Bird to launch dockless e-scooter in Canada this summer
Bird, an electric scooter sharing company based in Santa Monica, California, is bringing its dockless e-scooters to Canada…
Cleantech
Carbon Engineering secures $25 million from government to capture, reuse CO₂
Carbon Engineering (CE), a cleantech company based in Squamish, BC, has received a $25 million investment from the federal…
Protein Industries Supercluster second cluster to announce projects
The Prairies-based Protein Industries Supercluster, one of five members of the federal government’s Innovation Superclusters…
Vancouver cleantech Inventys closes Series C at $34 million CAD
Vancouver-based cleantech Inventys has officially closed its Series C round with an investment of $13 million CAD, bringing…
Energia to receive $500,000 investment from New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
Fredericton-based Energia Ventures, an accelerator offshoot from the University of New Brunswick, has announced it will receive…
MaRS, federal government launch Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge
MaRS Discovery District and the Public Health Agency of Canada have launched the Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge, a competition…
Government names three funds receiving $50 million through VCCI cleantech stream
The Government of Canada has chosen the funds that will be receiving portions of the newest stream of the Venture Capital Catalyst…
BDC looks to “double down” on industrial tech with $250 million venture fund
BDC Capital has launched a $250 million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund to invest in tech companies and entrepreneurs working…
Fredericton-based Energia Ventures opens applications for third cohort
Fredericton-based Energia Ventures, a smart grid, cleantech, and cybersecurity accelerator, is now accepting applications for…
Calgary-based AeroLab recognized by NASA for aerodynamic sensor
Calgary-based startup, AeroLab Technology, looking to apply its sensors designed for cycling dynamics to unmanned aircraft,…
Today in government funding: Yukon and Francophone Ontario Entrepreneurs
Today in government funding, seven projects in the northern territory of Yukon have received $2.2 million, and Ontario’s…
Vancouver cleantech Mangrove Water receives $2.1 million from federal government
Vancouver-based water management cleantech Mangrove Water Technologies, has received a $2.1 million investment from the federal…
BrainBox AI launches software to enable self-sustaining commercial buildings
Montreal-based BrainBox AI has announced the launch of a new product that combines deep learning, cloud-based computing and…
Startup Genome report finds cleantech, life sciences, AI put Canadian cities on global stage
Although only Toronto-Waterloo and Vancouver made Startup Genome’s top 30 list this year, several other Canadian cities…
Toronto-Waterloo takes top Canadian spot in startup ecosystem rankings, Vancouver nosedives
Vancouver’s place in the startup ecosystem rankings has significantly dropped, while Toronto-Waterloo is making a steady…