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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

Toronto-based Private AI’s language redaction tool attracts $3.15 million in seed funding

Sep 15, 2021

M12 Ventures, the venture capital arm of Microsoft, and astronaut Chris Hadfield are among the diverse investors in Private…

Shopify
Retail

Shopify rolls out new solution meant to help merchants manage global commerce, cross-border shopping

Sep 14, 2021

Shopify continues to refine its platform and ecosystem, announcing a new cross-border solution the Canadian e-commerce giant…

Funding

Millions.co raises $12.6 million CAD for social commerce platform for athletes

Sep 14, 2021

Millions.co lived up to its name on September 14 when the Toronto-based company announced it raised $12.6 million CAD ($10…

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Markets

Shopify grows 846 percent over three-year period, places second on 2021 TSX30 ranking

Sep 14, 2021

Shopify ranked second this year on the 2021 TSX30, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s program showcasing the 30 top-performing…

Healthtech
Healthtech

Think Research switches banks, increases credit facility to $28 million

Sep 13, 2021

Think Research Corporation replaced its existing credit arrangement with the National Bank of Canada, choosing instead to go…

Funding

Following Google accelerator nod, Paperstack attracts $250,000 pre-seed round, interest from Canada’s unicorns

Sep 13, 2021

Fresh from acceptance into Google’s second Women Founders Accelerators cohort, Toronto-based FinTech startup Paperstack has…

Shopify
Funding

Shopify makes strategic investment in Israeli ecommerce marketing startup Yotpo with new partnership

Sep 9, 2021

Two unicorns, Canadian ecommerce giant Shopify and Israeli ecommerce marketing startup Yotpo, have signed a multi-year platform…

VC

OMERS and Vector Institute sign five-year collaboration agreement

Sep 9, 2021

The pension plan organization OMERS and the Vector Institute of Artificial Intelligence are partnering on a five-year strategic…

VC

Inovia Capital partner and former RIM exec Dennis Kavelman joins board of BenchSci

Sep 9, 2021

Medical AI company BenchSci announced September 9 the addition of Inovia Capital partner and former Research In Motion (now…

ridesharing
Toronto

Facedrive fracas heats up as company confirms it filed suit against its co-founder

Sep 8, 2021

Toronto-based ride-sharing startup Facedrive said September 8 that it is “aware of certain allegations circulated concerning…

Funding

AON3D gets $14.4 million CAD in Series A funding, announces partnership with private space agency

Sep 8, 2021

Montreal’s AON3D is literally over the moon with its latest round of funding after securing $11.5 million USD ($14.4 million…

Acquisitions

Traction on Demand acquires New Zealand’s Trineo to create 24-hour work cycle

Sep 8, 2021

Vancouver-based Traction on Demand (ToD) has come a long way since it was first launched in 2006 out of an apartment in Port…

facedrive
Markets

Facedrive co-founder claims company considering insolvency amid face off with former CEO

Sep 7, 2021

The former president and the former CEO of the embattled ride-sharing company Facedrive both issued news releases – September…

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AI

BMO and Riskfuel collaborate on AI for financial transactions

Sep 7, 2021

BMO Financial Group continues to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations with the recent announcement that…

Healthtech

New York teledentistry platform Grin enters Canadian market

Sep 3, 2021

New York-based teledentistry company Grin is taking a bite out of the Canadian market. The digital orthodontic platform announced…

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