CEO of meal delivery company Goodfood abruptly departs amid recent losses
Montréal firm also plans a formal review of its operations.
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Clutch opens BC facility as it hits the gas on renewed Western Canada expansion
Online used car retailer gears up to scale its presence in Richmond over the next two years.
Descartes continues US acquisitions as it navigates global trade upheaval
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Shopify regains status as Canada’s most valuable company with strong Q2 earnings
Stock surges 20 percent as CFO claims no “meaningful changes” from tariffs.
Lightspeed beats outlook in fiscal Q1 to tepid market response
CEO claims Lightspeed has been “winning where it matters” after revising GTM strategy.
Canadian co-founded eSIM provider Airalo hits unicorn status with $220-million USD Series C round
COO Abraham Burak left the University of Ottawa to launch the billion-dollar business.
Clutch races past $1 billion in total cars purchased amid record growth
After taking nine years to hit $1 billion, COO says Clutch is on pace to double it in one.
Last-mile delivery startup UniUni to continue North American expansion with $95.4-million CAD Series D round
Amid scrutiny of its labour practices, BC gig work company has raised over $200 million in about a year.
Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson departs after seeing through Marriott deal
Outgoing CEO said orchestrating the Marriott integration was “the hardest thing” he’d ever done.
Shopify collaborates with Coinbase and Stripe to support USDC stablecoin payments
Feature roll out allows merchants to accept USDC and convert to their local currency.
Sezzle sues Shopify for alleged “unfair” privileging of its own buy-now, pay-later feature
Lawsuit claims Shopify charged businesses fees and redirected potential Sezzle customers to its own service.
DoorDash next on the menu as Canada’s Competition Bureau sues for allegedly deceptive pricing tactics
Lawsuit seeks an undetermined penalty and restitution to affected customers who used food delivery app.
Portless raises $24.7 million to be retailers’ port in a trade storm
Logistics startup gives importers alternative to up-front duties following end of “de minimis” exemption.