Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project
Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue.
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British Columbia moves to protect its intellectual property with new programs
The new provincial strategy hopes to help businesses navigate the complicated financial and legal aspects of IP.
Meet BC Tech’s first Innovators Hall of Fame inductees
Honourees include leaders from BC Tech Association, CIBC, D-Wave.
HEC Montréal secures nearly $1 million for new entrepreneurship professional certification
The program aims to help organizations that support entrepreneurs to strengthen their expertise.
Alberta Technology Minister’s mandate letter appears to support reducing restrictions on title ‘software engineer’
Startups, regulator have been embroiled in a dispute over the title for years.
BDC shares more detail on $100-million Thrive Lab, including $35-million co-investment commitment
Initial phase will focus on early-stage, women-led businesses with social impact.
Canadians want competition. Our Competition Commissioner needs better tools to fight for it.
The Competition Bureau is the last line of defence for enforcing competition law. But our system is designed to keep the line…
PacifiCan invests nearly $23 million in BC cleantech, zero-waste projects
Saltworks, MintList, and Novarc Technologies all receive funding for expansion and commercialization.
Canada is falling behind on cleantech as capital and companies flee south
Report: nearly 83 percent of Canadian private investment in climate tech leaves the country.
Vector Institute, Ontario Centre of Innovation secure combined $77-million provincial funding
OCI received $50 million from Ontario’s $107-million Critical Technology Initiative.
Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
Work permits will be prioritized for entrepreneurs backed by VCs or angels.
Canada invests $25 million in a new program to address barriers for 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneurs
The initiative will provide capital, business advice, resources, and mentorship.
Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program
Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics.
Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year
Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.”
The Collision conversation is a microcosm for Canadian tech
People across Canada are asking questions about Collision. The answers say a lot about Canadian tech.