Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year
Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list.
Reports
Report: Canada saw over 30,000 tech workers immigrate while losing nearly 1,700 to the US
Canada largely benefits from US tech companies expanding to Canada, the report found.
Waterloo, U of T, and UBC rank among top 25 computer science schools globally
Waterloo topped the list in terms of enrolment, while U of T was the top-ranked Canadian school.
PitchBook analysts say 2023 VC funding is “pretty much shot,” long-term recovery appears likely
PitchBook analyst: “It’s not going to be a six-month turnaround.”
2022 angel investment in Canada mirrored VC dip, dropping 37 percent year-over-year
While deal count rose, angels disproportionately favoured existing portfolio firms.
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings
Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement.
Cohere is the highest ranking Canadian startup on Bessemer’s top 100 deeptech companies
The OpenAI competitor is joined on the list by Nexii, Svante, and fellow Toronto firm Xanadu.
Here’s how Canada’s top 10 cities rank in the global startup ecosystem
StartupBlink’s report shows Canada maintains fourth place in global ranking.
A survey of the challenges women founders face when fundraising (and how to overcome them)
40 women founders from 25 different countries share their views for other women entrepreneurs fundraising.
OSC advisory panel backs stronger regulation of crypto platforms
Report cautions OSC against fostering innovation at the expense of protecting investors.
Report: 2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels
Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero.
Evaluating UCP and NDP plans for tech as Alberta’s election day approaches
What’s on the table for the province’s tech sector?
Shopify claims best conversion rates among checkout solutions on the market
Shopify said its overall conversion rate outpaces competitors by 36 percent.
CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels
Canadian trends are in line with the US and global results.
Alberta’s tech sector remained resilient in first quarter of 2023
Jobber’s megadeal pushed venture funding over $200 million in the first three months of the year.