A US-Canada crypto summit is shaping up at Consensus 2025
Dave Portnoy, Eric Trump, and a huge contingent of Canadian founders rally at Consensus 2025.
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Brightspark spinout Brio nabs $3 million to help other VCs manage their LPs
Brio co-founder and CEO Audrey Ostiguy described Brio as Brightspark’s “secret sauce.”
Every platform promise #CDNtech cares about in the 2025 federal election
Taxes, reduced US dependency, and AI investment are major ballot-box issues
Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify: former exec
Former CPO Craig Miller says Carney offered president role in 2020, but turned it down for Brookfield.
Nagar Rahmani joins EnerTech Capital as Weston family-associated Wittington Ventures promotes from within
Rahmani will actively source Canadian deal flow, while Wittington prepares to spin up a new fund.
Healwell shakes up C-suite following Well Health takeover, shifts CEO Alexander Dobranowski to president
Healwell’s new CEO and chief commercial officer both come from its latest acquisition, Orion Health.
Can Canada become the best in the world at using AI?
Commercialization is a national imperative at Remarkable 2025.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian elects Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez to board of directors
Rivian looks to integrate AI as it branches into more affordable models in the next few years.
1Password expands Extended Access Management platform with agentic AI security
Co-CEO says the rise of AI agents has created business security concerns.
FundThrough acquires American company Ampla alongside fresh Series B funding
Macroeconomic uncertainty inspired invoice factoring platform to raise $34.6 million CAD.
Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement
Montréal-based companies lead the pack of B2B SaaS startups selected for 10-week program.
France’s Alan comes to Canada with digital group health insurance for tech startups
Teachers-backed unicorn aims to help disrupt Canada’s health insurance market.
At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race
Cohere says first movers on AI agents will gain “competitive advantage.”
Canadian VCs have performance anxiety
Plus: Yoshua Bengio warns of agentic AI’s “catastrophic risks.”
Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO
Crisp replaces Tony Gaffney, who departed after less than half of a five-year term as head of the AI hub.