Montréal’s Aifred Health wins second place at IBM AI XPRIZE competition
Montréal-based healthtech and artificial intelligence (AI) startup Aifred Health today won second place at the final round…
Events
C2 Montréal to host 2021 conference through virtual, in-person model
C2 Montréal, an annual business event, is planning to host its 2021 conference this fall through a hybrid model of a virtual…
Couply crowned winner of Collision 2021 startup pitch competition
Toronto-based relationship app Couply has won Collision’s latest startup pitch competition. Co-founded by Denesh Raymond…
Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky says company will return to Canada in 2022
The CEO of United Kingdom-based FinTech startup Revolut says the company intends to return to Canada next year, after leaving…
Toronto mayor believes Sidewalk Labs wanted “bargain basement price” for Quayside, Hootsuite CEO pro social regulation (Collision 2021)
Day two of Collision 2021 included discussions about the venture capital landscape in Canada and how startups and investors…
Geoffrey Hinton explains neural networks, Plaid CEO talks three waves of digital finance at Collision 2021 day one
Collision 2021’s virtual conference kicked off this morning with opening remarks from Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder of Collision…
City of Brampton launches incubator for international startups
Applications are now open for a new incubation program launched in Brampton, Ontario this week. The new incubator, called BHive…
BetaKit Live: Diversity in Cybersecurity
In our last BetaKit Live on the subject, Canadian cybersecurity leaders said the ecosystem required community to grow. But…
Techstars’ Startup Weekend to focus on Canadian entrepreneurs looking to launch climate, sustainability startups
Techstars’ upcoming Startup Weekend seeks to help participants “take action” on some of today’s “toughest and most…
The 11 Canadian startups participating in Y Combinator’s Winter 2021 demo day
This week, Y Combinator (YC) is holding its Winter 2021 Demo Day, the 32nd for the Silicon Valley incubator. Thirteen Canadian…
TechBrew Robotics named the winner of the 2021 OKGN Angel Summit
Mike Boudreau, founder of Salmon Arm, British Columbia-based TechBrew Robotics, has been named the winner of the 2021 OKGN…
BetaKit Live: Leading Through Change
While COVID-19 has forced all business leaders to navigate change and uncertainty in the last year, change management did not…
Collision unveils schedule for 2021 virtual conference
Collision has revealed the schedule and lineup of speakers for April’s event, which is set to be the second consecutive…
Aifred Health among top three finalists in IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition
Aifred Health, a Montréal-based startup that offers clinical solutions for mental health treatments using artificial intelligence…
Cisco offering $1 million USD in prizes to social innovation focused startups
Multinational technology conglomerate Cisco Systems is offering $1 million USD in prizes to up to 20 emerging startups as part…