H|T: The Healthtech Times – FDA approves Elon Musk’s Neuralink for human clinical study
Plus: AbCellera and BenchSci get combined $395 million
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Platformatic secures $3.5 million, launches tech to simplify back-end development for enterprises
Platformatic is backed by Decibel, Panache, and developer and open-source angels.
A|I: The AI Times – AbCellera and BenchSci secure big funding
Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.
Communications startup Vrify secures $6-million Series A to help attract mining investment
Vrify creates 3D visualization technology and 360-degree virtual tours of mining sites.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Now in Canada: Hiive’s VC secondary trading platform
Plus: QED closes on $925M to back FinTech startups globally.
Canadian startup news of the week (5/28/23)
Plus: Whatâs on the table for Alberta’s tech sector this election?
Cognosys raises $2-million seed round to create AI personal assistants
Vancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere
Spellbook, formerly Rally, raises $10.9 million to automate legal contracts using generative AI
The company is rebranding as part of a new focus on its AI tool and strategy.
AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus
The $701-million project aims to build a âstate-of-the-artâ campus, add 400 jobs.
With regulatory approval, Hiive launches VC secondary trading platform in Canada
Closed IPO window, âdiscount mentalityâ driving secondary trading.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â 1Password launches passkeys for businesses
Plus: Tehama returns as management buys out of bankruptcy.
As Nasdaq delisting looms, asset management firm mCloud looks to go private
mCloudâs Nasdaq shares declined by 80 percent in the last year.
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others.
Withe raises $1.1 million in mission to address hospitality hiring challenges
The Vancouver-based software startup lists Marriott International as one of its users.
A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time
Plus: Bessemer and SoftBank bet big on AI.