Platform Innovation Centre in Calgary receives $2 million from the Government of Canada
The long-awaited innovation hub is set to officially open its doors in 2022.
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Microsoft leads MedMe’s $3.4 million CAD seed round to help pharmacies expand beyond retail
Microsoft’s VC arm buys into MedMe’s vision to turn pharmacies into community health hubs.
HonestDoor closes $2.2 million in aim to bring accuracy to real estate valuations
HonestDoor wants to be the largest search portal for real estate valuations in Canada.
Wisedocs closes $4.1 million to bring medical document analysis to “entire” insurance ecosystem
Wisedocs’ “bread and butter” is helping insurance orgs work with medical records.
Mila partners with Twitter’s data and machine learning team
Twitter wants Mila to ML your tweets.
New Ventures BC opens applications for 22nd annual competition
This year’s competition includes a new $10,000 sustainability prize.
Samos launches insurance product for accidental death during surgery
Waterloo startup claims to offer “world’s first surgical accidental death insurance.”
With $150 million USD in fresh funding, Montréal’s Talent.com is ready to take on Indeed worldwide
Co-CEO says startup wants to be Pepsi to Indeed’s Coke.
Canadian FinTech leaders press Government of Canada for progress on open banking
Open letter calls on feds to appoint open banking lead, adopt recommendations outlined in last year’s report.
Inside the province-wide push to make BC a global leader in cleantech
Faced with increased problems from climate change, cleantech stakeholders believe BC should think bigger still.
Oil and gas tech startup Validere closes $55 million CAD with BlackRock backing
“In order to manage the energy transition well, environmental attributes cannot be managed in a silo.”
Impact.com acquires Pressboard to ramp up branded content program for publishers
Pressboard was formerly a customer of Trackonomics, an Impact.com company.
Scribble Data closes $2.2 million to help data science teams train machine learning models
Scribble Data aims to dip into Toronto’s machine learning talent pool.
Virtual Gurus closes $8.4 million amid US-driven demand for diversity-focused virtual assistants
CEO Bobbie Racette one of the first Indigenous women in #CDNtech to close a Series A round.
HubSpot opens first Canadian office in Toronto
HubSpot aims to add over 50 employees in Ontario.