DigiFi Network, an Egyptian startup via which users swap profile information for WiFi connection, has won a pre-seed funding round from Toronto’s Loyal VC, as it aims to scale its product beyond…
Canadian VC Portag3 Ventures Closes $320m Fintech Fund Round
Canadian investment vehicle Portag3 Ventures has closed its second funding round, which will focus on the fintech market. The fund, which has closed at a value of $320 million, will specify in…
TwentyBN: A Robot That Can Push Your Buttons
In-store retailers are losing cash to e-commerce. Enter Millie, a life-size digital sales assistant whose computer vision pedigree is beyond compare. “You look like a rock star,” the sales assistant says, as…
Fintech Firm Kooltra Raises $6.5m for Cloud FX Expansion
Canadian fintech company Kooltra has closed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, as it bids to expand its cloud-based foreign exchange (FX) solution for financial institutions. The Toronto-based firm, founded by…
Cerebri AI Targeted Fortune 500 Early – And Succeeded
When it comes to a company’s customers, what does success look like? That is the question that has driven Cerebri AI to become one of the machine learning field’s most striking –…
Qnext Corp President and CEO DeCristofaro: “On-Premises Data is Back”
Anthony DeCristofaro is president and CEO of Qnext Corp a Greater Toronto-based firm that has developed FileFlex, a hybrid point-to-point, software-only service based on Edge technology that allows remote access to, share, stream, manage…
As America Looks Inwards, Canada Opens its Arms to Tech
As US president Donald Trump spoke of a “survival of the West” in Warsaw yesterday, Canada’s tech leaders were counting their chips. The country’s tech market has been enjoying a boom of…