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F|T: The FinTech Times – ‘The Amazon of the insurance industry’

Amira Zubairi April 4, 2019

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

Today in funding: Sharebee, SmartCone

Meagan Simpson April 3, 2019

Two Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel growth. Here’s the latest on who raised, how much, and…

UX-focused #FutureMakers gives designers tools to ‘make magic happen’

Lori Harito April 3, 2019

Thawing from the winter chill, the March edition of the RBC FutureMakers Talks was an insightful discussion on practical solutions…

Collision offering free tickets for coders active in open source community

Caitlin Hotchkiss April 3, 2019

Major North American tech conference, Collision, is offering 2,000 free tickets for software developers that actively contribute…

Metabridge announces top founders of 2019 Canadian scale-up program

Caitlin Hotchkiss April 3, 2019

Nonprofit organization Metabridge has announced the top founders of its 2019 Canadian scale-up program. “We started this…

Drug prescription healthtech, GenXys, closes $1.77 million seed round

Meagan Simpson April 3, 2019

Drug prescribing software, GenXys Health Care Systems, has raised $1.77 million CAD in seed funding as it looks to expand into…

Kids Code Jeunesse launches initiative to educate one million kids about AI

Isabelle Kirkwood April 3, 2019

Kids Code Jeunesse, a Canadian non-profit teaching children to code, has announced a new initiative, #kids2030, aiming to educate…

A|I: The AI Times – The Nobel Prize of computing

Amira Zubairi April 3, 2019

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…

Indigenous social enterprise wins top prize at AC Youth Innovation Summit

Caitlin Hotchkiss April 3, 2019

On March 28, twelve young Canadians gathered at the third annual Active Citizens Youth Innovation Summit on Parliament Hill,…

Sidewalk Labs CEO defends “real-time” planning process in front of House ethics committee

Meagan Simpson April 2, 2019

Today, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff appeared before the federal government’s Standing Committee on Access to Information,…

PwC Canada reveals finalists for 2019 Vision to Reality Awards

Isabelle Kirkwood April 2, 2019

PwC Canada has announced the twenty finalists of its 2019 Vision to Reality (V2R) Awards, which was open to organizations of…

Chip startup Untether AI raises $13 million led by Intel Capital

Meagan Simpson April 2, 2019

Toronto-based Untether AI, recently announced a $13 million USD Series A funding round led by Intel Capital, to help develop…

Rio Investment Partners secures $77.5 million CAD for new agri-food tech fund

Isabelle Kirkwood April 2, 2019

Rio Investment Partners, the new successor to Calgary-based Avrio Capital, has announced the launch of a new VC fund focused…

Motusbank, Meridian’s digital bank, officially launches

Isabelle Kirkwood April 2, 2019

Motusbank, a full-service digital bank that will be owned and backed by Ontario credit union, Meridian, has officially launched.…

Acorn BioLabs takes on DNA home collection tests, brings live cell kit to market

Isabelle Kirkwood April 2, 2019

Acorn Biolabs, a Toronto-based healthtech company, has announced the launch of its live cell collection, genetic analysis,…

Tetra Trust parent secures backing from banks, FinTechs to launch Canadian stablecoin

White Star Capital wants to lead Canadian seed rounds with new $50-million USD fund

New era at Mila as Hugo Larochelle named scientific director

Isabelle Hudon says BDC is getting ready to support Canada’s defence tech sector in “a more aggressive way”

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NordSpace’s rocket launch thwarted by faulty safety system, weather delays

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F|T: The FinTech Times – ‘The Amazon of the insurance industry’

Today in funding: Sharebee, SmartCone

UX-focused #FutureMakers gives designers tools to ‘make magic happen’

Collision offering free tickets for coders active in open source community

Metabridge announces top founders of 2019 Canadian scale-up program

Drug prescription healthtech, GenXys, closes $1.77 million seed round

Kids Code Jeunesse launches initiative to educate one million kids about AI

A|I: The AI Times – The Nobel Prize of computing

Indigenous social enterprise wins top prize at AC Youth Innovation Summit

Sidewalk Labs CEO defends “real-time” planning process in front of House ethics committee

PwC Canada reveals finalists for 2019 Vision to Reality Awards

Chip startup Untether AI raises $13 million led by Intel Capital

Rio Investment Partners secures $77.5 million CAD for new agri-food tech fund

Motusbank, Meridian’s digital bank, officially launches

Acorn BioLabs takes on DNA home collection tests, brings live cell kit to market

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