Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings
Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement.
Canadian Startup News
Kibbi, a job-finding app for newcomers created by a newcomer, raises $1.1 million CAD
Kibbi partners with agencies and claims 6,000 job seekers as users.
Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada)
Features available to Shopify merchants in Europe, Brazil, and other markets not beset by implementation delays.
Cohere is the highest ranking Canadian startup on Bessemer’s top 100 deeptech companies
The OpenAI competitor is joined on the list by Nexii, Svante, and fellow Toronto firm Xanadu.
Automotive software maker LeddarTech inks SPAC deal to go public on Nasdaq
CEO hails agreement as “important milestone,” plans to step down.
Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program
Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics.
Collision whispers, new AI officer, fundraising landscape the talk of Vancouver Startup Week 2023
The vibes were positive and the takes hot in VSW’s post-COVID return.
Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year
Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.”
Dapper Labs makes investment in Web3 gaming company GameOn
GameOn is powering Karateka, a game for collecting digital fighters.
Following Alberta launch, insurtech QuickFacts raises $1.13 million CAD to expand across Canada
QuickFacts will launch its solution for insurance-specific workflows this summer.
Wealth management startup OneVest raises $17 million CAD Series A
The startup plans to expand to the US and partner with major banks and wealth-management firms.
Applications are open for Google’s startup accelerators for women and Black founders
Three Canadian startups were selected for each program last year.
Tech talent-sourcing network VanHack secures $3 million for global expansion
While bootstrapped, VanHack said it grew to over 400,000 members.
Canadian app Apollo to shut down amid user protest against Reddit API pricing
The app, founded in Halifax, was created to improve Reddit for iOS users.
AI prompting Is the new coding for kids
BetaKit’s founder says learning how to prompt an AI engine is not just a tech skill—it’s a life skill.