Xatoms and Knead take home top prizes amid strong Canadian showing at SXSW pitch competition
Canada was represented in five of the more than 70 companies pitching.
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New Turing Award winner Richard Sutton calls doomers “out of line,” talks path to human-like AI
Sutton joins Canadian peers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton in winning “Nobel Prize of computing.”
The51 appoints Highline Beta founder Lauren Robinson as managing partner
Women-led investment firm prepares to raise its third fund later this year.
Promise Robotics opens second factory to help increase Canadian housing supply
Calgary plant for home builder robots expected to start production this summer.
FinTech startup Reach sells majority stake to US-based Primus Capital
Calgary company looks to expand global reach and help clients navigate tariffs with new PE owner.
PrairiesCan doles out $6.7 million to help four Edmonton companies scale and expand into new markets
Levven Electronics, Care Group, Demir Engineering, and Grengine to benefit from latest federal funding.
Canada Growth Fund commits up to $50 million to Longbow Capital’s second Energy Transition Fund
Commitment marks the 10th investment from the federal government’s clean energy investment fund to date.
RetinaLogik ready to execute on vision with $1.1-million financing, Health Canada Class II approval
Portable eye care device startup sets sights on North American expansion.
OneVest closes $29-million CAD Series B led by Salesforce Ventures to fuel US expansion
FinTech startup aims to hire 100 employees over the next year.
Luge Capital, Pender Ventures hire in Alberta following investments from AEC
Luge adds investor Chelsea Gillett from The51, Pender adds associate Jacob Grainger from Plug and Play.
The51 holds $51-million final close for Food and AgTech Fund amid challenging venture market
ATB Financial contributed the final dollar to the fund that has been raising since 2021.
Deep Sky secures $40-million USD grant from Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Carbon-capture startup selected Innisfail, Alberta as the site for its first-ever facility in August.
Fluid Biomed closes $27-million USD Series A to fund expanded human clinical studies
University of Calgary neurosurgeons aim to deliver a better brain stent.
Absorb to acquire Together in bid to bring mentorship to its learning software
Calgary firm to absorb Together to provide more “comprehensive learning solution.”