Canadian water purification startup Xatoms makes a splash at World Economic Forum
Cleantech firm secures grant funding while representing Canada at Davos.
OpenText appoints former IBM Americas president as new CEO
Waterloo software firm has been searching for a permanent leader since August.
FrontFundr posts breakout quarter following Gander Social’s success on its crowdfunding platform
Company grew its community by 10 percent in its first fiscal quarter of 2026.
Earth is full of power-hungry data centres. Is shooting them into space the answer?
Tech giants are mulling space-based data centres, but solving Earth’s problems is still important.
Pluvo heads to San Francisco to join the latest a16z speedrun cohort
Ottawa AI startup says it was selected from a group of more than 19,000 companies.
Calian outlines new $100 million platform to bolster Canadian defence businesses
Calian Ventures helps SMBs navigate procurement and foster collaboration in Canada’s defence ecosystem.
Float, Wise, Koho, Paramount, and Brim join Payments Canada
New members are now eligible to apply for access to the upcoming real-time rail system.
Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in
Change implies Canadian startups have to incorporate in the US, Cayman Islands, or Singapore to join accelerator.
AXL partners with IT firm Compugen to help turn AI ideas into AI applications
Compugen claims to be Canada’s largest privately-owned technology solution provider.
Drive Capital “triples down” on Birdseye with $5 million USD investment for new AI competitive-intelligence tool
Birdseye wanted to know if popular AI chatbots recommended its snail mail marketing tool. Now they’re spinning out Yolando.…
Musk fights an airline, Capital One buys Brex, and TikTok stays online
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Years after selling Inkbox to BIC, the brothers who founded it can’t watch it die
Handley brothers hope to buy back their semi-permanent tattoo brand after its sudden shutdown.
Shopify makes more job cuts, this time targeting partnerships team
Layoffs come as Shopify restructures partnerships division for stronger focus on agentic commerce.
NordSpace to team up with German researchers to advance 3D-printed rocket engines
NRC IRAP chips in $335,000 to boost Markham company’s manufacturing capabilities for medium-lift rocket engines.
Teamworks, the “operating system for sports,” buys hockey analytics platform Sportlogiq
Sportlogiq says its platform is used by 97 percent of NHL teams, and serves more than 220 clients worldwide.