Riskthinking.AI selected by OSFI to provide financial institutions with climate risk data
Exercise aims to encourage FIs to adopt sound climate risk management practices.
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Harvest Ventures, New York-based IA Capital back Summit’s $3.5-million seed round
Digital insurance broker offers range of products, including to other FinTech firms.
Gerri Sinclair steps down as BC’s innovation commissioner
Outgoing commissioner to take innovation role at Vancouver International Airport.
Government software provider Clariti Cloud secures $24.6 million CAD from Vistara Growth
Clariti’s co-CEO is seeing increased demand for digital government services.
Now-private Farmers Edge partners with Gevo to carbon track US agriculture
Gevo’s project is backed by grant funding from the USDA.
Intel says enterprises need choice to scale AI’s potential
To deliver usability at the enterprise level, AI needs open ecosystems, not walled garden tech.
Appili Therapeutics to be acquired by Virginia-based life sciences company Aditxt
Deal is contingent upon Aditxt raising at least $20 million USD.
IPON invests $4.6 million to build IP capacity at post-secondary institutions
IPON has made $6.6 million in investments in the last year.
Hootsuite to acquire social media analytics company Talkwalker
Hootsuite shifting from social media management to intelligence.
Major Canadian retailers choose Rivercity Innovations to keep things fresh with cold chain monitoring solution
Healthy Planet, Skip Express Lane latest editions to client base spanning US, Canada, and Spain.
As crypto regains momentum, Coinbase Canada’s Lucas Matheson zeroes in on the next big goal: adoption
With crypto regulation in place, Matheson believes now is the time “for more Canadians to pay attention.”
Define Capital closes $20 million to acquire and nurture profitable niche software companies
New Toronto private equity fund aims to follow in Constellation’s footsteps.
Is Québec Canada’s quantum province?
Quantacet managing partner Martin Laforest joins to discuss quantum tech’s “degrees of sexiness.”
Federal government commits $2.4 billion to AI compute, startups, and safety through Budget 2024
Liberals aim to help “maintain Canada’s competitive edge” in AI with new spending.
Hard Knocks: Marcus Daniels on creating impact over activity in #CDNtech
Successful ecosystems require honesty about where the value is created.