Startup Canada Podcast: Building a Freelance Business with Paul Jarvis
Paul Jarvis is an entrepreneur and author who believes in the power of one, and that bigger isn’t always better when it comes…
BlackBerry partners with LG to accelerate deployment of autonomous vehicle technology
To advance the deployment of its connected and autonomous vehicle technology, phone manufacturer turned SaaS company BlackBerry…
Ann Cavoukian still has problems with Sidewalk Labs’ approach to data with Quayside
In Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP), released Monday, the Alphabet company echoed its assurances…
BenchSci’s total funding reaches $27 million as Gradient ups investment
Toronto-based BenchSci, an AI biomedical startup, has raised approximately $6.7 million CAD in financing, bringing its total…
Carbon Engineering secures $25 million from government to capture, reuse CO₂
Carbon Engineering (CE), a cleantech company based in Squamish, BC, has received a $25 million investment from the federal…
Felix launches digital health platform following $750,000 Seed round
Felix Health Inc., a Toronto-based healthtech offering access to treatments for common lifestyle health issues, has launched…
Google to double the size of its Kitchener-Waterloo engineering office
Google is reportedly gearing up to more than double the size of its engineering office in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Waterloo…
Microsoft, VCGA launch tech education lab in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Microsoft has teamed up with the Vancouver Computer Graphic Society (VCGA) to host tech programming, workshops, and mentor-led…
Vancouver cleantech Inventys closes Series C at $34 million CAD
Vancouver-based cleantech Inventys has officially closed its Series C round with an investment of $13 million CAD, bringing…
UWaterloo, Microsoft partner to use AI for socially-driven projects
Microsoft has partnered with the University of Waterloo’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, Waterloo.ai, to provide funding,…
Apollo launches service to digitize insurance buying for small businesses
Apollo Insurance Solutions, a Vancouver-based insurtech, has officially launched its small business insurance subscription…
BlackBerry QNX automotive footprint grows to 150 million vehicles
BlackBerry has announced that its QNX software is now currently integrated in more than 150 million cars, representing an increase…
Xanadu raises $32 million Series A for quantum cloud computing platform
Toronto-based Xanadu has raised a $32 million Series A round, led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Georgian Partners,…
Lightspeed named CIX 2019 Innovator of the Year
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a Canada-wide startup investment conference, has named Montreal-based POS software…
Wealthsimple snags former Netflix HR director Marina Harris
Wealthsimple has announced that Marina Harris will join as the new Chief People Officer to help manage and scale the Toronto-based…