MindBridge acquires UK accountancy tech firm Brevis
MindBridge, the Ottawa-based artificial intelligence company working on risk detection for the FinTech space, has acquired…
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Capital Angel Network, Invest Ottawa announce new bootcamp for womxn founders
Capital Angel Network, a group of angel investors in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, and Invest Ottawa, the lead economic development…
Shopify joins Facebook’s Libra Association after group sees several key departures
Shopify is the latest company to join Libra Association, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency initiative. This is the 21st company…
CarbonCure, Smarter Alloys, E-Zn among winners of Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative
Ten startups have been named the winners of the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative, a public-private project aimed…
Five Canadian companies selected for latest 500 Startups seed program
500 Startups has announced the 29 companies accepted into Batch 26 of its seed program, and five Canadian companies are among…
Shopify surpasses revenue expectations in Q4 2019 financial results
Shopify has released its Q4 and full-year 2019 financial results, the period which ended December 31, 2019. The Ottawa e-commerce…
Microsoft partners with Invest Ottawa to scale public sector startups
Microsoft and Invest Ottawa announced a joint partnership to support public sector startups in the nation’s capital today.…
Shopify CMO out as company reorganizes division
Shopify has let go of its chief marketing officer Jeff Weiser, in a move that will see the e-commerce giant restructure its…
Scotiabank donates $750,000 to University of Ottawa to launch ethical AI initiative
Scotiabank has donated $750,000 in funding to the University of Ottawa to launch a new initiative to identify solutions to…
Shopify Capital launches starter loans for United States merchants
Shopify announced this week that it has launched a new product line as part of Shopify Capital. The e-commerce giant is now…
Ottawa startup CEO Ali Pey named as victim of Ukrainian plane crash
Ali Pey, the founder and CEO of Ottawa-based startup MessageHopper, has been named as a victim of the Ukrainian airline plane…
Today in funding: SkyWatch, Reshift Security
Two Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…
Prime Minister Trudeau reveals mandate letters, outlines shift for RDAs
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released the ministerial mandate letters on Friday morning, outlining the work to be done by…
BlackBerry, L-Spark announce second cohort of joint accelerator
BlackBerry and Ottawa-based SaaS accelerator L-Spark have announced the six companies in the second cohort of their joint accelerator…
Shopify merchants generate $2.9 billion USD in sales over Black Friday, Cyber Monday
Shopify merchants generated more than $2.9 billion in sales worldwide during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to data…