Medtech AI startups ProteinQure and AssistIQ each close Series A rounds
ProteinQure to debut AI-engineered cancer drug in the clinic, while AssistIQ expands medical supply platform.
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ProteinQure to debut AI-engineered cancer drug in the clinic, while AssistIQ expands medical supply platform.
First two facilities in BC “supercluster” will have a fraction of typical AI data centre compute power.
Venture leaders publicly grapple with weak performance and uncertain future ahead of CVCA Invest Canada conference.
As Calgary executes its new innovation strategy, it’s fighting to keep pace with demand for startup funding.
At Upper Bound conference, Turing Award winner says human-like AI is “inevitable.”
Interim CEO received unanimous board approval following delivery of go-forward plan for provincial agency.
AI startup says it has doubled revenue, but The Information reports it fell well below forecasted goals.
Cross-border VC closes $6.5-million Fund I to invest in food production tech.
CEO of mobile software company SOTI urges companies to get more aggressive with their sales tactics.
Trade tensions and economic uncertainty contributed to investor caution, CVCA says.
Homuth stepped down as CEO of SRTX in March as part of a pending fundraising deal.
First VC fund backed by Canadian university endowment has deployed into five startups so far.
Elevia Fund plans to deploy between $1 million to $3 million every year across eight to 10 startups.
CFO says closing of de minimis exemption for Chinese goods not expected to have short-term “meaningful impact.”
Velocity’s interim director says the university’s emerging startup community is “growing exponentially.”