Loblaw partners with Gatik to bring first autonomous delivery fleet to Canada
Palo Alto-based startup Gatik has signed a deal with Canada’s largest food retailer, Loblaw Companies Limited, to launch…
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – No going back
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Athennian, CDL-Rockies, Symend among winners of 2020 Start Alberta Awards
Start Alberta has revealed the winners of the third annual Start Alberta Tech Awards, which was held virtually this year. The…
How COVID has re-routed Canada’s mobility future
In February of this year, I wrote about what mobility could look like in 2020 and beyond, based on trends that had emerged…
How Bridgit’s co-founders tapped into a market ignored by tech
Entrepreneurship taught Bridgit COO Lauren Lake to never assume she knows more about a problem than someone living it every…
Thoughtexchange closes additional $4 million, bringing Series B round to $34 million
BC-based crowdsourcing software startup Thoughtexchange has closed an additional $4 million in new Series B financing. The…
F|T: The FinTech Times – PayPal’s big plans
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Ontario reveals investment agency in 2020 budget, as economic development ministry sees second year of cuts
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government delivered its 2020-2021 budget on Thursday, the second budget of Premier Doug…
Neha Khera departs 500 Startups for partner role at 2048 Ventures
Neha Khera, once-partner at 500 Startups, has joined US-headquartered pre-seed stage investment firm 2048 Ventures as partner.…
With advisory board in place, OneEleven’s new MD shares plan to rebuild the Toronto innovation hub
With new leadership and familiar advisors, Toronto innovation hub OneEleven has re-launched. Shuttered following the onset…
A|I: The AI Times – The wrong stick
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
NACO receives $710,000 from feds to increase presence in Western, Atlantic Canada
The National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) has received $710,000 from the federal government as it is working to increase…
Food robotics startup YPC Technologies raises $1.8 million seed round
Montreal-based YPC Technologies, a food robotics company with the goal of making good food more accessible, has closed a $1.8…
BC tech orgs lobby federal, provincial governments for scale-up funding
A collection of innovation-focused organizations in British Columbia (BC) are pushing the federal and provincial governments…
Alberta Enterprise Corporation invests additional $5 million in Accelerate Fund III
The Alberta Enterprise Corporation (AEC) has made an additional investment of $5 million into its third early-stage angel co-investment…