Invest Ottawa receives $17 million to expand autonomous vehicle test facility
Economic development agency Invest Ottawa is expanding its autonomous vehicle test facility, Ottawa L5, and rebranding the…
Praemo raises $4.5 million CAD in Series A follow-on financing
Kitchener-Waterloo-based Praemo, which uses industrial IoT data to provide insights to enterprises, has raised $4.5 million…
BroadbandTV looking to go public on TSX through $172 million IPO
BBTV Holdings, the holding company of Vancouver-based media and technology company BroadbandTV, has filed for an initial public…
Federal government doles out cumulative $13.4 million to four healthtech organizations
Four Toronto-based healthtech businesses and organizations have received a cumulative $13.4 million in loans and grants from…
Clearbanc deepens push into e-commerce with inventory financing
Toronto-based Clearbanc has launched a new inventory program, whereby Clearbanc purchases inventory directly from suppliers…
Privacy commissioner finds pandemic raises new privacy concerns around telemedicine, EdTech
A new report from Canada’s privacy commissioner is warning new technologies that have seen mass adoption during the COVID-19…
New angel group launches to inject early-stage capital into Western Canada tech startups
A new angel organization has formed with an aim to expand access to capital for early-stage tech entrepreneurs in Western Canada.…
SaaS companies in 2020 have raised one-fifth of 2019 numbers: report
Investments in software as a service (SaaS) companies reached $1.17 billion so far this year, only 22 percent of the $5.13…
Canadian procurement policies missing the mark for cleantech startups, says innovation council
Canada’s procurement incentives and policies are missing the mark for Canada’s high-growth cleantech startups, according…
Biotech startup Phenomic AI raises $7.97 million CAD to identify promising cancer drugs
Toronto-based Phenomic AI, which aims to help researchers spot the differences between cells that could be early signs of disease…
All signs point to Montréal as home of Sonder’s second headquarters
San Francisco-based and Montréal-founded travel tech startup Sonder is looking to grow the company’s presence in its hometown.…
Report: While proportion of women on boards increasing slowly, visible minorities still vastly underrepresented
Although the presence of women on the boards of some Canadian companies is slowly increasing, there is still a notable lack…
Today in funding: Course Studio, Olive, goPeer, WeUsThem, Prospre
Five Canadian startups have announced fresh funding to fuel their growth, including Course Studio, Olive, goPeer, WeUsThem,…
Carebook completes reverse takeover, readies for TSX Venture Exchange debut
Montréal-based Carebook Technologies, which offers a digital pharmacy platform, has completed a reverse takeover of Pike Mountain…
ShopHERE launches in Halifax with $100,000 in federal funding to help small businesses
ShopHERE powered by Google, the Digital Main Street program aimed to help independent small businesses and artists move their…