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.
Retail
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.
Descartes nabs another American company with $164.4-million acquisition of 3Gtms
Acquisition expands logistics software company’s North American reach and adds network of carriers.
Lightspeed scales back fiscal 2025 revenue outlook as “several macroeconomic conditions have deteriorated”
Lightspeed saw same-store sales and business formation decline as the trade war heated up in February and March.
Shopify to transfer US stock listing to Nasdaq, remain on TSX
Stock transfer follows recent changes to Shopify’s SEC filings that show potential to become US-domiciled.
Why a Canadian bank launched an e-commerce platform
TD eCommerce Solutions gives its small business customers a way to sell online.
Shopify acquires search startup Vantage Discovery for undisclosed amount
Shopify CTO hints that Vantage’s AI-powered platform could help merchants advertise.
The ‘buy Canadian’ movement is fuelling growth for TruLOCAL’s food subscription
TruLOCAL says it’s a US tariffs beneficiary with 193-percent subscription growth in February.