White Star Capital wants to lead Canadian seed rounds with new $50-million USD fund
The VC firm has closed $25 million USD to back more early-stage Canadian software startups.
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Lightspeed would pay $11 million CAD and admit no wrongdoing in proposed lawsuit settlement
The lawsuit stems from allegations the company distorted financial reports.
Vistara Growth wants out of âtweenerâ category as private credit firm gears up to close fifth fund
BC firm has raised $370 million CAD for Fund V amid an increasingly hot venture debt market.
Bench IQ raises $7.3 million CAD for AI platform analyzing judicial rulings
CEOâs previous company still in litigation with Thomson Reuters over 2020 copyright case.
Astrus announces $11 million CAD to automate semiconductor design with AI
Astrus aims to tackle a remaining bottleneck in chip design: analog circuits.
Cohere president Martin Kon stepping down, remains âkey memberâ of the team
Enterprise AI company recently added former Meta, Uber execs to its C-suite.
Shopify bolsters product design team with acquisition of Molly Studio
E-commerce giantâs new Product Design Studio to operate like an âinternal agency.â
Construction tech startup Mechasys lays out blueprint to scale with $23-million Series A
Startup aims to produce laser projector for construction sites in Montréal despite tariff concerns.
Taking Pride in Canadian tech
Plus: The former Meta employee trying to stop Canada’s AI brain drain.
Caseware replaces the majority of its C-suite as AI comes for the accounting tech stack
CEO David Marquis said heâs focused on âwhat’s required to win in the future.â
Canadian-led Dayforce to be taken private by Thoma Bravo in $12.3-billion USD deal
Toronto- and Minneapolis-based HR software firm joins wave of tech privatization deals.
BDC commits another $200 million to startups building tech for legacy industries
Second Industrial Innovation Venture Fund to have increased focus on critical minerals.
Sovra appoints new CEO Tom Spengler as it sells off ânon-core businessesâ to focus on government tech
Formerly known as MDF Commerce, the now-private MontrĂ©al company has also acquired Calgary’s Ontopical.
Vendasta launches AI agents to bring âenterprise-gradeâ automation to small businesses
Saskatoon software firm aims to make agentic AI more accessible for SMBs.
Healwell plans to offload research, patient businesses as it focuses on AI
Both Healwell and parent company Well Health reported record earnings in Q2.