Innovobot unveils “refreshed” deep tech VC fund under Neha Khera’s leadership
After “intense” attempt to raise her own fund, Khera aims to back 25 to 30 deep tech startups with IRV.
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Bell and Ericsson’s Ottawa team field-test AI-powered tech to reduce cell network traffic jams
Companies say the link adaptation tech is a first and could boost speed and capacity.
Xaba aims to make industrial robots smarter with $8-million CAD seed extension
Low-code software serves as a robot’s “synthetic brain,” according to the company.
Inside Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble
A decade after the first Pebble, Canada’s wearables king is back making smartwatches for himself.
Puzzle Medical raises $43 million to pursue clinical trial of less-invasive device for patients with heart failure
Second Series A round co-led by family office of former Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis.
Blumind secures $20-million Series A to build the AI chip we’d have if computers didn’t exist
Ottawa fabless chip startup says it plans to get its first product into production next year.
Google Cloud Startups leader sees opportunity for startups building AI agents amid pressure to move quickly
Darren Mowry says “doing the right thing in the right order” has become a key challenge for AI companies.
Kepler Communications sells its first on-orbit compute power to Axiom Space
The Toronto firm’s satellite constellation will help power an orbital data centre
Three Canadian quantum startups selected for US military-backed quantum race program
Xanadu, Nord Quantique, Photonic chosen by DARPA to build usable quantum computers in under a decade.
Canadian founders face rising costs, wasted time ahead of trade war escalation
Entrepreneurs share biggest sources of uncertainty, from supply chain change-ups to currency fluctuations.
The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech
Waterloo startup KA Imaging will help understand the effects of microgravity on astronauts.
SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat
Rip-resistant tights manufacturer temporarily laid off 40 percent of staff ahead of “worst-case” US tariffs.
US deep tech VC Celesta Capital adds BDC alum Charles Lespérance as Canadian partner
Silicon Valley investor hires Montréal-based Lespérance to expand presence in Canada.
Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering
Vancouver company recently shipped its first cube-shaped kiosks to help in conflict zones like Ukraine.
How meaningful is D-Wave’s claim to quantum supremacy?
Canadian experts say the milestone is not the be-all, end-all of quantum innovation.