Canadian startup news of the week (6/20/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
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Google sister company Verily set to expand to Kitchener-Waterloo
Another American tech firm has set its sights on a Canadian expansion. San-Francisco-based medical device company Verily Life…
Today in hires: Snapcommerce, Properly, RenoRun, Notch
Four Canadian startups have recently brought on new team members to add to their teams, including Properly, RenoRun, Notch,…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A vision for virtual care
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Two US startups with Canadian roots, Moonshot and Nylas, secure combined $280 million
A pair of California-based tech startups with Canadian connections have collectively raised a total of $280 million USD in…
Today in acquisitions: Modern Campus, Kovo HealthTech, OSF Digital, DeFi Technologies, Bubblebox
Over the past week, a number of Canadian tech companies have been involved in acquisitions, including Modern Campus, Kovo HealthTech,…
Google reveals first Canadian Cloud Accelerator cohort
Google Canada has revealed the list of startups joining the inaugural cohort of its 10-week cloud accelerator program for Canadian…
Browze announces $15.2 million CAD Series A round for factory-to-consumer e-commerce platform
Toronto-based retail startup Browze has announced $15.2 million CAD ($12.5 million USD) in Series A financing as it looks to…
R|T: The Retail Times – Growing at Lightspeed
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Amplitude Ventures’ precision health fund exceeds $200 million target following final close
Montréal-headquartered healthtech investment firm Amplitude Ventures has completed the final close of its precision health-focused…
Lynsey Thornton latest Shopify leader to depart company
Shopify’s managing director of US West, Lynsey Thornton, has departed the e-commerce company. In a tweet shared Tuesday,…
After nearly doubling revenue during pandemic, Introhive raises $121.3 million CAD
Fredericton-based Introhive, which offers an artificial intelligence-powered sales and revenue acceleration platform, has closed…
Clearco adds chief growth officer to lead international expansion efforts
Clearco has expanded its leadership team, adding a new chief growth officer, Ruma Bose, to lead the company’s efforts to…
A|I: The AI Times – Raquel Urtasun’s life mission
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Employee wellness software firm LifeSpeak files for TSX IPO
Toronto-based employee wellness and software-as-a-service company LifeSpeak has officially filed to go public on the Toronto…