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BenchSci team

By Josh Scott May 25, 2023

BenchSci closes $95-million CAD Series D to expand AI drug-discovery platform

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Alberta Provincial Legislature

By Josh Scott May 25, 2023

Evaluating UCP and NDP plans for tech as Alberta’s election day approaches

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AbCellera | BetaKit

By Douglas Soltys May 24, 2023

AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus

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A Collision sign ahead of the start of Collision 2022 in Toronto

By Josh Scott May 17, 2023

Mayor Tory’s departure, competing bids, and financial pressure on province and feds place Collision’s future in Canada in doubt

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Calgary Alberta briefedin

By Isabelle Kirkwood May 17, 2023

Alberta’s tech sector remained resilient in first quarter of 2023

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LATEST NEWS

FemTherapeutics

Canadian Startup NewsJune 2, 2023<June 1, 2023

FemTherapeutics raises $2.5 million CAD to address pelvic floor disorders with custom vaginal prosthetics

by Charlize Alcaraz

FemTherapeutics combines AI and 3D printing to design vaginal pessaries specific to each patient.

NewslettersJune 2, 2023<May 31, 2023

H|T: The Healthtech Times – FDA approves Elon Musk’s Neuralink for human clinical study

by Alex Riehl

Plus: AbCellera and BenchSci get combined $395 million

Canadian Startup NewsJune 1, 2023<June 1, 2023

OSC advisory panel backs stronger regulation of crypto platforms

by Charles Mandel

Report cautions OSC against fostering innovation at the expense of protecting investors.

USD and CAD cash

Canadian Startup NewsJune 1, 2023<June 1, 2023

Over $1 million in cash available for Canadian startups in FinTech, sciences, and more

by Charlize Alcaraz

Startups can now apply for a chance to get funding from Momentum, Innovate BC, and Platform Calgary.

Doormat co founders

Canadian Startup NewsJune 1, 2023<June 1, 2023

Doormat raises $1.25 million to make real estate legal services easier

by Charlize Alcaraz

Doormat is currently available in Ontario and plans to expand into British Columbia and Alberta.

Platformatics co founders

Canadian Startup NewsJune 1, 2023<June 1, 2023

Platformatic secures $3.5 million, launches tech to simplify back-end development for enterprises

by Josh Scott

Platformatic is backed by Decibel, Panache, and developer and open-source angels.

NewslettersJune 1, 2023<June 1, 2023

R|T: The Retail Times – Loblaw axes its third-party seller-driven e-commerce marketplace

by Alex Riehl

Plus: Alibaba pushes back on layoff rumours.

Shopify building

Canadian Startup NewsMay 31, 2023<May 31, 2023

Shopify facing $130-million lawsuit for alleged attempts to slash post-layoff severance pay

by Charlize Alcaraz

Lawsuit claims severance packages were reduced by “tens of thousands of dollars.”

Hostaway

Canadian Startup NewsMay 31, 2023<May 31, 2023

PSG makes investment in Hostaway to expand its vacation-rental software amid travel rebound

by Charlize Alcaraz

Sources indicate PSG took majority ownership of Hostaway as part of the deal.

BDC

Canadian Startup NewsMay 31, 2023<May 31, 2023

Report: 2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels

by Charlize Alcaraz

Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero.

NewslettersMay 31, 2023<May 31, 2023

A|I: The AI Times – AbCellera and BenchSci secure big funding

by Alex Riehl

Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.

Canadian Startup NewsMay 30, 2023<May 30, 2023

SAAS NORTH producer reveals new Vancouver-based INNOVATEwest tech conference

by Josh Scott

INNOVATEwest will take place April 16 to 17, 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Yoshua Bengio

Canadian Startup NewsMay 30, 2023<May 31, 2023

Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter

by Charlize Alcaraz

Signatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.

the VRIFY team in matching black t shirts with an inukshuk in the background

Canadian Startup NewsMay 30, 2023<May 30, 2023

Communications startup Vrify secures $6-million Series A to help attract mining investment

by Charles Mandel

Vrify creates 3D visualization technology and 360-degree virtual tours of mining sites.

David Dufresne and matt Roberts of CMD capital together in an outdoor portrait

Canadian Startup NewsMay 30, 2023<May 31, 2023

Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital

by Josh Scott

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.

The BetaKit Podcast

CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

Tobi Lütke Shopify

PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland speaks with media in West Block July 16 2020

Folding Ideas Dan Olson

BlackBerry movie

Scale AI February 2023

CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

Tobi Lütke Shopify

PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland speaks with media in West Block July 16 2020

Folding Ideas Dan Olson

BlackBerry movie

Scale AI February 2023

Podcasts

A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie

by Douglas Soltys

Digital media publications are dropping left and right these days. BuzzFeed News is gone, Gawker died for the second time,…

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Podcasts

What’s next for Shopify?

by Douglas Soltys

Business Insider’s Madeline Stone joins to discuss the end of Shopify’s “side quest” and future of…

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Podcasts

Do the feds have an innovation strategy? CCI’s Ben Bergen isn’t so sure

by Douglas Soltys

The Council of Canadian Innovators president answers your submitted questions on innovation policy.

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Podcasts

How YouTuber Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) hunts internet grifts

by Douglas Soltys

Alberta is the unlikely front in the war against NFTs, contrepreneurs, and the metaverse.

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Podcasts

Revisiting BlackBerry’s extraordinary rise and spectacular fall

by Douglas Soltys

Losing the Signal co-author Sean Silcoff and BlackBerry co-writer Matthew Miller step into the Wayback Machine.

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Podcasts

Scale AI’s COO explains how Canada can build an AI-powered economy

by Douglas Soltys

Clément Bourgogne says Scale AI is more focused on supply chains than generative AI.

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