Ontopical closes $3.3 million seed extension to help companies navigate the local government procurement process
Rhino and Graphite Ventures-backed Ontopical mines public data for private sector clients using AI.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Has the FTC taken the first step to break up Amazon?
Plus: Behind the scenes of Shopify’s Buy with Prime deal and Flexport’s ousting of CEO Dave Clark.
Inovia announces $34-million CAD Discovery Fund for early-stage VCs
Fund formalizes Inovia’s support for emerging managers as many struggle to fundraise.
Spring Activator acquires Future Capital to bring wealth creation to underrepresented communities
The combined investments of the two Vancouver-based organizations total over $50 million CAD.
A|I: The AI Times – Why Midjourney’s founder rejects venture capital
Plus: Rockwell Automation to acquire Clearpath Robotics.
The Forum introduces index to support access to capital for women and diverse entrepreneurs
The resource aims to help close the funding gap for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ founders.
Properly founders exit as company and tech are sold in separate transactions
America real-estate giant Compass buys out Properly founders; unnamed Canadian firm acquires brokerage.
As enterprises dip their toes into generative AI, Plurilock finds gains in selling safety
Regulatory changes are putting greater pressure on compliance, says CEO Ian Paterson.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Circle is losing to Tether, Square merchants lose connectivity
Plus: Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections.
Cultivator hits $100M milestone as Conexus loses VC Sean O’Connor
Plus: How this multi-millionaire “pirate” entrepreneur kicked his self-destructive habits.
Three companies hiring front-end software developers across Canada
eClerx, Procom, and Accenture are looking to hire front-end developers across the country.
Attabotics, Urbx settle litigation over robotic storage patents
Following mutual resolution, both startups agree to no more public statements.
VentureLab appoints semiconductor industry leader Hugh Chow as CEO
Hong Kong-born Chow sees room for VentureLab to extend itself globally.
Future workforce: where Gen Z wants to work and how startups can support them
UWaterloo’s Work-Learn Institute data finds Gen Z is looking for growth, impact, security, and balance.
CDL-Vancouver preps fall innovation mining and minerals conference following launch of minerals stream
Conference will take place October 25 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.