AgTech startup Ground Truth secures $4 million to improve grain analysis for farmers
Seed round: startup’s technology will allow farmers to make sound investment decisions.
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Ha Nguyen named McRock Capital’s third partner as firm looks to raise $200 million fund
Nguyen is the first McRock partner in addition to firm’s co-founders.
Nortel alum-turned-mystery novelist combines her tech and writing background with Fictionary
Fictionary’s $1.8 million round one of the first investments out of BDC’s Thrive Venture Fund.
Coveo’s Louis Têtu on market cycles, mentorship, and “recipes for failure”
Avoid “yes people.” Choose to be “the dumbest person in the room.”
Think Research reports increased revenues, debt in Q3
CEO maintains company well positioned to continue revenue growth.
Ada, 1Password, and Scotia Digital are all looking to hire engineers right now
Engineers are still in demand despite the downturn.
Canadian tech talks down rounds, disasters, and “recipes for failure”
Featuring interviews with luminaries from OMERS Ventures, Shopify, Coveo, Clio, Unbounce, and L-SPARK.
Prairie tech celebrates its own with Calgary Launch Party, Start Alberta Awards, Startup TNT Summit
Calgary Innovation Week culminates in Launch Party’s full in-person return.
What Coconut Software CFO Matt Petrow learned while raising a Series B
Founders need a good reason for fundraising. And a good partner.
Eight Canadian universities land in PitchBook’s 2022 top 100 schools for founders
The University of Waterloo keeps top spot for Canadian schools.
Potential Motors, Chinova Bioworks, Introhive feted at New Brunswick innovation awards ceremony
Nine awards handed out at the first InnovateNB awards event.
How Acuva balances global growth with local impact to provide clean drinking water
Acuva’s handheld LED-UV lights purify water around the world (and in Canada).
Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
Seed-stage startups, cleantech “two biggest winners” amid slowdown.
Canadian tech hubs not immune to downturn as Communitech lays off 10 percent of workforce
Innovation hub sees second significant staff reduction since 2019 provincial budget cuts.
OMERS Ventures’ Laura Lenz says “ego raising” is over in #CDNtech
VC says “there’s blame on both sides” for the lack of fundamentals in 2021.