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..
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..
Montreal hospital to roll out ‘game-changing’ app in fight against COVID
The staff and patients at Montreal’s Jewish General Hospital will use a powerful new smartphone app that will allow users to monitor their..
GroceryHero connects grocery shoppers with crucial (and hungry) medical workers
Five friends have created a handy app that connects front line medical workers with a volunteer grocery shopper in their neighbourhood. Al..
New tech hires: Benjio joins InVivo AI, CenTech tabs 3 EIRs, Breathe Life adds CCO
CenTech is adding three new entrepreneurs-in-resident (EIR). Meanwhile, InVivo AI is bringing on a well-known figure in the community as s..
Two Montreal companies earn nod, headed to 48Hrs in the Valley
Two Montreal tech companies have earned a spot in the C100’s newest cohort of businesses from across Canada.
The companies are: Breathe..
Fasken publishes centralized COVID-19 information centre
The folks at Fasken, one of the largest business law firms in Canada, are actively publishing a handy, centralized Coronavirus information..
Many searching for opportunity as the tech world feels COVID’s squeeze
The tech world is feeling COVID’s squeeze as layoffs become reality. But others are in line to prosper.
If you’ve been following tech n..
Startupfest will award pitch prizes virtually this year
Startupfest is making an expected $1 million in prizes and investments available to startups despite having no physical event this summer…
Montreal’s startup community bands together amid COVID crisis
Individuals and companies in Montreal’s startup community are encouraging people to make online purchases at local companies during the CO..
Metro to build $420 million high-tech distribution centre in Terrebonne
Ontario and Quebec grocery chain Metro Inc. is investing $420 million towards the construction of a new distribution centre outside of Mon..
Montreal-founded NorthOne gets $21 million
NorthOne, mobile, tech-powered bank account built for American business, is getting US $21 million in venture capital.
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Startupfest cancelled: tech conference calls off 2020 event
Startupfest won’t have its annual tech conference event this summer. The news was confirmed by founder Phil Telio on Tuesday.
“We have ta..