
Startups
Funding rounds, founder stories, and the companies shaping tomorrow.


How Canadian Tech Startups Structure Employee Benefits in 2026
How to Score a Startup Pitch Deck Like a VC in 2026
Master investor pitch deck grading with a practical rubric covering market sizing, traction, and storytelling every venture capitalist should use.

This 22-person startup just raised $40M to fix cloud billing
CloudClear wants to be the Mint.com of AWS bills. With enterprise customers already saving millions, investors are paying attention.
Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61B valuation
The Claude maker continues its fundraising tear. But can it translate research leadership into lasting commercial advantage?
Stripe launches embedded banking for SaaS platforms
The payments giant is going deeper into financial infrastructure with a new suite of tools for platform companies.
Y Combinator W26: our top 10 picks from Demo Day
We watched 200 pitches so you did not have to. These are the startups that stood out.
Three founders who bootstrapped to $10M ARR without raising a dime
In an era of mega-rounds, these founders chose a different path. Their playbooks are worth studying.