Mike Serbinis, Nicole Verkindt among Startup Canada’s 2017 Ontario regional award winners
Startup Canada has announced the ten winners of its 2017 Ontario Regional Awards. This is the first batch of regional winners…
Quebec
Today in funding ($3.6M): Lanla, Local Logic
This week, several Canadian startups got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
Thymox raises $4.6 million Series B funding for international expansion of biodegradable disinfectant
Sherbrooke, Quebec-based Thymox, a company that develops a botanically-derived disinfectant, has just closed a $4.6 million…
ILKOS Therapeutics $21 million seed round is “record-breaking”, according to CVCA
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ, CTI Life Sciences Fund, and Servier Canada have announced a combined investment of $21 million…
Allen Lau, Dax Dasilva among Startup Canada’s 2016 regional award winners
After putting out a call for nominations in May, Startup Canada officially announced the winners of its Startup Canada regional…
Turo adds insurance providers to gain traction in the Quebec market
After its entrance into Canada in April, the peer-to-peer car rental provider Turo is adding to its list of approved insurers.…
Uber and Quebec government to develop ridesharing pilot project
Ridesharing discussion is slowly but surely making its way through legislative bodies, across Canada and around the world.…
Today in funding: Gymtrack, Clearwater Clinical, Semios, Acuva Technology
BDC Capital has likely had a busy past few weeks with all of the startups they’re currently funding on this list. Here’s…
Mike Cegelski wins Angel of The Year from NACO
Last week, the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) award for Angel of the Year, presented by BDC Capital, was awarded…
Quebec Wants to Create Its Own Fund-of-Funds Like Ontario’s ‘NorthLeaf Venture Catalyst’
It appears as though Quebec is about to follow in Ontario’s footsteps, as it pertains to a provincially and federally-funded…
Quebec Workers Union Invests in New Cloud Data Centre Platform Outside Montreal
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ Investissements croissance (FSIC), a Quebec worker’s union fund, has invested in a new…
Investment Quebec Pitches Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite to Relocate
According to a new blog post by Hootsuite‘s Ryan Holmes, Investment Quebec tried luring the Vancouver-based social media…
Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is Set to Give Away $600,000 in Prizes
Applications are now open for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest, a huge province-wide contest that will end up giving over…
Les Affaires Releases its Five Quebec Startups to Watch in 2014
Les Affaires, the french language weekly business newspaper, has named its “Five Quebec Startups to Watch in 2014“.…
New App for Quebecers Helps them Control Their Drinking
A Quebec-based non-profit has released two new smartphones apps for the holiday season to help Quebecers keep their blood-alcohol…