Vector Institute knew about provincial AI funding cuts in the fall
Following revelations this week that the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) saw more than $24 million…
Canadian Startup News
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#CollisionConf: Canada’s tech ecosystem is in hypergrowth, but it won’t last forever
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3 things I learned leading ThoughtWire’s $20M Series A
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Trudeau, Tory pitch Global Talent Stream, diversity to #Collisionconf attendees
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Koho raises $42 million Series B inside round led by Portag3 Ventures
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MaRS may see layoffs as province continues with tech funding cutbacks
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Toronto-Waterloo takes top Canadian spot in startup ecosystem rankings, Vancouver nosedives
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How turning down $1 million changed the DMZ
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3 things I wish I’d known before scaling tech companies
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Canada’s tech talent industry tracks renewed interest with permanent Global Talent Stream
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MaRS, Communitech, Invest Ottawa receiving $52.4 million for “first-of-its-kind” Scale-Up program
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Shopify acquires Handshake, marking its third acquisition in six months
Shopify has acquired New York-based B2B ecommerce wholesale platform Handshake, to be integrated into the Canadian ecommerce giant’s growing Shopify Plus offering. Shopify had…
Startup jobs of the week: HR Manager, Senior Web Developer, Product Marketing Lead
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From early-stage to Series B and beyond,…
Vancouver cleantech Mangrove Water receives $2.1 million from federal government
Vancouver-based water management cleantech Mangrove Water Technologies, has received a $2.1 million investment from the federal government as part of its Sustainable Development Technology…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – One-stop shop for wellness
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…
Vidyard, Faire, Sheertex share scaling war stories at #CollisionConf
No matter what stage a company is at, some things are universal and at #CollisionConf founder of Vidyard Michael Litt, founder of Faire Marcelo…
AI “experimentation bases” developer Bases.ai acquires SenseAI
Bases.ai, a company looking to create experimentation bases for other businesses wanting to use AI, has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire…
Canada-wide digital health platform receives $49 million from federal government
The Digital Health and Discovery Platform (DHDP), a network that aims to establish a Canada-wide health data platform, has received a $49 million grant…
Toronto-based events e-commerce company AudienceView acquires Vendini
AudienceView, a Toronto-based company that produces e-commerce software for events and entertainment organizations, has acquired San Francisco-based Vendini, a ticketing and box office management…
LG and University of Toronto expand AI research partnership
LG is expanding its artificial intelligence research investment in the University of Toronto (U of T) to focus on business-to-business applications. “The extensive joint…
Shopify partners with DMZ, Dream Maker Ventures for Black entrepreneurs initiative
Shopify is partnering with Ryerson University’s DMZ as a founding partner of the Black Innovation Initiative, a project that seeks to elevate Black entrepreneurs…
Uber launching engineering hub in Toronto as part of $200 million investment
Uber has announced plans to open an engineering hub in Toronto. The new site will mark its 11th engineering hub worldwide and the first…
F|T: The FinTech Times – From crypto winter to crypto weirder
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before…