Highline Beta, Aviva Canada launch road safety, smart city accelerator
Highline Beta, alongside insurance company Aviva Canada, today launched an accelerator focused on addressing road safety and…
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Ample Labs, Ada officially launch AI chatbot for Toronto’s homeless community
Ample Labs, a Toronto-based non-profit that builds technology solutions for the homeless community has officially launched…
Ample Organics makes layoffs as capital dries up in Canadian cannabis industry
Toronto-based cannabis software startup Ample Organics has made company-wide layoffs, reducing its staff by around 16 percent,…
Today in seed funding: Clik.ai, Veühub
Two Toronto-based startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who has raised.…
FlipGive raises $5 million Series A to help reinvent how youth sports teams fundraise
Digital fundraising platform FlipGive has raised $5 million in a Series A to help accelerate its mission of changing the way…
Ratio.City raises $1 million seed round for AI-powered urban analytics platform
Toronto-based Ratio.City, a Proptech startup specializing in using data for urban development, has raised $1 million…
Knotel joins drove of workspace providers expanding to Canada
New-York based Proptech company Knotel, which provides flexible office spaces for enterprise companies, will be opening new…
Toronto one of top three North American markets for tech talent
In a new report released by CBRE, Toronto rose in rankings to become one of the top three markets in North America for tech…
Impact Centre updates Narwhal List to reflect 2019’s big rounds, exits
Following Canada seeing a number of significant raises in addition to large exits in the first half of 2019, the University…
Wattpad launches monetization model globally
Toronto-based Wattpad has announced that two of its monetization initiatives, Wattpad Paid Stories and Wattpad Premium, are…
Michelle Obama to speak at Elevate 2019
Today at Design Exchange, Elevate announced that Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States, will be speaking at…
Rob Maurin wants to replicate Wave’s success at Plooto
Rob Maurin knows a thing or two about crafting an identity for an early-stage FinTech startup. In 2009, when financial services…
Mogo, League partner for health insurance fraud protection solution
Vancouver-based FinTech Mogo and Toronto-based digital benefits platform League are teaming up to bring identity fraud protection…
Today in acquisitions: mCloud, Croesus, Xtreme Blockchain Labs
Over the past few weeks, several companies have made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canada’s…
Flybits secures $45 million CAD Series C for context-as-a-service platform
Toronto-based Flybits, a context-as-a-service platform for mobile apps, has closed a $45 million CAD ($35 million USD) Series…