L-Spark completes its first cohort as a corporate accelerator
Executive director sees more to do after eight companies make inroads to telecom giant Mitel.
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Alberta-made robots are helping keep this Vancouver shipyard safe
Confined Space Robotics partners with Seaspan Shipyards to make working in tight spaces less dangerous.
Business leaders urge Ottawa to extend employee ownership tax incentive
Short-lived tax break encouraging founders to sell to employees is set to expire this year.
New trade association aims to give domestic SMBs a shot in Canada’s “defence renaissance”
For those about to defend, there’s a new ACDC in town.
A16z speedrun alum General Magic secures $7.2 million USD to make calling your insurance company less of a slog
Toronto startup’s AI agents communicate with customers through text message.
Loop aims to make screen-scraping obsolete for business accounts
Toronto FinTech targets enterprise accounts as it waits for open banking.
Neo Financial partners with United Airlines to launch credit card
The fintech company beat out several larger banks to land the deal.
Court filings reveal Sheertex maker’s steep losses ahead of insolvency
While tariffs helped bring the apparel innovator down, SRTX was already struggling to scale.
Canada’s tech talent crunch is about access, not availability
At Vancouver panel, industry leaders say talented workers aren’t getting matched to opportunities.
Sluggish growth, lost value: what decades of data reveal about Canada’s early-stage funding gap
NACO and Startup Genome report argues that Canada’s tech ecosystem lost $66 billion USD in value.
What I learned from trying to buy only Canadian tech
In 2017, I tried to build a company using only Canadian tech. Here’s what’s changed a decade later.
Canadian Bitcoin Consortium launches insurance company for digital asset businesses
Blockchain Insurance Inc. says it’s “traditional insurance for non-traditional industries.”
Canadian businesses expect more uncertainty as US Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
US president claims more tariffs are coming through different legal mechanisms.
Wealthsimple named CIX Innovator of the Year
Toronto FinTech firm recognized for its “transformative impact” on Canadian financial services in 2025.
Mecademic secures $21 million to bring its tiny industrial robots to the world
Funding will help expand Montréal headquarters and ramp up hiring in US, Europe, and Asia.