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Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment

BetaKit June 23, 2025

Markham-based NordSpace is prepping for Canada’s first sovereign space launch.

Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious

Douglas Soltys June 23, 2025

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The price of admission for Canadian entrepreneurs

Douglas Soltys June 23, 2025

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Botpress closes $34-million CAD Series B to help companies build and deploy AI agents

Josh Scott June 23, 2025

Québec software startup aims to be part of “the infrastructure layer” powering agentic AI.

What happens when Creative Destruction Lab puts its top founders in one room

Jacqueline Loganathan June 23, 2025

Tobi Lütke, Richard Sutton, and more are set to take the stage at CDL’s Super Session during Toronto Tech Week.

Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage

Douglas Soltys and Alex Riehl June 21, 2025

Tempo president says her team “is a startup in every way” ahead of Homecoming talk at Toronto Tech Week.

Chris Greenfield is no longer the managing director of OneEleven

Alex Riehl June 20, 2025

After a 10-month search to fill his position, Greenfield lasted just over a year at tech hub’s helm.

Cohere’s new MOU, New School Foods’ new food, and BetaKit’s Most Ambitious

Isabelle Kirkwood June 20, 2025

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Canada’s digital sovereignty: why we can’t ignore stablecoins

Lucas Matheson June 20, 2025

The world is building new rails for money, but the Canadian dollar isn’t on them.

Storytime Capital holds $14-million first close of Fund II to back more startups modernizing work

Josh Scott June 20, 2025

Early-stage Toronto VC firm also appoints Lauren Epstein as partner.

$100-million credit facility from La Caisse helps AppDirect make second energy brokerage acquisition this year

Madison McLauchlan June 19, 2025

Canadian-founded software firm buys Québec-based DNE Resources following purchase of Broker Online Exchange.

BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero as co-president and executive director

Alex Riehl June 19, 2025

Ramadori departs BrainBox following acquisition by Trane Technologies this past December.

David Dufresne joins AQC Capital, Nick Chen makes partner at Golden Ventures

Madison McLauchlan June 19, 2025

Dufresne and CMD Capital co-founder Matt Roberts move elsewhere in Canadian VC after halting fundraising.

Europe is rising on the radar of Canadian tech

Isabelle Kirkwood June 19, 2025

With early movers like Vena showing the way, Canadian tech is warming to Europe’s vast and varied opportunities.

With $3-million pre-seed round, Xatoms launches pilot projects to purify water with quantum chemistry

Madison McLauchlan June 19, 2025

Toronto-based startup hopes to become leading AI platform for photocatalyst discovery.

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Kyle Braatz got Fullscript to $1 billion in revenue by treating every new business segment like a startup

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Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage

Chris Greenfield is no longer the managing director of OneEleven

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Canada’s digital sovereignty: why we can’t ignore stablecoins

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$100-million credit facility from La Caisse helps AppDirect make second energy brokerage acquisition this year

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