StandUp Ventures raises additional $13 million for women-focused fund
StandUp Ventures, a seed stage firm investing in women-led companies has secured $13 million CAD in new follow-on funding commitments,…
Trudeau, Tory pitch Global Talent Stream, diversity to #Collisionconf attendees
After more than a year of build-up and preparation, Collision Conference has officially launched in Toronto, with Prime Minister…
FounderFuel announces eight companies joining 2019 cohort
Montreal-based accelerator FounderFuel has announced the companies that will be joining its newest and 12th cohort for 2019.…
Toronto-based Proptech Lane raises $2.5 million Seed round led by Alate Partners
Lane, a Toronto-based Proptech company offering a communication platform for landlords and tenants, has raised $2.5 million…
Invest Ottawa officially launches Ottawa L5 autonomous vehicle test facility
Invest Ottawa, the Government of Ontario, and other strategic partners officially announced the launch of the Ottawa L5 Connected…
Portag3 Ventures creates senior advisory group to help build global FinTech businesses
Portag3 Ventures announced on Thursday the creation of its new group of senior advisors, adding six members including industry…
Canada, France governments announce Declaration of the International Panel on AI
Today the Government of Canada made public the Declaration of the International Panel on Artificial Intelligence (IPAI), and…
Aislelabs building out European expansion, opens new office in UK
Aislelabs, a Toronto-based provider of enterprise-grade guest WiFi platforms, has announced the opening of its new UK-based…
Ontario judge rules against Xtreme Labs co-founders, Chamath Palihapitiya in Tinder-focused lawsuit
Former Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) founding partners Sundeep Madra and Amar Varma, as well as Social Capital CEO Chamath…
Nest Wealth acquires Razor Logic Systems, offering investment and financial planning solutions
Toronto-based Nest Wealth, a digital wealth management platform, has acquired Razor Logic Systems, the creator of RazorPlan,…
MaRS may see layoffs as province continues with tech funding cutbacks
In light of the recent announcement that the Ontario government cut 30 percent of its funding to Communitech, other innovation…
CoLab Software becomes first Atlantic Canada startup to join Y Combinator
CoLab Software, based in St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, has become the first Atlantic Canada startup to be accepted…
Co-founder of Layer 6, Vector Institute leaves TD Bank to launch $471 million CAD AI venture fund
Jordan Jacobs, the former co-founder of the Vector Institute and Layer 6 is leaving his position at TD Bank to focus on managing…
Disruption Ventures, The Big Push team up to support women-led tech startups
Disruption Ventures fund and The Big Push accelerator today announced a partnership looking to give women-led tech startups…
Women Entrepreneurship Fund announces Alberta recipients
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng has announced the Edmonton and Calgary-area companies that will be…