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.”
In effort to cut costs, CSE-listed Legible lays off over a third of its employees
Legible becomes second publicly-traded Canadian tech firm to announce significant layoffs in the past week.
Amid NFT boom, Liquid MarketPlace aims to turn physical sports and Pokémon cards into tokens
Logan Paul-led startup using blockchain to facilitate fractional ownership of physical assets.
Our Lady Peace’s Raine Maida says creators can’t afford “not to take advantage” of Web3, NFTs
But as Axie Infinity reveals a massive hack, can the same be said for game developers?
Citylitics closes $6.2 million CAD to help companies spot public infrastructure sales opportunities
After building presence in transportation, Citylitics plans to move into new verticals like power.
Thinkific CEO describes layoffs as effort to preserve cash amid tough capital-raising environment for public companies
Company’s share price has risen 13 percent since layoffs were announced.
PocketHealth secures $20 million CAD to put medical records in US patients’ pockets
PocketHealth wants to help users access, share, and understand medical imaging.
Government of Canada launches advisory group focused on harmful online content
Advisory group a “reset button” to fed’s approach for online safety legislation.
Bonsai closes $21 million to scale embedded commerce solution for publishers like BuzzFeed, Vox
CEO says focus on net-new GMV sets Bonsai apart from competition in the checkout field.
Following 2021 losses, Thinkific to lay off 100 employees
Layoffs to impact one-fifth of Thinkific’s 499-person team.
Dapper Labs, Wealthsimple, WonderFi founding members of new Canadian Web3 Council
As regulation looms, group calls for national strategy for crypto and digital assets.
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