Carrot Rewards wins global innovation award at World Government Summit
Public wellness app, Carrot Rewards, has be chosen as the global winner of the OECD’s 2019 Edge of Government Award.…
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Another BMO exec departs, as Mark Gilbert joins Espresso Capital
Toronto-based venture debt provider Espresso Capital has announced Mark Gilbert has joined as director of loan origination…
Conexus Credit Union launches business incubator brand, Cultivator, in Regina
Regina-based Conexus Credit Union has launched its new business incubator brand, Cultivator, and its beta programming, which…
Live-streaming startup Stage Ten closes seed round led by Next 10 Ventures
Toronto-based live streaming company Stage Ten recently announced it has closed its seed funding round led by Los Angeles and…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Would you let Google run your city?
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Roofr raises $4 million after completing Y Combinator
Roofing service software company Roofr has announced it raised a $4 million seed round in SAFE and priced equity financing,…
FreshBooks adds bank reconciliation and double-entry accounting to software
Toronto-based cloud accounting software FreshBooks will now offer bank reconciliation and double-entry accounting to its suite…
Ritual announces international expansion into UK and Australia
Toronto-based food ordering app Ritual has expanded internationally into the UK and Australia, with further plans to move into…
Limelight Platform appoints Shawn Naggiar as new president and COO
Former Act-On Software executive, Shawn Naggiar, is joining Toronto-based Limelight Platform as president and COO, to lead…
FedDev invests $615,000 in Canadian startup assisting first responders
An Ottawa-based startup is receiving $615,000 in funding from FedDev Ontario, one of the federal governmentâs regional development…
Engagement platform Thoughtexchange raises $4 million
Rossland, B.C.-based startup engagement platform Thoughtexchange announced on Thursday, the closing of an approximate $4 million round…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s new publishing division
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Scalar named a member of cyber security contract for Canadian Army
Scalar Decisions Inc., an IT solutions company, announced Wednesday it is partaking in a cybersecurity engineering contract…
Lightspeed launches integrated payments system ahead of planned IPO
Lightspeed today announced the launch of a new payments system, Lightspeed Payments, to be fully integrated with its point-of-sale…
EnergyX Solutions raises $500,000 from MaRS for further expansion in U.S.
EnergyX Solutions, developer of an online energy auditing platform, has raised $500,000 from MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund,…