Venus Williams to headline Elevate, Startupfest shares lineup as both tech events prep for in-person 2022 returns
Waabi founder among Elevate’s speakers, while Startupfest’s lineup includes Phoenix Fire co-founders, Paper CEO.
Shopify makes strategic investment in US AI recommendation startup Crossing Minds
Crossing Minds plots Canadian expansion with new Toronto office.
QuadFi inks agreement for up to $127 million CAD to provide loans to underserved individuals
QuadFi targets young people, immigrants, and others with a “thin credit history but bright prospects.”
Telus backs new social impact fund focused on community safety and wellness in Edmonton
ScaleGood Fund to invest in grads of the Telus Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator.
WonderFi to acquire Coinberry for $38.5 million in all-stock deal as Canada’s crypto space continues to consolidate
Kevin O’Leary-backed WonderFi will soon own two of Canada’s six registered crypto trading platforms.
Legible sees more execs depart in restructuring as company eyes private placement for liquidity
In recent weeks, Legible has laid off 23 employees and lost its CTO, CFO, CRO, and CPO.
Requity Homes closes $1.2 million to expand rent-to-own home ownership model to Western Canada
Requity wants to apply what Divvy Homes and Landis are doing in the US to Canada.
Emma closes $6 million Series A to take online insurance products across Canada
When Emma expanded from a broker to building its own insurance products, “everything started clicking.”
Alberta launches new innovation strategy focused on attracting tech talent, capital
Plan contains minimal details on how budget funding will be allocated.
VentureLab secures $2.5 million in provincial funding to expand semiconductor incubator
Funding enables VentureLab to build a new medtech lab in Vaughan.
Amid mounting competition, Float’s CEO believes company has what it takes to win in Canada
With army of customer evangelists, Float aims to capture Canadian market before international competitors swoop in.
University of Alberta spinout DrugBank closes $9 million from Brightspark, Amplitude, Theodorus to fuel drug discovery with its data platform
DrugBank wants to ‘be the shovel’ in a gold rush of new medical innovation.
Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy
No Canadian DARPA, SR&ED reform is coming, and our clusters are no longer super.
Eight months after a personal tragedy and a lab fire, e-Zinc has bounced back with a $31 million CAD Series A
e-Zinc has secured backing from Anzu, BDC, Toyota, and Eni to start producing its energy storage solution.
MyComply closes $5.6 million CAD to sell construction tech platform to US companies
CEO calls startup’s contract with New York City its “growth hack.”