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Update: Faire announced a new $400 million Series G raise with a valuation of $12.4 billion on November 16, 2021. 

Faire, the Waterloo-based retail innovator, has announced a new valuation of $7 billion following a $260 million Series F funding round.

As the company itself noted, this sort of sentence is might seem like déjà vu. That’s because Faire previously announced a $170 million Series E...

This month was big for research and tech. With major investments from BlackBerry into research-based innovation, as well as discoveries in antenna technology and life sciences, things are moving quickly. We’re here to fill you in on the latest.

Here are the top business and investment stories of May 2021:

This article is part of our "Understand the Risk" series, which looks at business risk with comparative data. Articles in this series cover natural hazards, infrastructure, economic competitiveness, stability and freedom, talent and workforce and health.

There are no hurricane evacuation route signs to be seen anywhere in Waterloo, but we do get the occasional snow day now and then. This entry in...

Finding the ideal commercial or industrial expansion opportunity goes beyond thinking about location, location, location. Where you choose to operate is an important decision – a combination of price per square foot and good parking doesn’t tell the whole story.

Picking a new location – either as a relocation or expansion opportunity – means having a deep understanding of an area's benefits and...