Today in hires: Tulip, Mogo, NexTech, Alida, Bonjour Startup Montréal
Five Canadian organizations have brought on new team members, including Tulip, Mogo, NexTech, Alida, and Bonjour Startup Montréal. Here’s a breakdown of who is…
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Pandemic, floorspace expansion delay opening of Toronto’s Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship until 2022
Toronto’s Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ICIE) is now expected to open in 2022, following delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic and a…
MaRS hosting COVID-19 vaccination site for frontline workers
The University Health Network (UHN), a public research and teaching hospital network in Toronto, has opened a new COVID-19 vaccination site at the MaRS…
Platform Calgary to take over Startup Calgary in 2021
Platform Calgary is set to take over the operation of innovation organization Startup Calgary from Calgary Economic Development (CED). The transition of Startup Calgary…
BC Tech closes Innovation Hub as federal funding expires
Earlier this week, the BC Tech Association announced the 26,000 square-foot BC Tech Innovation Hub is set to close at the end of November….
Xanadu, MaRS, Creative Destruction Lab launch Canada’s first quantum network
Toronto-based quantum computing startup Xanadu, in partnership with MaRS and Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), announced this week the launch of what it claims is…
Google Canada commits $3.9 million CAD to AI research institute Mila
Montréal-based artificial intelligence (AI) research institute Mila has received a $3.9 million CAD ($3 million USD) grant from Google Canada. The new funding will…
Federal government announces $5 million for three Québec innovation orgs
On Thursday, Minister of Economic Development Mélanie Joly announced funding of close to $5 million for three Québec innovation organizations, including Bonjour Startup Montréal….
Bonjour Startup Montréal names members of first board of directors
Bonjour Startup Montréal, a nonprofit organization with the goal of putting Montréal’s startup ecosystem on the map, has named the member of its first…
Invest Ottawa receives $17 million to expand autonomous vehicle test facility
Economic development agency Invest Ottawa is expanding its autonomous vehicle test facility, Ottawa L5, and rebranding the innovation hub, aimed to support the creation,…
MaRS in talks with University of Calgary to bring new innovation hub to Alberta
Toronto-based MaRS is in exploratory talks with the University of Calgary to bring a new innovation hub to Western Canada. MaRS confirmed to BetaKit…
VentureLAB receives $370,000 through federal women entrepreneurship fund
VentureLAB, a tech and innovation hub based in the Greater Toronto Area, has received a $370,000 investment from the federal government for Tech Undivided,…
OneEleven to return under OCE control in next few weeks
OneEleven, the once shuttered Toronto incubator, is set to return in the next few weeks under Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) control, BetaKit has…