Movement51 appoints former DMZ leader Emily Smiley as executive director
The51 sister org aims to help woman-identifying and gender-diverse people build their financial confidence.
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Nanoprecise closes Series C to predict industrial equipment failures with AI
Edmonton startup nabs $36 million USD to bring its tech to Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa.
Consensus 2025 to spotlight builders with PitchFest and three-day blockchain hackathon
Early bird applications open for EasyA Consensus Hackathon.
Basetwo emerges from CIX Summit 2025 as Canada’s representative for the Startup World Cup
Clio founder Jack Newton also recognized as CIX Innovator of the Year.
Québec budget overhauls innovation tax credits, earmarks millions for tariff impacts
Early-stage investment-matching program Impulsion PME renewed under different mandate with $200 million in funding.
SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat
Rip-resistant tights manufacturer temporarily laid off 40 percent of staff ahead of “worst-case” US tariffs.
Lightspeed to expand and revamp sales team as part of revised go-to-market effort
Execs said direct sales will help company’s two “leading growth engines” at Lightspeed’s Capital Markets Day.
FreshBooks’ data shows many small businesses treat taxes as an afterthought, and it’s costing them
FreshBooks’ Faye Pang shares how proactive tax management can become a growth strategy.
Descartes nabs another American company with $164.4-million acquisition of 3Gtms
Acquisition expands logistics software company’s North American reach and adds network of carriers.
Vooban hiring up to 25 AI roles in Ontario as it welcomes surge in enterprise AI adoption
Québec City-based AI service company looks to add solution architects, account executives for Ontario expansion.
Xanadu teams up with glass giant Corning to network quantum computing chips
Companies hope the fibre partnership is a step toward powerful, fault-resistant quantum machines.
ExxonMobil takes CoLab Software’s AI tool out to sea with $5.6-million oil rig partnership
R&D funding supported hiring of 17 full time employees at CoLab’s St. John’s headquarters.
US deep tech VC Celesta Capital adds BDC alum Charles Lespérance as Canadian partner
Silicon Valley investor hires Montréal-based Lespérance to expand presence in Canada.
Seventy-five Ontario CEOs sign open letter calling on Premier Doug Ford to prioritize homegrown innovation
Demanding letter seeks provincial procurement and funding overhauls in the first 100 days of Ford’s new mandate.
As online threats get worse, Styx raises $2.7 million for digital risk protection platform
Repeat cybersecurity entrepreneurs take aim at brand impersonation, phishing scams, AI imposter content.