RBC acquires Canadian operations of US proptech startup Ojo
Deal comes amid cooling housing market that has impacted homebuyers and proptech startups alike.
Toronto
Mark Usher named CIBC Innovation Banking lead after Mark McQueen announces departure
Usher follows in footsteps of former Wellington Financial colleague Mark McQueen, who is leaving for other endeavors.
CoinSmart to seek monetary damages from Coinsquare following collapse of acquisition deal
CoinSmart accepts deal is no more, intends to âcommence legal proceedings against Coinsquare.â
After selling startup to Instacart, New School Foods founder raises $15.9 million CAD to create plant-based meat
Toronto startup’s tech can produce plant-based salmon fillets.
CIBC Innovation Banking president Mark McQueen to depart for “next adventure”
McQueen joined CIBC through its acquisition of Wellington Financial in 2018.
VerticalScope becomes latest public tech firm to make layoffs with 22 percent staff reduction
Cuts come after VerticalScopeâs business deteriorated in Q4.
Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts
The layoffs come four months after Ada reduced its staff by 16 percent.
As Clearco and Wayflyer struggle, Paperstack secures $9 million in equity, debt to fuel pivot into e-commerce lending
Paperstack sees room to grow as larger players cut back amid economic headwinds.
Vector Institute, Communitech partner to expand AI training program across Canada
Reports show one of the main barriers to AI adoption is the ongoing talent crunch.
As Big Tech makes mass layoffs, recent Canadian startup reductions might cut deeper
PartnerStack, SSENSE, #paid, Shakepay, Venngage latest to cut staff.
Smile Digital Health secures $30 million Series B to expand AI, machine learning capabilities
LinkedIn posts indicate Smile Digital Health quietly let people go last year.
Nuula sold to Nav Technologies following collapse of Series A round
Nuula CEO: Company planned to raised $5 million but it “became impossible to close.”
Five Canadian programs listed among top incubators, accelerators globally
Canada is the only country with three programs named to the top ten list.
Canadian-led, New York-based AtomicJar aims to hire in Canada with $25 million USD Series A
US software testing firm hopes to build âcentre of excellenceâ in Canada.
Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
Tenstorrent founder becomes CTO as company also hires ex-Google director as COO.