Healthtech-focused iGan Partners adds $50 million to Fund I
Toronto-based venture capital and private equity firm iGan Partners announced on Thursday, the second close of its Fund I,…
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CCLA files suit over Sidewalk Labs, #BlockSidewalk holds rally
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed a lawsuit against all three levels of government and Waterfront Toronto,…
Ample Labs supporting Toronto’s homeless population with chatbot
Ample Labs, a Toronto-based non-profit that builds technology solutions for the homeless community, has launched a crowdfunding…
Wave, Visa launching solution to improve cash flow management for SMBs
Toronto-based Wave, a financial platform for small business owners, has announced a new payments solution created in partnership…
Wattpad, Sony Pictures Television teaming up for TV programming deal
Wattpad has announced a partnership with Sony Pictures Television to co-produce original programming of Wattpad’s stories…
Ex-OMERS director, Mike Woollatt, leading Hamilton Lane’s new Toronto office
Hamilton Lane, a private markets investment and advisory firm, has officially opened a Toronto office (its first in Canada),…
Dot Health, Maple partnering to create virtual healthcare solution
Dot Health, a mobile platform that finds and stores medical records, and Maple, a platform for on-demand access to healthcare…
Toronto FinTech, Lendified, raises $15 million CAD Series A
Lendified, a Toronto-based FinTech, announced today that it has closed a $15 million CAD Series A funding round, in order to…
HackerYou offering students deferred-payment tuition option
HackerYou College of Technology has announced it will offer Income Share Agreements (ISAs) as a payment option to students…
MaRS, Communitech, Invest Ottawa receiving $52.4 million for “first-of-its-kind” Scale-Up program
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the federal government is investing $52.4 million in a Scale-Up Platform,…
Telemedicine platform, OnCall Health, raises $2 million CAD
OnCall Health, a virtual care technology and services platform for healthcare providers, has a raised $2 million CAD seed round…
Collision releases schedule and launches official app
North American tech conference Collision recently launched its official app as well as the event’s detailed schedule.…
Canada, France, UK join forces to explore societal implications of AI
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), has launched a series of workshops examining the effects of AI on society,…
SheEO receives $2.5 million CAD investment from federal government
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, Mary Ng, today announced the federal government is investing $2.5 million…
Danielle Graham joins Dream Maker Ventures as firm targets $75 million Diversity Fund
Danielle Graham, founder of Communitech’s Fierce Founders program, has joined Dream Maker Ventures as a principal to…