University of Waterloo-backed Velocity Fund II holds $14-million initial close
First VC fund backed by Canadian university endowment has deployed into five startups so far.
Anges Québec looks to expedite early-stage rounds with co-investment angel fund
Elevia Fund plans to deploy between $1 million to $3 million every year across eight to 10 startups.
Shopify posts solid Q1 2025 earnings amid trade war but anticipates slight profit dip
CFO says closing of de minimis exemption for Chinese goods not expected to have short-term “meaningful impact.”
Outgoing Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future
Velocity’s interim director says the university’s emerging startup community is “growing exponentially.”
OpenText makes AI “number-one priority” as company slashes 1,600 jobs
Enterprise software giant detailed 10-point AI mandate in internal email to employees.
Exterra secures $20-million Series A to turn mining byproducts into decarbonization gold
Cleantech company hopes to open Québec asbestos mitigation plant by 2027.
Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis” in the field
Cohere-led study claims popular crowd-sourced leaderboard LM Arena tipped scales for Google, OpenAI.
Québec Tech highlights hardtech in latest scaleup cohort with international ambitions
Stage V program aims to turn startups into “true scaleups” with tailored support.
“Hard work lies ahead”: Canadian tech leaders strike urgent tone on policy asks following Liberal victory
Domestic procurement, boosting business investment key issues for Carney government, industry groups say.
Québec grants Centech $4.5 million to boost deep tech, medtech commercialization
Puzzle Medical, Eli Health graduated incubator-accelerator program run out of École technologique supérieure.
Frank And Oak selling brand, closing all stores following second insolvency filing
Embattled retailer with ties to Montréal tech set to shutter stores on May 18.
Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement
Montréal-based companies lead the pack of B2B SaaS startups selected for 10-week program.
At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race
Cohere says first movers on AI agents will gain “competitive advantage.”
Yoshua Bengio warns of “catastrophic risks” of agentic AI at World Summit AI
Deep neural networks trailblazer recommends building non-agentic AI programs without goals of their own.
Enterprise AI companies announce hiring spree for Montréal AI talent
Toronto-based Alexa Translations draws on local talent to power new translation LLM.