Reactiv acquires US-based competitor Kin
Acquisition brings in brands like Steve Madden and Chubbies, following startup’s unannounced seed extension round.
Canadian Startup News
Software startup Polygrade emerges from stealth to build AI for home warranty claims
Former Setter, Sears Home Services leaders launch with $6.3 million USD in seed funding.
Canadian tech and investor groups call for tax incentives, capital gains rollover
CVCA, CCI, and others ask for QSBS-style tax incentive meant to retain business value.
Half of heavy industrial workers use AI, but workplace training is lacking
Punchcard Systems report shows widening gap between worker adoption and employer readiness.
Canada’s major projects boom is a big opportunity for smaller firms, but hurdles remain
BDC report says the country’s infrastructure push could require help from 280,000 SMBs.
Edmonton mayor hints at upcoming support for entrepreneurs as city’s Startup Week kicks off
Annual celebration of Edmonton’s startup ecosystem features nearly 80 events across the city.
Calian and Invest Ottawa to open new defence research and development lab
Ottawa’s Area X.O will get a new testing facility focused on helping defence technologies work well together.
Q&A: An anthropologist pulls back the curtain on the humans behind AI
Joseph Wilson spoke with ghost workers, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, and even joined a Toronto chip company.
Ex-Vanguard exec aims to launch Canada’s first investment dealer solely focused on prediction markets
Atul Tiwari and fellow domestic finance vets seek regulatory approval to build Verdx.
OSCP closes $6-million USD Series A round to power navigation without GPS
Montréal photonics startup aims to disrupt the IMU market with a smaller, more accurate alternative.
Federal government launches new national AI council
Private and public stakeholders, including Yoshua Bengio and Sanja Fidler, named to 13-member advisory council.
Peripheral hires former Meta Reality Labs exec to lead volumetric video push
Ex-Intel Sports director Shaun Carrigan helped develop pivotal tech for the NFL, MLB.
Alberta municipalities juggle data centre development gold rush with public pushback
New proposals in central Alberta have left host municipalities between a rock and a hard place.
H2 Analytics secures $800,000 in FedDev funding to improve defence training platform
CEO says repayable funding will help the platform integrate new AI features and expand internationally.
Femtum opens new Québec City factory to build more lasers for chipmakers
The $2.1-million headquarters dramatically expands production capacity as Femtum scales to meet data-centre boom.