Silicon Valley FinTech, Plaid, expands coverage in Canada
Plaid, a relatively ‘under-the-radar’ San Francisco-based FinTech, that is used by many other FinTech companies…
Toronto vape startup Green Tank raises $14 million CAD Series A
Toronto-based vape manufacturer Green Tank Technologies has raised a $14 million CAD Series A financing round. The company…
Laurier University students raises $1 million for road-safety, impairment device startup
Guard-Ex, an impairment screening device startup founded by members of Wilfrid Laurier University’s LaunchPad incubator,…
Coinberry, Innisfil partnership makes it first Canadian municipality accepting crypto
Coinberry, a Toronto-based digital crypto platform, has formed an agreement with the Town of Innisfil in Ontario , providing…
Two MaRS-incubated programs are branching out
MaRS Discovery District has announced it is rolling out two new programs, SVX and the MaRS Talent Development Program, that…
Breather announces two new private working spaces in Toronto
Montreal-based real estate tech company Breather has announced two new leases for a collective 10,200 square feet of private…
L-Spark, Telus, BlackBerry, Solace launch accelerator to support Canadian IoT ventures
L-Spark, an Ottawa-based SaaS accelerator, has partnered with Telus, BlackBerry, and Solace to launch the Secure IoT Accelerator…
Kognitiv Spark’s AR software to be used by Royal Canadian Navy
Canada’s Royal Navy will be using a new software developed by Fredericton-based tech startup Kognitiv Spark. Kognitiv Spark’s…
Smart city best practices top of mind for partnership of urban tech companies
A coalition of Canada’s urban technology organizations has formed the Open City Network (OCN), a non-profit that aims to…
Tatari betting on a repatriated Canadian to build core engineering team
BetaKit’s Due South series profiled Canadian entrepreneurs who founded companies in the United States, and in recent years,…
US-based Corning opens software innovation centre in Montreal
Corning, an American materials science technology company, has opened a research and development centre in Montreal, focused…
Quebec’s budget looks to fuel digital transformation, overlooks skills gap
Quebec Finance Minister, Eric Girard, delivered the 2019-2020 provincial budget at the National Assembly on Thursday, marking…
Mailchimp’s Shopify integration removed, with both parties citing data and privacy concerns
Marketing automation platform Mailchimp has asked Shopify to remove the Mailchimp for Shopify integration from its marketplace,…
Trexo Robotics wants to redefine mobility for children with disabilities
Trexo Robotics, a company which aims to redefine mobility solutions for people of all ages and abilities, was recently featured…
The six Canadian companies participating in Y Combinator’s most recent cohort
This season’s winter cohort at Silicon Valley’s accelerator Y Combinator pitched their startups over the course of two…