Sleep Country buys out Hush Blankets, founded by Lior Ohayon and Aaron Spivak
Sleep Country Canada already sells weighted blankets along with their mattresses. But now they will own some blankets with Jewish soul. The bed retailer bought the wildly successful Canadian start-up business Hush Blankets, which was launched by two Jewish friends from Thornhill, Ontario. Co-founders Lior Ohayon and Aaron Spivak dreamed up the idea in 2017. The […]
‘The stock market cannot be a bank account’
Paul Lungen speaks with a portfolio manager and a senior financial planning adviser about the current state of the stock market.
Need to find a loved one’s grave? There’s an app for that
In the works since 2011 and released over the summer, the Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks Find a Grave app allows easy searches for the locations of any of roughly 22,000 graves (to date) at Pardes Shalom Cemetery and Pardes Chaim Cemetery, both of which are located in Vaughan, Ont.
Jon Medved: Getting investors in on the ground floor
An interview with Jon Medved, the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, an equity crowdfunding vehicle, in which investors pool their resources to acquire a stake in high-tech startups, many of which are based in Israel.
Free Loan nears 100K mark, but wants to reach more
As of Dec. 31, the HFLA had extended a total of 99,157 interest-free loans worth just under $136 million since it was founded in 1911. In terms of the number of loans it has given out, the non-profit organization ranks fourth among global Jewish free loan associations, after Tel Aviv, New York and Los Angeles.
Amazon buying Israeli startup CloudEndure for $250 million
Amazon is buying the Israeli startup company CloudEndure for an estimated $250 million.
Royal Bank invests $2 million in Negev high-tech hub
The Royal Bank of Canada is investing $2 million in a high-tech industrial park that’s under development in Israel’s Negev Desert.
Amazon removes racist and anti-Semitic products from site
Amazon removed racist and anti-Semitic products from its site being offered by third-party sellers.
The store that’s keeping the Jewish flame alive in Kensington Market
Gwartzman’s Art Supplies is likely the last business in Toronto’s Kensington Market that was started by the wave of Jewish immigrants who came to Canada after the Second World War and is still owned by the same family, according to the family that runs it.
Fund invests $30 million in Israeli cybersecurity firm
Claridge Israel, an investment firm founded by Stephen Bronfman and the Quebec Deposit and Investment Fund, is investing US$30 million in Cyberbit Ltd., a cybersecurity company based in Ra’anana, Israel.
