Startup Genome ranks Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo among top global AgTech, new food ecosystems
Vancouver came ninth, while Toronto-Waterloo finished 11th.
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Amid WonderFi deal, Coinberry reaches settlement in Cinaport lawsuit following failed TSXV takeover
Cinaport to receive 3.1 million common shares in WonderFi.
Responsive receives $3.5 million in Co-operators-backed Series A round for US, Europe expansion
Co-operators joins Responsive’s board of directors.
WonderFi to acquire Coinberry for $38.5 million in all-stock deal as Canada’s crypto space continues to consolidate
Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi will soon own two of Canada’s six registered crypto trading platforms.
Legible sees more execs depart in restructuring as company eyes private placement for liquidity
In recent weeks, Legible has laid off 23 employees and lost its CTO, CFO, CRO, and CPO.
Netcoins user walks away with an estimated $1.58 million after software vulnerability
Netcoins’ parent company is attempting to track down the missing cryptocurrency.
Hootsuite appoints former Mailchimp exec as CPO, as Wealthsimple snags Snap VP as COO
Natalia Williams and Radhika Kakkar join Hootsuite and Wealthsimple as both companies expand their offerings.
MeetAmi secures $36.5 million to help wealth management firms navigate digital assets
MeetAmi looks to relieve the pressure wealth management firms are feeling amid the crypto boom.
CloudMD, Think Research announce changes to executive suites
Founder, CEO stepping down at CloudMD, while Think loses CFO.
In effort to cut costs, CSE-listed Legible lays off over a third of its employees
Legible becomes second publicly-traded Canadian tech firm to announce significant layoffs in the past week.
Acquisitions propel Well Health to record revenues, profits in 2021
Well Health Posts adjusted gross profits of $153.7 million CAD for 2021
Thinkific CEO describes layoffs as effort to preserve cash amid tough capital-raising environment for public companies
Company’s share price has risen 13 percent since layoffs were announced.
Evok Innovations targets cleantech investments with first close of $300 million USD Fund II
LPs in Fund II include Export Development Canada, RBC, and TD.
LayerZero Labs reaches $1 billion valuation in round backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz
Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake, crypto leaders like Dapper Labs invested in the $135 million round.
Canadian startups in Y Combinator tie all-time high at Winter 2022 Demo Day
For the second time, 16 Canadian startups participated in a YC cohort.