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Google: The city is by no means a tech wasteland, according to Globe and Mail. The Canadian unicorns – Shopify, Kik, Hootsuite and D2L – have satellite offices in Toronto, as do U.S. giants IBM, Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter. While the country most populous city hosts between 2,500 and 4,100 active tech startups, none of them has reached the billion-dollar valuation threshold required to hoist them into the coveted ranks of world-beaters. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone media Canada Venture Capital Market Overview media Current State of Financial Technology Ecosystem Toronto Region But some of Toronto largest homegrown startup employers are not household names in the city. Toronto has global leading companies in financial services, yet somehow we question our ability to do so in technology, says startup veteran Mark Mac Leod, former chief financial officer for Shopify Inc. and, more recently, Toronto Fresh Books. In a business community defined by Bay Street, even fast-growing tech companies such as Fresh Books, Wattpad and Influitive can find it hard to stand out. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.