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,…
Retail
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…
Amazon to expand presence in British Columbia with five new locations
Amazon has revealed plans to expand its presence in the province of British Columbia. The e-commerce giant is opening five…
With new financing, Stoko wants to disrupt the knee brace industry with D2C product for athletes
A Vancouver-based startup working to disrupt the knee brace industry with a direct-to-consumer product developed using proprietary…
Following pandemic hit, ChefHero rebrands, refocuses to early success
Toronto-based restaurant supply chain software startup ChefHero has officially rebranded to Notch after executing what it says…
Shopify sees its developer platform as key to driving the future trends of e-commerce
As Shopify continues to benefit from the shift in consumer habits amid COVID-19, the company says its developers and developer…
Ada secures $130 million USD, claims $1.2 billion valuation
Toronto artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer support software startup Ada has raised $130 million USD in Series C…
Shopify joins patent non-aggression network as competition with Amazon heats up
Shopify has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), a patent non-aggression community that aims to defend the intellectual…
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon accelerates
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Today in acquisitions: Khure Health, TechX Technologies, Nolk, WorldReach Software, BuzzBuzzHome, Zorbit’s Math
Six Canadian tech companies have recently made acquisitions or have been acquired, including Khure Health, TechX Technologies,…
Sonder to go public on NASDAQ through SPAC deal
Montréal-founded travel tech startup Sonder is set to go public on the NASDAQ through a merger deal with Gores Metropoulos…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify pins new markets
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Shopify sees 110 percent year-over-year revenue growth as e-commerce continues to boom amid pandemic
Shopify continued to see massive growth in the first quarter of 2021 with revenue, income and gross profit all significantly…
Attabotics, Amii, AltaML partner to develop AI solutions for supply chains
Attabotics, a Calgary-based robotics supply chain startup, has partnered with AltaML and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute…