Dozr founding CEO Kevin Forestell moves to chair while Dave Frazier joins as president
Frazier brings combo of construction and tech experience to Kitchener-Waterloo scaleup.
Retail
Shopify rolls back $1-million USD revenue exemption for app developers
Pandemic policy rollback means exemption will only apply to first $1 million of lifetime revenue.
Antler Canada adds former Quandl CEO Tammer Kamel as VC firm gears up for Fund II
Kamel to lead Fund II with fellow GP Bernie Li and newly promoted associate partner Shambhavi Mishra.
How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?
Clutch found a new gear after a post-pandemic lull, just in time for tariffs to hit.
Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify: former exec
Former CPO Craig Miller says Carney offered president role in 2020, but turned it down for Brookfield.
Frank And Oak selling brand, closing all stores following second insolvency filing
Embattled retailer with ties to Montréal tech set to shutter stores on May 18.
Canadian-founded Fluent Ventures bets on global startups with $40-million USD early-stage VC program
Fluent sees Canada as “a core geography” as firm eyes innovation beyond Silicon Valley.
Online car retailer Clutch taps former Properly CEO Anshul Ruparell as CFO
Ruparell has spent the last year serving on Clutch’s board of directors.
Shopify, Lightspeed lead Canadian tech stock surge after US pauses universal tariffs
President Trump’s off-the-cuff social post spurs tech stock rally, reversing last week’s rout.
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke tells employees to prove AI can’t do the job before asking for resources
The e-commerce giant expects AI to be used in prototyping, and adds AI evaluation to performance review.
Katherine Homuth revisited
SRTX founder’s comments on fundraising & “losing her voice” worth revisiting with her impending departure.
Shopify, Lightspeed among Canadian tech stocks dragged down in US tariff-spurred market plunge
Economists, companies share bleak outlook as global markets see one of their worst days in decades.
Canadian founders face rising costs, wasted time ahead of trade war escalation
Entrepreneurs share biggest sources of uncertainty, from supply chain change-ups to currency fluctuations.
SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat
Rip-resistant tights manufacturer temporarily laid off 40 percent of staff ahead of “worst-case” US tariffs.
Lightspeed to expand and revamp sales team as part of revised go-to-market effort
Execs said direct sales will help company’s two “leading growth engines” at Lightspeed’s Capital Markets Day.