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WonderFi spent $3.6 million on ransom and security upgrades in connection with CEO’s kidnapping last year
In the crypto world, high-profile figures face significant security risks.
Wealthsimple acquihires Plenty, a San Francisco-based wealth management platform for couples
Co-founders of Inovia-backed startup will help Wealthsimple expand family-focused products.
Corporate VPN startup Tailscale secures $230 million CAD Series C on back of “surprising” growth
Company achieves $2 billion CAD valuation after doubling customer base in 10 months.
Kepler Communications sells its first on-orbit compute power to Axiom Space
The Toronto firm’s satellite constellation will help power an orbital data centre
Shopify, Lightspeed among Canadian tech stocks dragged down in US tariff-spurred market plunge
Economists, companies share bleak outlook as global markets see one of their worst days in decades.
Three Canadian quantum startups selected for US military-backed quantum race program
Xanadu, Nord Quantique, Photonic chosen by DARPA to build usable quantum computers in under a decade.
The team behind Intuit’s AI-driven expert platform
The Virtual Expert Platform built by Intuit is a proving ground for Canada’s top engineering talent.
“Every dollar counts”: amid trade war, Float launches foreign exchange solution to help companies cut costs
FinTech startup rolls out currency conversion to help clients doing business stateside weather the economic storm.
Kensington acquires One9 to establish a defence tech VC platform
Canadian VCs join forces to capitalize on rising interest in defence investment.
Ontario subsidizes Siemens’ new R&D facility after CEOs plead province to prioritize homegrown production
The Invest Ontario Fund will cover $7.2 million of the German giant’s $150-million investment.
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Well Health to exercise call options that give majority controlling interest in strategic partner Healwell AI
Call option exercised in conjunction with Healwell’s acquisition of New Zealand healthtech company.
Optimism continues in Canadian decentralized finance as DeFi and WonderFi report major gains year-over-year
A US administration more favourable to crypto has DeFi companies anticipating another year of growth.
Inside the push to get Ontario’s mobility startups moving
Ontario’s transportation innovators face slow adoption and long sales cycles, but are finding a way forward.