The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) is launching a think tank focused on advancing innovation policy and promoting economic nationalism. The Canadian SHIELD (Securing Homegrown Innovation, ...

A team of Canadian businesspeople, including tech founders and venture capital (VC) investors, have been tapped by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to lead Canada’s response to the threat of potentially ...

Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre says he will reverse the capital gains tax rate changes announced in the 2024 budget, if he is elected. While Poilievre had previously voted against the ...

Women-led investment firm The51 held the final close for its $51-million Food and AgTech Fund after actively raising for nearly the past four years. The Food and AgTech Fund is The51’s first ...

Montréal-based electric vehicle (EV) sales platform Lyteflo has closed a $3-million CAD seed round to help car dealerships sell EVs more effectively. “EVs are here to stay. They’re too big to fail.” ...

Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.-based workforce training platform Uvaro has acquired coding school Lighthouse Labs for an undisclosed amount. Uvaro said in a statement that the acquisition is a strategic ...

The URL shop.ca, once the home of a large Canadian e-commerce player in its own right, will now redirect to Shopify’s Amazon-like online megastore. Shopify has purchased the domains shop.ca and ...

The last episode of The BetaKit Podcast was about predicting what will come to pass in 2025. Our first episode of the new year is about open questions: tech happenings we’re wondering might happen ...

With the Liberal leadership contest taking shape, eyes were on Champagne to confirm his intentions during a fireside chat with Taking Stock’s Amanda Lang at Toronto’s Canadian Club Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Canada has quietly become a powerhouse for Intuit’s most ambitious technology projects. From its Toronto base, Intuit’s workforce is tackling some of the company’s thorniest problems in personal ...

Toronto-based corporate card and expense management technology startup Float has secured a $70-million CAD Series B round to increase its footprint in Canada. The all-equity round was led by the ...

It took Toronto-based corporate virtual private network (VPN) startup Tailscale over four years to reach 5,000 paid business customers, a milestone it achieved in March 2024. Ten months later, ...