EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory
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EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory

EZee Assist wants to make it easier for franchise and hub-and-spoke businesses to share internal, often critical, but difficult-to-access operational knowledge. Founded earlier this…

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Innerspace reveals $10-million Series A round to scale workspace utilization tech
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Innerspace reveals $10-million Series A round to scale workspace utilization tech

Innerspace uses offices’ existing Wi-F infrastructures to gather occupancy data. Toronto-based Innerspace, which provides an analytics software for space utilization, has revealed it raised…

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Playmaker Capital reveals NHL plans after acquiring La Poche Bleue
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Playmaker Capital reveals NHL plans after acquiring La Poche Bleue

In an effort to “unlock a net-new audience,” Playmaker Capital, a well-known Toronto-based digital sports media company, has announced its acquisition of La Poche Bleue,…

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Vital Bio reveals blood-test solution with funding from OpenAI, Salesforce CEOs

After the bloody mess at Theranos, Vital is among the new wave of startups developing accessible diagnostics. Toronto-based Vital Biosciences has revealed its desktop…

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Shopify reveals AI suite, business credit card, dropshipping-like feature in latest product showcas

Canadian rapper Drake launched his website Drake Related using Shopify Collective. Ottawa retail-tech giant Shopify has revealed several new products and updates for its…

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Bold Commerce reveals product that allows retailers to add checkouts to video and email
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Bold Commerce reveals product that allows retailers to add checkouts to video and email

CEO says Checkout Unleashed eliminates “middleman” product pages. Winnipeg-based checkout software company Bold Commerce has unveiled a new product that enables sellers to insert…

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Soar reveals its Indigenous entrepreneur-focused accelerator’s first cohort

The program is delivered in partnership with Square, BDC, and Futurpreneur. Soar, an Ottawa-based initiative for Indigenous entrepreneurship, has revealed the five startups taking…

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SAAS NORTH producer reveals new Vancouver-based INNOVATEwest tech conference
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SAAS NORTH producer reveals new Vancouver-based INNOVATEwest tech conference

INNOVATEwest will take place April 16 to 17, 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Vancouver will play home to another tech conference next year,…

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Startup Montréal awards $400,000 to startups as FounderFuel reveals first revamped accelerator cohort

Both programs award seed funding and mentorship support to tech founders. Montréal-based FounderFuel and Startup Montréal have unveiled the startups participating in their…

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Federal government reveals breakdown of $700 million renewed commitment to Innovation Clusters

Renewed funding follows previous lobbying efforts to increase investments into clusters. Each of Canada’s five Global Innovation Clusters have been allotted their portion of…

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