BEKH, Volta and Tribe launch new initiatives to support Black Canadian founders
Both initiatives look to address the unique, systemic barriers facing Black entrepreneurs.
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Accelerator Centre opens applications for new aerospace accelerator program
Selected startups can potentially test their tech at Waterloo’s international airport.
With federal backing, University of Calgary gears up to launch ElevateIP Alberta program
Startups will be able to access up to $100,000 in IP-related funding.
Visa Canada, Plug and Play team up to support Canadian FinTech startups
With new partnership, US payments giant and investor build on existing relationship.
Propel receives $2.9-million ACOA grant to continue virtual accelerator program until 2026
The Government of Nova Scotia committed $1.05 million to Propel in May.
Acuva, Brickeye, Intelligent City feature in Foresight’s top 50 cleantech ventures list
Ventures on the accelerator’s 2021, 2022 lists have collectively raised over $1.67 billion.
Cultivator’s AgTech accelerator startups surpass $80 million in funding since January 2022
Applications are open for its third cohort set to begin in March.
Cycle Momentum receives $22.25 million in provincial backing, launches matching cleantech funding program
Origo will offer Québec-based pre-seed and seed-stage startups with $150,000 CAD in funding.
Techstars Toronto celebrates 100 direct investments as an accelerator
The organization is also welcoming an even mix of Canadian and international companies to its 2023 class.
Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections
Participants include Decoda Health, Greenlite, LifestyleRX, Spine AI, Tempo Labs, Terminal, and VaultPay.
Canadian startups NLPatent, BorderlessHR, Monark accepted into Google’s Women Founders accelerator
Three startups represent Canada in a cohort of 11 North American companies.
YC-backed Reworkd secures $1.65 million CAD to build AI agents for business tasks
Founded by a trio of Vancouverites, Reworkd has nabbed funding from Panache.
AWS, NVIDIA launch global FinTech accelerator for seed-stage startups
The accelerator aims to help FinTech companies using AI and machine learning in financial services.
Canadian startups Oncoustics, OneCup AI among Google’s first North America-wide cloud accelerator cohort
Google piloted the cloud accelerator in Canada, then extended it to US startups this year.
Applications are open for Google’s startup accelerators for women and Black founders
Three Canadian startups were selected for each program last year.