Today in accelerators: Volta Cohort, FounderFuel
Over the past week, two Canadian accelerators have announced the companies joining their next cohorts. Here’s the latest…
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Governor General’s office announces innovation award winners
The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General has announced the six winners of the 2018 Governor General’s Innovation…
HyperGrowth: Life healthtech accelerator announces second cohort graduates
HyperGrowth: Life, a life sciences program that supports startups struggling with commercialization, has announced the five…
Government invests $3 million to help people with disabilities access assistive tech
The Canadian government is providing $3 million to the Neil Squire Society to help Canadians with disabilities have better…
Canadian Women’s Network wants to give women founders Silicon Valley connections
Connection Silicon Valley, an organization that helps companies partner with Silicon Valley’s tech ecosystem, has launched…
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging raises $16 million to help physicians diagnose cardiovascular diseases
Calgary-based Circle Cardiovascular Imaging (Circle) has raised $16 million as it looks to bring its cardiovascular imaging…
Samsung opens AI research centre in Toronto
Samsung’s advanced research and development arm, Samsung Research, is opening three new AI research centres worldwide. One…
With $2 million in seed funding, NorthOne wants companies to understand their financial health
Toronto-based NorthOne has raised $2 million in seed funding to build out its mobile banking platform targeting small businesses.…
Report: Canada’s gaming industry contributes $3.7 billion to economy
Two reports have dived deep into the gaming sector’s impact on the Canadian tech ecosystem. Indeed Canada has compiled…
BC gov’t announces $125 million in tech investments at #BCTechSummit
During last week’s BC Tech Summit, the provincial government unveiled plans to invest in several initiatives aimed at…
Fiix raises $15.4 million to help businesses track equipment maintenance
Toronto-based Fiix has raised a $15.4 million ($12 million USD) Series B for its workflow software that helps companies manage…
BetaKit readers get 50% off TakeOver conference tickets until Friday
TribalScale has announced over 40 speakers for its Toronto-based TakeOver conference, which explores how emerging technologies…
SIPBAR’s Alex Boyman on the difference between being adaptable and distracted
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asks entrepreneurs to share lessons learned as they’ve…
Dooly.ai raises $2 million to automate admin tasks for sales teams
Vancouver-based Dooly.ai has raised $2 million to help sales professionals reduce time spent on administrative tasks using…
Terminal raises $13 million Series A, adds Clay Kellogg as CEO
Kitchener-based Terminal has raised a $13 million CAD Series A to scale its platform that helps companies build remote engineering…