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Charles Mandel's reporting and writing on technology has appeared in Wired.com, Canadian Business, Report on Business Magazine, Canada's National Observer, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, among many others. He lives off-grid in Nova Scotia.

Funding

D-Wave hopes to raise $431 million CAD as it prepares to go public via SPAC

Feb 8, 2022

Quantum computing startup aiming for a $1.5 billion valuation.

Acquisitions

Trulioo acquires HelloFlow, adding customer onboarding to platform

Feb 7, 2022

Acquisition gives Trulioo offices in Denmark and Romania.

Vancouver
SaaS

Silicon Valley unicorn Productboard eyes Vancouver, Toronto for expansion

Feb 4, 2022

The startup plans to hire 70 Canadian employees following a $125 million USD round.

AI

Australian government taps Bedrock AI for RegTech challenge

Feb 4, 2022

Bedrock hopes to land $1 million contract to uncover poor capital market disclosures.

IBM Q system
AI

IBM partners with Québec government to open new accelerator program

Feb 3, 2022

Program focuses on quantum, AI, semiconductors, and high-performance computing.

Funding

ClearEstate raises $16.8 million CAD to help the grieving deal with estates

Feb 3, 2022

Lead investor OMERS Ventures says “end-of-life products” deserve more thoughtful solutions.

Lightspeed JP Chauvet and Dax Dasilva
Markets

Founder Dax Dasilva out as Lightspeed CEO

Feb 2, 2022

President JP Chauvet steps in as CEO; Q3 results overshadowed in C-suite change.

Funding

White Star and OMERS-backed Wrk wants to be “Uber for office tasks”

Feb 2, 2022

Wrk on a mission to automate the future of, well, work.

pointclickcare toronto
Acquisitions

PointClickCare looks to acquire US-based Audacious Inquiry

Feb 2, 2022

PointClickCare claims the acquisition creates access to over 150 million people.

Funding

Data monetization platform TickSmith raises $20 million CAD Series A

Feb 1, 2022

TickSmith claims to simplify the online data shopping, distribution experience.

Vosker founders
Funding

Vosker receives $60 million CAD investment from GardaWorld founder

Jan 31, 2022

The remote monitoring startup is on the hunt for acquisitions.

FinTech

Fractional real estate investing startup Willow comes out of stealth

Jan 31, 2022

PropTech startup claims 10,000 people on investing waitlist.

Brad Rollo
Ottawa

Ottawa entrepreneur Brad Rollo remembered for his passion and enthusiasm

Jan 28, 2022

“This is not just a loss for the Ottawa tech sector; it’s a loss for Canada.”

FinTech

Bench CEO and founder Ian Crosby out, company brings in president

Jan 27, 2022

Jean-Philippe Durrios has been named Bench’s new president and CFO.

MaRS Toronto
Funding

MaRS launches new $100 million Graphite IAF fund

Jan 26, 2022

New fund backed by OMERS, Province of Ontario.

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