Canadian unicorns Neo Financial, Ada lead LinkedIn’s 2022 Top Startups list
byApplyBoard appears on list for fourth consecutive year.
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Toronto-Waterloo rises, Calgary and Montréal ecosystems to watch in Startup Genome’s global FinTech rankings
byVancouver cracks top 10 ecosystems with a population of less than three million.
Infosys boosts Calgary hiring plans as it looks to double Canadian workforce to 8,000 employees
byAs Calgary office opens, Infosys commits to bringing 1,000 jobs to the city by 2024.
Creator Jacket, Litus named winners in Elevate 2022 pitch competitions
byCreator Jacket won $15,000, while Litus secured $100,000 from The Firehood.
Headversity acquires Health Improvement Solutions to build out its mental health platform
byHIS will introduce a health risk assessment methodology to the Headversity platform.
The51 appoints former AltaML, CDL manager Danielle Gifford as director for Movement51
byWith Danielle Gifford at the helm, Movement51 plans for its next growth phase across Canada.
Panache closes $100 million for second fund as firm doubles down on seed-stage startups
byEarly-stage firm says there’s a “good possibility” Fund II will grow.
Benevity’s platform surpasses $10 billion in donations, brings on 124 clients
byAmong Benevity’s new clients include Mondelēz International, LegalZoom.
SVG Ventures Thrive launches new agri-food tech pre-accelerator, venture studio
byThe pre-accelerator has $3.7 million in provincial and federal backing.
Wagepoint acquires KinHR to offer employee management software
byKinHR marks Wagepoint’s second acquisition after securing $10 million from PSG.
CFIN invests $338,000 into four Canadian projects related to food sector
byProjects in this cohort range from an automated tempeh incubator to upcycling produce.
ZayZoon raises $25.5 million to expand its earned wage access business across the US
byZayZoon’s earned wage access model never caught on in Canada, but took off south of the border.
Avatar Innovations receives up to $500,000 investment from OCIF for carbontech accelerator
byAvatar Innovations wants to spark innovation in Calgary’s energy sector.
BMO to acquire carbon offsets developer Radicle
byRadicle’s software measures and aggregates greenhouse gas emissions.
BlackBerry, L-SPARK unveil third cohort for connected car accelerator
byThird cohort sees return of Deeplite, Sensor Cortek.