Femtech Connect conference puts femtech funding under the microscope
While women founders dominate the femtech landscape, men still get most of the money.
Canadian Startup News
Why Silicon Valley is taken with Tailscale
Plus: Nvidia, AMD sign Canada’s data centre framework.
Fortinet expansion suggests Calgary’s cache is growing among global companies
The $30-million cybersecurity hub adds another international company to the city’s growing tech ecosystem.
Canada invests $67 million in dual-use life sciences research
Funding will support organizations in Ontario, Alberta, and BC, as well as five pan-Canadian research hubs.
Nrth Festival’s inaugural opening night was a prompt to bring human control back to tech
Tech leaders talk human agency in the AI world as GROAT Kyle Lowry encourages entrepreneurs to chase their “yes.”
Blair Health secures $4.2 million to make specialized women’s care more accessible
Toronto startup aims to power “specialist-level care without the specialist wait.”
Elevate transforms into Nrth Festival in opening-night rebrand
After nine years as Elevate, tech festival updates name to provide direction in an increasingly uncertain world.
TD’s Layer 6 and Cohere embark on $25-million AI collaboration
The Big Six Canadian bank has teamed up with the country’s LLM maker to boost AI adoption.
Bird&Be raises $13-million USD Series A for fertility support platform
Toronto startup sells supplements and test kits for reproductive health.
University of Alberta launches regenerative medicine hub at Life Sciences Week
Hub will unite stakeholders from across healthcare value chain to accelerate treatment commercialization.
With new funding, Astrus prepares to automate one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design
Khosla-backed startup uses reinforcement learning to tackle analog design problems.
Heidi invests nearly $26 million to establish Toronto as North American headquarters
Australian healthtech plans to hire 30 more staff in Canada, its second-largest market.
Innovation Saskatchewan renews AgTech Accelerator funding with $300,000 investment
Funding will support the Conexus-backed program until 2028.
BDC is Canada’s sole entrant in investor network for NATO defence accelerator
The NATO DIANA Capital Network connects investors with companies in its defence tech program.
Beacon buys New York’s Haize Labs to boost AI reliability across its portfolio
AI rollup firm aims to help its Main Street software businesses deploy AI they can trust.