MedEssist’s Access To Care program has turned 100 Ontario pharmacies into mini-clinics
Milestone follows recent seed investment from Staircase Ventures and Hyperplane VC.
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Oceantech accelerator Blue Action Canada opens applications for second cohort
Ocean Supercluster-backed program is looking for eight ambitious, blue-economy startups.
Helcim takes aim at “walled-off” payment systems with new extension
The Helcim Payment Extension will let businesses integrate payments into any software.
Made from scratch: Toronto tech leaders reflect on 10 years of building Uber Eats
The inside dish on how a global food delivery platform was built, tested, and scaled out of Toronto.
How AI stands to dramatically change the future of work
An excerpt from ‘Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek.’
Science&Humans raises $10 million as hormone health enters the mainstream
Toronto startup hopes Series A round will propel it beyond its 60,000 patients.
Portage strikes deal to manage Point72 Ventures FinTech assets in Steve Cohen and Goldman Sachs-backed fund
Power Corp.’s FinTech investment arm makes first formal foray into secondary investments.
Nine Canadian companies make the 2026 Global Cleantech 100
This year’s list includes returnees like Cyclic Materials, Mangrove Lithium, and Pani Energy.
Cohere partners with German submarine maker in bid to get its AI into Canada’s fleet
TKMS is courting a Canadian procurement order to build the next generation of Canadian submarines.
Miovision partners with TomTom to tackle the world’s traffic congestion
Kitchener firm claims deal with Dutch data collector will put its tech at more than 300,000 global intersections.
What Canada’s AI strategy gets wrong about sovereignty
Sovereign tech policies must consider who’s in charge, not where tech is located.
Slate raises $1.3 million to deliver embedded lending infrastructure to Canadian platforms
Vancouver startup aims to help firms provide SMB loans without building infrastructure.
Polygon buys blockchain startup Sequence to power its stablecoin push
Sequence’s modular crypto infrastructure will support payments platform powering Stripe and Polymarket.
Saskatchewan accelerators invest nearly $2.2 million in Prairies tech
Innovation Saskatchewan’s investment will go toward industry-led research and development.
Medventions pilot pairs young innovators with Newfoundland doctors to inspire next-gen medtech
Pilot program in Carbonear, NL, follows similar cohorts in Toronto and Halifax.