Jombone closes $3.3 million to modernize the blue-collar staffing industry
Jombone aims to offer businesses an alternative to incumbent staffing agencies.
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Vitalik Buterin fund gives financial booster shot to doctor’s startup assessing airborne COVID-19 risk
Raven Clean Air tracks carbon dioxide levels in order to assess COVID-19 risk.
Amazon makes AWS EdStart accelerator available to Canadians, picks Springbay Studio as first participant
Springbay Studio creates climate-focused educational games for children.
Q4 Inc. lays off eight percent of staff to accelerate “path to profitability”
Restructuring impacts the company’s sales, marketing, R&D teams.
Three Canadian startups selected for Google’s latest Women Founders accelerator cohort
Blossom Social, Emaww, MedEssist represent Canada in the third installation of Google’s accelerator.
Insurtech startup Relay Platform acquired by US-based cyber insurance provider At-Bay
Relay Platform specializes in cyber insurance.
VendorPM secures $20 million Series A to expand US footprint
VendorPM’s backers include Bessemer and a plethora of real estate investors.
“There’s a storm coming, but we’re on a good boat.” Koho says it’s ready to navigate downturn
Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale.
Myplanet raises $14 million CAD to become leader in emerging ‘composable commerce’ market
Myplanet’s customers include New Balance, Harry Rosen, Telus.
Brüush Oral Care closes Nasdaq IPO with $15.5 million
Brüush missed its initial IPO target by $1.75 million.
NotaryPro secures $646,415 CAD to tap into growing market for digital signatures
CEO claims the pandemic became a major catalyst for NotaryPro’s growth.
Metafold 3D secures $500,000 from Active Impact Investments to build 3D printing’s “missing piece”
Idea behind Metafold was spun out of co-founders’ consulting work with a major sportswear manufacturer.
WellnessLiving secures $66 million USD to scale operations management software for wellness centres
The Thornhill startup serves over 5,000 yoga studios, dance studios, and other wellness centres.
Former BDC investors Meryeme Lahmami, Siddartha Krishnan join Pender Ventures, Blue Vision
Two investors from BDC Capital have left the Crown corporation to join Canadian venture capital firms.
Medical imaging startup MolecuLight secures funding from BDC Capital, iGan Ventures for global expansion
MolecuLight has received at least three clearances from the FDA for its imaging device.