Lightspeed Revenue Way Up, Still Reports Loss
Montreal’s Lightspeed POS announced year end results May 21. This marked the end of the company’s first full year as a public entity. The ..
Op ed: Cheers to Sylvain Carle as he writes his next chapter
I read with interest this morning the news that Sylvain Carle is leaving Real Ventures. Carle will move on to greener pastures (pun intend..
Breaking: Montreal travel app Hopper raises nearly $100 million
Montreal and Boston-based travel app Hopper has raised 98.5 million (US $70 million) from San Francisco-based Westcap. Also joining the ro..
Teen Finance Startup Born as 100% Remote Work Culture
Wingocard is one of Montreal’s newest fintech startups, but with one important twist. When Sebastien Brault, Mehdi Mehni and Salvatore D’A..
Management software platform Planbox acquires IdeaConnection
Laval’s Planbox, which offers an idea-to-product innovation management platform for companies, is acquiring its Victoria, BC-based competi..
Relationship productivity platform Bliinx gets $1 million
Bliinx, a Montreal relationship productivity and collaboration startup, has raised $1 million in pre-seed pre-seed money, led by AltaIR Ca..
A Covid-19 Check-up on Montreal’s Innovation Hubs
Covid-19 has posed unprecedented challenges for business as we know it, as well as healthcare, commerce and tourism. While many programs h..
Scale AI Funds 8 Projects to Combat the Pandemic
Scale AI, Canada’s Montreal-based AI-for-supply-chains supercluster, has announced new funding for a number of initiatives in an effort to..
Montreal’s Medteq Invest gives funding to three Canadian tech companies
Medteq Invest, a Montreal medical technology fund, is investing in three companies across Canada.
We know who two of them are, while th..
New tech hires: Element AI brings on 2 C-level execs
Well known Montreal company Element AI has named two new C-level executives to its team this this week. This on the heels of an important ..
Online grocer Goodfood will hire 300 for new Toronto fulfillment centre
Goodfood, the publicly-traded Montreal-based online grocery company in Canada, has signed a lease for its first fulfillment centre in the..
Aquantix Takes $100,000 National Bank Prize
A months long innovation competition designed to improve wealth management in Canada has concluded. National Bank, in collaboration with F..
Student startup GRAD4 takes seed funding
GRAD4, a startup out of the University of Sherbrooke, is getting its first dose of seed funding from Front Row Ventures, Real Ventures’ st..
Ferme d’hiver, an AI-powered agricultural automation startup, gets $1.3 million
It all started with a batch of delicious, locally-grown Quebec strawberries.
Brossard-based Ferme d’hiver (“winter farm”) is getting $1..
TechAide events give back to non-profits hit hard by COVID
The current COVID-19 crisis has hit nearly all aspects of society, and non-profit charities that give out food and services to the less fo..