Inside the rise of Canadian venture studios
Over the last seven years, the number of global venture studios has increased by 625 percent, and Canada is no exception to…
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Summit Nanotech wins $1 million Women in Cleantech challenge
MaRS Discovery District and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) announced November 30, that the grand prize winner of the three-year…
Benevity reports record Giving Tuesday with over $112 million donated through its platform
Calgary-based Benevity saw a record-setting Giving Tuesday this year, as $112.6 million CAD was donated to over 43,000 causes…
mCloud raises $12.1 million CAD in Nasdaq uplisting
mCloud Technologies Corp. has raised $12.1 million CAD ($9.5 million USD) from its public offering on Nasdaq, selling 2.1 million…
Prairie startups secure investment at Startup TNT summit showcase
Companies from across Calgary, Edmonton and Saskatchewan participated in Startup TNT’s Investment Summit IV, with many of…
mCloud aims to secure capital for push into Middle East, as it lists to Nasdaq Capital Markets
mCloud Technologies Corp hopes to raise gross proceeds of $9.5 million USD from a public offering as it begins trading November…
Interface Fluidics raises $6.7 million CAD to accelerate deployment of oil recovery tech
Calgary-based Interface Fluidics has raised $6.7 million CAD ($5.4 million USD) in a Series B investment round led by Equinor…
Sports and live audience engagement startup StellarAlgo secures $16.5 million Series A
Calgary-based StellarAlgo has secured $16.5 million CAD in Series A capital to further its SaaS customer data platform, which…
Plug and Play expands to Alberta as part of program to bolster province’s startups
Alberta Innovates is making good on its promise in March to attract business accelerators to vault the province’s promising…
Calgary, the city that offered to fight a bear for Amazon HQ2, gets new Amazon data centre
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the IT service management arm of tech giant Amazon Inc., is set to open an infrastructure region…
Gradient MSP raises $12.7 million CAD to launch automated billing solution
Calgary-based Gradient MSP has raised $12.7 million CAD ($10.25 million USD) in its all-equity Series A funding round led by…
Alberta government, Platform Calgary launching province-wide hackathon
Platform Calgary has partnered with the Government of Alberta, and members of the Alberta Innovation Network, to host a hackathon,…
Neo Financial’s Series B leads Calgary’s venture funding bounce back in Q3
Following a two-year low for tech investment, Calgary’s tech ecosystem saw a return to health in the third quarter of 2021,…
Link Investment Management revs up to take on insurance, banking incumbents with $2.5 million
FinTech startup Link Investment Management has received a $2.5 million CAD Series A strategic investment from the Canaccord…
Carbon Upcycling Technologies, Adaptive Pulse among startups recently chosen for competitions, accelerators
A number of Canadian startups have recently been selected to take part in accelerators and competitions, including those of…