Uber Eats alum, Top Chef finalist secure backing for Spatula Foods to serve Canadians flash-frozen gourmet meals
HelloFresh, Goodfood alum backed the pre-seed round.
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WonderFi clears regulatory hurdles, set to close acquisition of registered crypto marketplace Bitbuy
CEOs think deal could mark step towards crypto consolidation, DeFi regulation.
Avast acquires SecureKey Technologies as it bulks up its digital identity business
With the acquisition, Avast may have the world’s largest concentration of digital ID experts.
Live shopping marketplace ShopThing secures $10 million Series A round
ShopThing lets you shop for things via someone else’s live stream.
With the spotlight shining on Canadian tech, Kanata Ventures wants international startups to become part of the story
How trips to São Paulo, London, and Hong Kong sold Kanata Ventures on Canada.
How Optimity’s Jane Wang turned a personal tragedy into a life optimization platform
Wang is on a quest to democratize access to wellness and wealth.
MinuteBox scores $5 million CAD to accelerate growth of its legaltech solution
Lawyer-led MinuteBox helps law firms manage their operations.
Creative Destruction Lab’s space stream goes global, expands to Atlanta, Paris
“This means twice the potential, and twice the possibilities for participating ventures.”
Walmart launches global tech hub in Toronto, plans to hire hundreds
The initial hiring phase for Toronto includes 45 full-time roles.
Microsoft leads MedMe’s $3.4 million CAD seed round to help pharmacies expand beyond retail
Microsoft’s VC arm buys into MedMe’s vision to turn pharmacies into community health hubs.
Wisedocs closes $4.1 million to bring medical document analysis to “entire” insurance ecosystem
Wisedocs’ “bread and butter” is helping insurance orgs work with medical records.
Scribble Data closes $2.2 million to help data science teams train machine learning models
Scribble Data aims to dip into Toronto’s machine learning talent pool.
HubSpot opens first Canadian office in Toronto
HubSpot aims to add over 50 employees in Ontario.
Corl secures $20 million in USD stablecoin for its revenue-based financing model
Digital assets backed by real-world commercial agreements will offset volatility, companies claim.
American proptech startup Alfred opening Canadian HQ in Toronto
Alfred arrives with up to $75 million USD for staffing up, new acquisitions.