, product development
Startup says it added more than 10,000 restaurants to its platform last year.
Odaia secures $17.5 million CAD to help pharma firms focus their sales and marketing with AI
Odaia aims to be a “one-stop shop” for pharma data analysis.
Micruity aims to “pensionize” 401(k) plans as it lands $6.5 million CAD seed round
Franklin Templeton and Allianz Life both made strategic investments in Micruity.
SVB reports Canadian tech startups drew record $16 billion in investment in 2021
Canadian tech almost tripled 2020’s funding numbers.
Newton Crypto now valued at $253 million following $25 million CAD Series B round
Tiny Capital, Shopify co-founder Tobias Lütke’s Snowdevil Capital helped fuel the financing.
Raquel Urtasun’s Waabi unveils “revolutionary” autonomous vehicle testing simulator
Waabi claims it’s the “ultimate school for self-driving vehicles.”
Coveo sees 39 percent year-over-year revenue growth in “record” Q3
This is the first earnings report since Coveo went public on the TSX.
Nord Quantique closes $9.5 million seed round co-led by BDC Capital’s Deep Tech fund
Nord develops hardware for fault-tolerant quantum computing.
Elastic Path secures $60 million to scale “composable commerce movement”
The round brings Elastic Path’s total funding to $120 million.
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