Canadian groups urge governments to implement funding for underrepresented entrepreneurs amid COVID-19
The Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) and Dream Legacy Foundation have shared policy recommendations with the…
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Ritual, City of Toronto partner to provide free ordering tool to local foodservice businesses
Toronto Mayor John Tory is set to announce a partnership between the City and food ordering and mobile pickup startup Ritual,…
City leading Toronto tech initiative to get local small businesses online
The City of Toronto is set to announce a new program, ShopHERE, aimed at helping Toronto’s independent businesses build and…
Canadian VCs launch initiative to provide one-on-one support to startups during pandemic
A group of Canadian venture capital (VC) investors is launching an initiative aimed to support Canadian startups during the…
Give-a-Seat adapts charity platform to promote Quebec products during COVID-19
Montréal-based Give-a-Seat, a charity startup that sells tickets to local events, is adapting its platform to promote local…
Report reveals widespread impact of COVID-19 on underrepresented entrepreneurs
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, eighty-five percent of underrepresented entrepreneurs in Canada have experienced…
Kanata North Business Association launches $200,000 COVID-19 fund
Tech hub Kanata North Business Association (KNBA) has established a $200,000 COVID-19 response fund, to offer new relief measures…
Sampler mobilizing consumers to sew medical masks for essential workers
Toronto-based Sampler has launched ComeTogetherTO, an initiative that aims to send 2,000 sewing kits to consumers with sewing…
SkipTheDishes commits $15 million to COVID-19 relief efforts, partners with Food Banks Canada
Online food delivery startup SkipTheDishes has committed a cumulative $15 million CAD through several initiatives aimed at…
Startup Canada Podcast: empowering by including with Darrell Schuurman
It’s never been more important to help every Canadian through times like these; just ask Darrell Schuurman, CEO of the Canadian…
Tech entrepreneurs launch donation platform to help Canadian local businesses affected by COVID-19
Toronto Mayor John Tory has announced the launch of an online donation platform created by a group of tech entrepreneurs allowing…
Shopify’s Tobi Lütke and wife Fiona McKean pivot charitable foundation, make donations to fight COVID-19
Shopify CEO and founder Tobi Lütke and his wife Fiona McKean last year started a philanthropic organization focused on technological…
Raw Signal Group launches online course to help bosses manage new COVID-19 realities
Toronto-based leadership training company Raw Signal Group is offering an online course for bosses dealing with the new work…
How counselling changed my life as a startup founder and CEO
As a startup CEO and co-founder, your drive and passion help you convey a vision in such a compelling way that audiences do…
ResQ uses platform to help service industry deliver meals to frontline workers in Toronto
ResQ, which has created a restaurant repair and maintenance app, is raising donations to buy meals from the restaurants on…