Tag: toronto
MaRS names BDC SVP Alison Nankivell as new CEO
Nankivell to assume the CEO position in March 2024. Eight months after Yung Wu announced his retirement, the MaRS Discovery District has announced his…
Private open banking update: TD signs with Plaid, Xero signs with Flinks
Flinks, Xero aim to help businesses tap into bank feeds as TD, Plaid aim to ease app access. Montréal-based, National Bank-owned FinTech firm Flinks…
Beauty tech startup Fyyne acquired by Nigeria-based e-commerce company Bumpa
Fyyne offers a beauty services marketplace and business tools. Toronto-based Fyyne, which offers a marketplace for beauty services and business management tools for independent…
Synctera launches embedded banking platform in Canada
After getting its start in the United States, Toronto-based banking as a service (BaaS) platform Synctera has launched on its home turf. The platform…
Wave alumni launch digital ID verification platform Confirm
Kirk Simpson and Peter Carrescia raised $6.5 million to launch company in August 2022. Toronto-based identity verification Confirm officially launched its identity verification product…
Y Combinator graduate Terminal closes $4.2-million CAD seed round
Terminal aims to be the Plaid for telematics data in commercial trucking. Toronto-based Terminal, a trucking telematics integrations startup, has closed a $3.1-million USD…
ContactMonkey raises $55-million Series A from Updata Partners
Toronto startup claims it is profitable and has grown 330 percent in the past three years. Toronto-based email communications startup ContactMonkey has secured $55…
$86-million Series D extension has Koho targeting growth and profitability
Canadian challenger bank reaches one million users, $100-million run rate. In August of last year, months after securing a $210 million Series D round,…
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…
FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to…