Today in company updates: Flexiti Financial, Integrate.ai, Lightspeed, Overbond, StackAdapt
This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new features, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…
Technovation Challenge aims to help young girls become tech entrepreneurs
Technovation Challenge, a global initiative that encourages young women to pursue tech entrepreneurship, is taking place in…
New Brunswick announces $63.6 million in funding for two innovation agencies
New Brunswick’s provincial government announced that it is making significant investments into two innovation agencies and…
Report: Toronto requires more collaboration between gov’t, startups to become a smart city
A recent report by the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TBOT) suggests there is a lot of work that still needs to be done to…
Adventure tech startups ShareShed and Guiides acquired by Leavetown
Vancouver-based adventure tech startups ShareShed and Guiides have just been acquired by Leavetown, a Vancouver-based vacation…
BC Tech Association announces 2017 Technology Impact Awards finalists
For over 20 years, the BC Tech Association (formerly known as BCTIA) has been celebrating the success of British Columbia tech…
FounderFuel announces eight companies joining 2017 cohort
After going through an eight-week recruiting process that began in February, the Montreal-based FounderFuel accelerator has…
Report: Less than one in five Canadian small businesses use online payment tools
Small businesses in Canada are not leveraging the power of online payment and ecommerce tools, according to a new study by…
Thymox raises $4.6 million Series B funding for international expansion of biodegradable disinfectant
Sherbrooke, Quebec-based Thymox, a company that develops a botanically-derived disinfectant, has just closed a $4.6 million…
Canadian gov’t begins search for Canada Infrastructure Bank leadership team
The Government of Canada has opened applications for senior leadership positions at the Canada Infrastructure Bank, a new place…
Unsplash releases free API to give devs access to over 200,000 photos
Unsplash, a photography platform that offers free images, has launched an application program interface (API) to give developers…
BDC and MaRS IAF announce initial $5 million close of women founder-focused fund
BDC and seed-stage investor MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) announced the first close of StandUp Ventures Fund I, with…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – SaaS sprawl
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using…
F|T: The FinTech Times – The future of FinTech is magic
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
IBM launches collaborative innovation space in Markham
IBM, in partnership with the Government of Ontario, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), and ventureLAB, has announced the…