Tag: Delivery
Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round
The funding will be used to improve its platform and explore an expansion into other service sectors. Burnaby, British Columbia-based Fantuan has closed $40…
With $2 million raised to date, Omnicart aims to serve hyperlocal last-mile delivery
Omnicart wants to help local businesses in small towns become their own DoorDash. Vancouver-based last-mile delivery platform Omnicart has secured $1 million CAD in…
UK-based Captain AI will relocate to Canada after closing $2.1 million USD to better serve its restaurant delivery tech in North America
GreenSky, Techstars-backed Captain AI already caters to Pizza Pizza. Restaurant logistics startup Captain AI has secured $2.1 million USD in seed funding to fuel…
Porta raises $10.5-million for frozen, ready-to-cook Italian meal delivery service
Porta might just fill the frozen-pizza-shaped hole left by General Assembly. Toronto-based Porta, which offers frozen, ready-to-cook Italian food, has raised a $10.5-million CAD…
Odaia closes $34 million CAD Series B to fix “bottleneck” in drug delivery process
Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round. Toronto-based software startup Odaia has secured $34 million CAD ($25 million USD) in…
With no open banking update in #Budget2023, FinTech executives are increasingly jaded about timeline for delivery
Working groups resume April 14th, but open banking lead departs in September. Canadian FinTech CEO Andrew Graham is tired of waiting for open banking…
Fresh Prep acquires fellow Vancouver food delivery startup Peko
Fresh Prep says deal will help the sustainable meal kit company tackle food waste. Vancouver-based sustainable meal kit delivery startup Fresh Prep has acquired…
In Canadian first, Gatik and Loblaw take safety drivers out of autonomous delivery trucks
Gatik: this is “the first time that an autonomous trucking company has removed the safety driver from a daily delivery route in Canada.” Toronto…
Shopify completes acquisition of Deliverr, plans launch of two-day and next-day delivery service
Shopify ‘Primes’ for head-to-head competition with Amazon. Ottawa’s e-commerce giant Shopify has completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based Deliverr to expand its in-house fulfillment…
GoBolt buys same-day delivery startup BoxKnight to accelerate move into small parcel space
Acquisition comes as GoBolt looks to win big in US fulfillment market. Toronto-based tech-enabled fulfillment and last-mile delivery startup GoBolt has made its first…