Toyo raises seed funding to further develop “OpenClaw for founders” tool
Company’s $4.3-million USD raise will help it give business leaders’ busywork to AI agents.
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Elle, MD, Hiive, and LiORA among latest CIX Startup Awards winners
Annual awards recognize top emerging, early-stage, and growth-stage Canadian startups.
Q&A: Moltbook, OpenClaw, and the security risks of the new agentic-AI era
Plurilock CEO Ian Paterson on the evolution of agentic AI and protecting yourself (and your agent).
General Fusion to go public on Nasdaq via $1-billion USD SPAC deal
BC company claims it will be the first publicly traded pure-play fusion company.
Jetson raises $50-million USD Series A to heat more homes efficiently
Canadian VCs Garage Capital, Active Impact return to back electric heat pump startup.
Hootsuite could receive up to $2.8 million USD for contract with US immigration enforcement
Years after scrapping a contract with ICE, Hootsuite is providing monitoring technology to DHS.
Mangrove Lithium announces $85-million USD financing to power critical mineral refinement for EVs
Investment comes from Canada Growth Fund, BMW, and Bill Gates’ investment fund.
Oceantech accelerator Blue Action Canada opens applications for second cohort
Ocean Supercluster-backed program is looking for eight ambitious, blue-economy startups.
Nine Canadian companies make the 2026 Global Cleantech 100
This year’s list includes returnees like Cyclic Materials, Mangrove Lithium, and Pani Energy.
Slate raises $1.3 million to deliver embedded lending infrastructure to Canadian platforms
Vancouver startup aims to help firms provide SMB loans without building infrastructure.
A smarter, safer way to run AI? Vancouver’s LōD Technologies is betting on it
Startup’s new platform, CLōD, tackles two of the biggest barriers to enterprise AI adoption.
How a Métis game developer is using Roblox to keep his language alive
Josh Nilson built a virtual world where gamers learn Michif through play and community.
ITC says Canada’s largest Indigenous tech conference aims to break down silos
Indigenous Tech Circle brings founders, investors, and policymakers together in Vancouver.
From roaming robo-barns to laser weeders, how an innovative program is helping BC farmers
Innovate BC’s On-Farm Technology Adoption Program gave farmers $4.5 million last year to buy new tech.
CanLII and Caseway AI reportedly moving towards settlement in copyright dispute
Non-profit sued Caseway in late 2024 for allegedly scraping its data to build an AI legaltech tool.