UgoWork closes $22.8 million Series B to help expand the use of lithium-ion batteries in Fortune 500
byCanada ranks second in Bloomberg’s lithium supply chain ranking.
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AgTech startup Ground Truth secures $4 million to improve grain analysis for farmers
bySeed round: startup’s technology will allow farmers to make sound investment decisions.
Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots
byWith new robot built, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”
Wyvern raises $9.45 million CAD in seed-plus round
bySatellite imaging startup begins countdown to inaugural launch.
Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots
byAvidbots will also open a new, 70,00 square foot headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo.
Network software startup Kaloom secures $27.4 million CAD from Québec government, Alternative Capital Group
byKaloom plans to expand in Japan, recently registering its business in the country.
Direct-C closes $3.9 million Series A from Henkel and GreenSky to scale oil leak detection tech
byUniversity of Calgary spinout sees applications for its tech beyond oil and gas.
VentureLab receives $1.5 million from municipal government to expand hardware, semiconductor incubator
byVentureLab hopes to attract international semiconductor companies to York Region.
Accelerator Centre offers tools and work space for startups at new hardware innovation lab
byWaterloo’s Accelerator Centre has opened its new hardware innovation lab in downtown Kitchener. The lab, which opening shortly…
Upverter pitches GitHub for hardware on #TheDisruptors
byThe latest season of The Disruptors has officially kicked off, and one of the pitching companies demonstrated how a GitHub…
Belleville drone accident shows current regulation gap
byWe’re going to be hearing a lot of stories about drone accidents in the next couple of years. As we discussed last week,…
Palette takes home Gold UX Design Award from IFA Berlin
byEarly in September, Palette participated in IFA Berlin, an electronics show based in Europe that attracts 245,000 international…
Vancouver’s Mio Global Shows Off the ‘Alpha’ Strapless Heart Rate Wearable
byAt GROW Conference in Whistler, BC, Mio Global CEO Liz Dickinson engaged in a spirited panel discussion about the future of…
Hardware Projects on Kickstarter Raised Over Five Times More Investor Funding as Those on Indiegogo
byA new report has revealed some interesting facts about crowdfunded hardware projects that graduate from Kickstarter and Indiegogo.…
Doing it All: Hardware Meets Software at the IoT Design Shop
by“Software is eating the world, but hardware gives it teeth,” was Renee DiResta’s (Principle, OATV) comment at the first…