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Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle is a Vancouver-based writer with 5+ years of experience in communications and journalism and a lifelong passion for telling stories. For over two years, she has reported on all sides of the Canadian startup ecosystem, from landmark venture deals to public policy, telling the stories of the founders putting Canadian tech on the map.

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Oct 11, 2024

GreenSky achievements, Nobel godfathers, and a 600-pound beaver. Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news.

Fall

Fall job alert: Here are three tech companies hiring in Canada

Oct 11, 2024

Ripple Labs, Koru, and Vaco all on the hunt for Canadian tech talent.

Lakhveer Jajj - Moselle
Funding

Moselle secures $2.1 million CAD to help brands manage their inventory with AI

Oct 11, 2024

Highline Beta spinout wants to tackle a $1.77-trillion problem faced by consumer brands.

Live Events
Funding

atVenu secures $130 million USD to fuel expansion into new live events markets

Oct 10, 2024

Sole investor Sixth Street Growth also participated in Clio’s $1.24-billion CAD Series F round earlier this year.

Uber Toronto Tech Hub
Toronto

Toronto delivers for Uber’s tech team

Oct 10, 2024

Uber’s Canadian engineering hub is creating global products with the agility of a startup.

Indiegraf cofounders
Funding

Indiegraf to expand independent news solution after raising $2.9 million CAD

Oct 8, 2024

“Media business in a box” offering to expand across the United States and Latin America.

Funding

Flora Fertility closes $1.5 million CAD to bring individual fertility insurance across North America

Oct 8, 2024

Insurtech startup led by repeat founders plans to launch in the US next year, with Canada to follow.

Layoffs

MaRS CEO lays out reset business model as innovation hub makes more cuts

Oct 7, 2024

Alison Nankivell targeting 50/50 split between public and private funding “in the next few years.”

Sparrow BioAcoustics
Funding

Ex-PathFactory CEO’s Sparrow BioAcoustics closes $10 million to turn smartphones into stethoscopes

Oct 4, 2024

Funding comes one year after the startup received FDA clearance for its Stethophone software solution.

snapwrite-elevate
Funding

Nunafab, SnapWrite, Aruna Revolution among startups to score prize money at Elevate

Oct 4, 2024

Fourteen startups cashed in over $290,000.

Maltem
Acquisitions

Sagard-backed Audensiel acquires tech consultancy Maltem Canada

Oct 3, 2024

Deal comes one year after the French consulting firm opened its Montréal office.

Maria Pacella - Investor Deck
VC

The greatest threat to startups today is playing it safe

Oct 3, 2024

Pender Ventures’ Maria Pacella warns that an overcorrection toward risk aversion could spell trouble for Canada’s SaaS…

Orpyx
Funding

Orpyx closes $26.9 million CAD in growth capital to fuel US expansion

Oct 1, 2024

Startup has focused on US commercial traction of its shoe-based sensor tech for people with diabetes.

ZOHOLICS
Events

What to expect from Zoholics Canada 2024

Oct 1, 2024

From October 8 to 9 in Montréal, a conference to help businesses power their next stage of growth.

piggy bank
Acquisitions

Propel Holdings to acquire UK-based QuidMarket for $95.9 million CAD

Sep 27, 2024

Company sees the UK as potential beachhead for expanding into the European market.

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