Showing all articles in the COVID19 category
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Clearpath's OTTO Motors lands US $29-million Series C
01 June 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
OTTO Motors, an industrial robots producer has recently announced US $29 Million in funding during the COVID pandemic - all of it from Canadian investors. Read more
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Trusscore raises $5.33 million in seed funding
29 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Dape Caputo and the Trusscore team set out to help flatten the COVID-19 curve in March by producing temporary walls out to help with repurposing spaces, now their efforts are being rewarded having raised… Read more
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Thinking big in the quest for PPE
27 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Amber French is the new president of the Community PPE Co-operative (CPPEC), a collective of Doctors offices, hospices, group homes, homeless shelters and the likes that need PPE gowns and equipment. The… Read more
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Fluxible responds to COVID-19 with Fluxible TV
26 May 2020 | By Kelly Pedro in: COVID19, Featured, News
Fluxible cancelled the Canada's UX festival in early March because of the pandemic. Only a few days later, they already had their gears turning, which has amounted to Fluxible TV, launching soon. Read more
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How COVID-19 will reshape our world
20 May 2020 | By Lara Torvi in: COVID19, Featured, News
The disruption caused by COVID-19 can be seen everywhere in the world and across nearly all industries, so what has change for good once we emerge from this pandemic? Read more
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How PicThrive's co-founders lost everything except a determination to make a difference
15 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Despite losing their company Picthrive's customer base due to COVID-19 restrictions, brothers Keith and Neil Belovay didn't lose their problem solving spirit. Thanks Collective was created in Picthrive's… Read more
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Stay home, stay safe, stay local
11 May 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: COVID19, Opinion, Tech About Town
Local tech-workers working in conjunction with TD lab create HeartLocal, a platform that helps local businesses setup an online presence and connect with and be discovered by customers. Read more
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Tech vital to Ontario's manufacturing future: Fedeli
07 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
Communitech News interviewed Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade. There were a range of topics such as contributions of tech companies, and COVID-19 response. Read more
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How a pandemic transformed House of Friendship
06 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: COVID19, Featured, News
The pandemic has caused an urgent need for food, shelter, and mental health resources for shelters, charities, and not-for-profits to keep up with. House of Friendship shares their journey thus far. Read more
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ApplyBoard valued at $2B after Series C raise
04 May 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Code Now, COVID19, Featured, News
ApplyBoard announced that it has closed a CDN$100-million Series C, giving it a CDN$2-billion valuation, and achieving Canadian unicorn status (a private company with valuation north of $1 billion). Read more