Bank of Canada to collaborate with MIT on digital currency research project
Canada explores digital currency as Biden calls for US to examine its own options.
Canadian Startup News
Walmart launches global tech hub in Toronto, plans to hire hundreds
The initial hiring phase for Toronto includes 45 full-time roles.
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.
Microsoft leads MedMeâs $3.4 million CAD seed round to help pharmacies expand beyond retail
Microsoftâs VC arm buys into MedMeâs 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 âentireâ insurance ecosystem
Wisedocsâ âbread and butterâ is helping insurance orgs work with medical records.
Mila partners with Twitterâs data and machine learning team
Twitter wants Mila to ML your tweets.
New Ventures BC opens applications for 22nd annual competition
This yearâs competition includes a new $10,000 sustainability prize.
Samos launches insurance product for accidental death during surgery
Waterloo startup claims to offer âworldâs first surgical accidental death insurance.â
With $150 million USD in fresh funding, MontrĂ©al’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 yearâs 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
âIn order to manage the energy transition well, environmental attributes cannot be managed in a silo.â
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 Torontoâs machine learning talent pool.