Creator Jacket, Litus named winners in Elevate 2022 pitch competitions
Creator Jacket won $15,000, while Litus secured $100,000 from The Firehood.
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Headversity acquires Health Improvement Solutions to build out its mental health platform
HIS will introduce a health risk assessment methodology to the Headversity platform.
The51 appoints former AltaML, CDL manager Danielle Gifford as director for Movement51
With 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
Early-stage firm says there’s a “good possibility” Fund II will grow.
Benevity’s platform surpasses $10 billion in donations, brings on 124 clients
Among Benevity’s new clients include Mondelēz International, LegalZoom.
SVG Ventures Thrive launches new agri-food tech pre-accelerator, venture studio
The pre-accelerator has $3.7 million in provincial and federal backing.
Wagepoint acquires KinHR to offer employee management software
KinHR marks Wagepoint’s second acquisition after securing $10 million from PSG.
CFIN invests $338,000 into four Canadian projects related to food sector
Projects 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
ZayZoon’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
Avatar Innovations wants to spark innovation in Calgary’s energy sector.
BMO to acquire carbon offsets developer Radicle
Radicle’s software measures and aggregates greenhouse gas emissions.
BlackBerry, L-SPARK unveil third cohort for connected car accelerator
Third cohort sees return of Deeplite, Sensor Cortek.
Toronto, Vancouver tech talent pools saw highest growth in latest CBRE report
Ottawa is on par for highest concentration in tech talent with the San Francisco Bay Area.
Helcim, MintList, Ukko Agro among startups in third cohort of Google’s Canadian accelerator
Participants range from smart windows to dental software to agtech.
Companies secure collective $1 million after Startup TNT Summit V
Startup TNT co-founders raising venture fund.