Today in funding: Rocket Doctor, Faculty, Zetane
Three tech startups with Canadian roots have recently secured fresh funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who…
Retail
Shopify, Google deepen partnership with new checkout integration
Shopify today announced it is expanding Shop Pay, the e-commerce company’s accelerated checkout solution, to Google. The…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify + Google = Smart Shopping
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
7shifts secures $21.5 million Series B round to scale restaurant staff management platform
Saskatoon-based retail software startup 7shifts has raised $21.5 million USD ($25.9 million CAD) in Series B financing as the…
General Assembly Pizza set to go public on TSXV June 3
Toronto’s General Assembly Pizza (GA Pizza) has filed its final non-offering prospectus and is set to begin listing on the…
Amid acquisitions, organic growth, Lightspeed doubles Q4 revenue despite increase in net losses
During its fiscal fourth quarter, Montréal-based retail tech company Lightspeed generated revenue of $82.4 million USD, more…
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon’s expanded BC presence
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Shopify, Google expand partnership to make merchants more discoverable online
Shopify and Google are expanding their partnership to help Shopify merchants reach more customers through Google’s services,…
Knix reportedly secures $53 million in latest funding round
Toronto-based startup Knix Wear, an e-commerce company that sells intimate apparel, has closed a new round of financing at…
OSF Digital acquires Adept Group to expand reach in Australia, New Zealand
OSF Digital, a commerce and digital cloud company headquartered in Québec, has acquired New Zealand-based Adept Group as it…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s non-aggression network
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
DoorDash to expand Canadian presence with new Toronto engineering hub
American last-mile delivery platform DoorDash has announced plans to launch a new engineering hub in Toronto and hire 50 engineers…
Today in funding: Curbie Cars, Loopt, Myant, Innovate BC award winners
Six Canadian startups have recently announced fresh funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised, how much,…
KITS Eyecare begins trading on US-based OTCQX market
Vancouver-based e-commerce retailer KITS Eyecare has begun trading on the United States-based OTCQX, OTC Markets Group’s…
Lightspeed, Google partner to offer marketing, advertising tools to retailers
Lightspeed has partnered with Google to give its small and medium-sized business (SMB) retailers access to Google’s marketing…