Facedrive is a multi-faceted "people-and-planet first" platform offering socially-responsible services to local communities with a strong commitment to doing business fairly, equitably and sustainably. Facedrive rideshare was the first to offer green transportation solutions in the TaaS space, planting thousands of trees and giving users a choice between EVs, hybrids and conventional vehicles. Facedrive Marketplace … Continue reading Canada’s First Eco-Friendly Rideshare Service Launches in Ottawa

Lane, Toronto based world's leading workplace experience enterprise SaaS platform, today announced that it has raised $10 million in funding. The Series A round was led by Round13 Capital, with participation from previous investors Alate Partners and Panache Ventures. The funds will be used by Lane to accelerate its global expansion, double its 40-person team by the end of 2020, and … Continue reading Lane, Workplace Experience Platform raises $10 million for global expansion

The Digital Technology Supercluster announced its co-investment into a $2.5M project to deliver a suite of interactive digital therapy tools to healthcare organizations for readily accessible and personalized mental health care for their workers. Led by Starling Minds, one of Canada's leading online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) platforms, the project will deliver to healthcare organizations an engaging, scalable, cost-effective, … Continue reading Starling Minds announced in a $2.5M Digital Technology Supercluster Project to deliver personalized mental health tools for frontline healthcare workers

Loop Insights Inc. (TSX.V: MTRX) (the "Company" or "Loop")— provider of transformative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions— announced that it has been accepted into Amazon Web Services' ("AWS") Partner Network ("APN"), furthering the Company's partnership with Amazon. The Amazon Partner Network (APN) is the global partner program for leading technology and consulting businesses. More than 90% of Fortune … Continue reading Loop Insights joins other Fortune 500 Companies to become newest member of the Amazon Partner Network

Canadian tech start-up, VoltSafe is redefining the way the world connects to electricity with the very first prong-less magnetic electrical plug. Its patented technology creates a safer, simpler, and smarter alternative to the traditional pronged plug. VoltSafe's revolutionary design hasn't been seen since electricity first came into homes more than a century ago. In fact, … Continue reading Canadian tech start-up revolutionizes the electrical plug with magnetic design and patented technology

Poka, a connected worker platform built specifically for manufacturers, announced that it has raised $6.4 million in new investment led by SE Ventures, the venture capital arm of Schneider Electric, including participation from existing investors. The new funds will be used to broaden Poka's global market reach through new distribution strategies and accelerate product development in support … Continue reading Connected Workforce App Innovator Poka Adds Schneider Electric as Investor and Strategic Partner in $6.4 million Expansion Round

The Digital Technology Supercluster (the “Supercluster”) COVID-19 Program now includes a growing suite of projects offering solutions to urgent health care needs across Canada arising from COVID-19. These projects focus on delivering digital solutions, including handheld diagnosis devices for use in rural and remote communities, virtual health care services – vital to protect patients from … Continue reading Digital Technology Supercluster funds UVic COVID Research

The CEO of Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify, which became Canada's most valuable company earlier this month, said in a tweet it's now "digital by default." "We will keep our offices closed until 2021 so that we can rework them for this new reality," said Tobi Lutke. "And after that, most will permanently work remotely. Office … Continue reading Shopify – Digital by default

If you haven’t already heard 53,962 times by now, we live in “unprecedented” times. The crisis we find ourselves in is something we haven’t seen before. Simply put, the old world we all have nostalgia for has been transformed forever and will be reshaped in almost all regards: mass consumerism, crisis preparedness, access to healthcare, … Continue reading The Old Normal – Why we can’t go back