University of Waterloo’s Velocity moves out of the Garage & into the Arena
Six years in the making, UW’s startup incubator has a new home in the Innovation Arena.
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Power marks up value of stake in Wealthsimple beyond 2021 peak
Hike to $2.2 billion reflects rise in public markets, Wealthsimpleâs performance, and an upcoming secondary deal.
Richa Mehta joins Radical Ventures as San Francisco-based partner
AI-focused VC firm launched a new $800-million USD growth fund in August.
Clio boosted Canadian VC investment in Q3 2024, but early-stage funding reaches âworrisomeâ low
Late-stage funding also faltered, accounting for a record low 21 percent of total investment dollars in Canada.
1Password alters leadership with David Faugno appointed co-CEO alongside Jeff Shiner
Faugno was tapped to serve as the companyâs first-ever president and COO last year.
Shopify rises on 26 percent revenue growth in Q3, strong holiday forecast
Shopify shares rose over 21 percent following its third-quarter earnings beat.
Armed with $1.6 million CAD, runQL wants to take the chaos out of data query management
Communitechâs former CTO wants to save data teams hours in âpainful admin work.â
Neo Financialâs $360-million Series D features big names, unanswered questions
Shopify, Slack, PointClickCare, Roblox founders back FinTech scaleup in down round led by unnamed Chinese investor.
ImaginAble Solutions founder Lianna Genovese recognized at 11th annual Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards
The young Canadian founder accepted the award on the same stage as Shaquille OâNeal.
Addressing Canadaâs speed of financial innovation
Koho, Borrowell, Manzilâplus the Department of Financeâtalk product velocity, risks & opportunity.
âThe worldâs biggest problems are not going to be solved with softwareâ: HardTech talks semiconductors and AI
VentureLabâs HardTech event discusses the state of Canadian deep tech, re-shoring, and the investment landscape.
Aron Levitz named co-president of Wattpad as #CDNtech executive turnover continues through the fall
Geordie Rose leaves CEO role at Sanctuary AI, becoming the second co-founder to depart this year.
WonderFi CEO Dean Skurka kidnapped, released after reportedly paying $1-million ransom
WonderFi says it is providing âfull cooperation to the Toronto Police Service on this active investigation.â
MedEssist offers pharmacists medication delivery through new partnership with Uber Direct
New integration is expected to let community pharmacies across North America outsource medication delivery.
Neo Financial snags top spot on Deloitteâs 2024 Technology Fast 50
This yearâs winners achieved an average three-year revenue growth of 3,559 percent.