Swtch Energy secures $16.5 million CAD to expand its electric vehicle charging network to the US
Swtch wants to bring inexpensive EV charging to low income communities.
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Startup Genome ranks Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo among top global AgTech, new food ecosystems
Vancouver came ninth, while Toronto-Waterloo finished 11th.
Technation receives $60 million from Government of Canada to support its student hiring program
Since its inception, the program has secured more than $230 million in overall funding.
Bonsai lays off a third of employees shortly after $21 million Series A, citing shift to growth strategy
CEO says the move is about restructuring to focus on customer acquisition.
OSC reveals seven companies to join testing lab to improve client interactions
Mako, TMX Group, others will test solutions made to know their clients, products better.
OneVest secures $5 million to help companies like Neo Financial launch wealth management products
CEO: “What Stripe has done for payments, we’re doing for wealth.”
Government of Canada launches $15 million Inclusive Women Venture Capital Initiative
IWVC is part of the feds’ $6 billion Women Entrepreneurship Strategy.
TD chief AI officer, CDL-Toronto lead team up with health expert for new healthtech startup, Signal 1
Signal 1 secured $12.7 million from Geoffrey Hinton, former Rogers CEO, others.
Brim co-founder raises $10 million for new “smart card” startup Savvii
A new, but familiar player has entered the Canadian consumer cards game.
Responsive receives $3.5 million in Co-operators-backed Series A round for US, Europe expansion
Co-operators joins Responsive’s board of directors.
Shopify makes strategic investment in US AI recommendation startup Crossing Minds
Crossing Minds plots Canadian expansion with new Toronto office.
How Lending Loop pivoted from peer-to-peer lending to a cross-border banking platform for e-commerce
Loop’s focus on cross-border payments puts it in stark contrast to the competition.
WorkTango acquired by Texas-based Kazoo to scale employee experience platform
To innovate in HR tech, it takes two to WorkTango.
Impression Ventures secures $64 million for fourth fund, continues to bet on seed-stage FinTech
Impression bet early on Wealthsimple and won. Now the firm wants to make bigger bets.
WonderFi to acquire Coinberry for $38.5 million in all-stock deal as Canada’s crypto space continues to consolidate
Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi will soon own two of Canada’s six registered crypto trading platforms.