Borrowell to acquire Refresh Financial
Toronto-based FinTech startup Borrowell is set to acquire Refresh Financial, a fellow Canadian company offering financial products…
Today in Funding: RockMass Technologies, DarwinAI
Two Canadian startups have recently announced new funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised, how much,…
GoFor Industries raises $20 million Series A for last-mile delivery solution
Ottawa-based startup GoFor Industries has raised a $20 million CAD Series A round to further its expansion into the United…
Ross Intelligence files counterclaim against Thomson Reuters after announcing cease of operations
Ross Intelligence, an artificial intelligence startup for the legal industry, has filed a counterclaim against Thomson Reuters…
Emerge, WeCommerce begin trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
Two Canadian tech-focused companies, Emerge Commerce and WeCommerce, began trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) on Monday.…
Mila, IBM collaborating on open-source AI and machine learning project
Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (Mila) and IBM have teamed up to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
Minister Bains says orgs committed to diversity will get “preferential access to government programming”
As part of a new diversity initiative rollout Thursday, Minister Navdeep Bains committed to using both carrots and sticks to…
WeCommerce going public to further strategy of buying Shopify ecosystem companies
WeCommerce, the holding company controlled by Andrew Wilkinson’s Tiny Capital, is set to go public on the TSX Venture…
Boast.ai raises $30 million from Radian Capital to “revolutionize” R&D tax credit market
Vancouver-based software startup Boast.ai has secured $30 million CAD in Series A financing from growth equity firm Radian…
Platform Calgary to take over Startup Calgary in 2021
Platform Calgary is set to take over the operation of innovation organization Startup Calgary from Calgary Economic Development…
Carrot Rewards program and app re-launches as Optimity
As of Tuesday, the Carrot Rewards app has officially been re-launched as Optimity, after the Toronto-based health and wellness…
Mental health startup MindBeacon files for public offering on TSX
Toronto-based MindBeacon, which has created a digital mental health treatment platform, has officially filed to list on the…
Former Koho CTO, head of Uber Money launch new FinTech startup with $15.8 million CAD seed round
The FinTech sector in North American is a tale of partnerships; startups having to find banking partners due to extensive regulations,…
Affirm to acquire PayBright for $340 million CAD
PayBright, one of Canada’s leading buy-now-pay-later providers, is set to be acquired by San Francisco-based Affirm. Affirm…
British private equity investor Hg to acquire controlling stake in Benevity
Private equity firm Hg is set to acquire a majority controlling stake in Calgary-based corporate social responsibility software…