Dean Hopkins steps down as CEO of OneEleven, Siri Agrell named executive director
Dean Hopkins is stepping down from his role as CEO of OneEleven, and will be taking on a new role as Chief Operations Officer…
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Knotel joins drove of workspace providers expanding to Canada
New-York based Proptech company Knotel, which provides flexible office spaces for enterprise companies, will be opening new…
Four student-led startups take home Velocity Fund $5K prizes
Four student teams, Insula Medical, WatFly, Emergency Response Africa, and VOYHS, have each won $5,000 each at the University…
Communitech, Rogers to launch 5G innovation lab in Kitchener-Waterloo
Communitech and Rogers have announced a three-year partnership that will see the organizations open a 5G innovation lab in…
Prospect adds founding partner BDC as it looks to fill Canada’s talent gap
Non-profit, Prospect has brought on BDC Capital as a founding partner as it looks to fill a data and talent gap in Canada’s…
MaRS shuffles venture leadership team following Salim Teja departure
Jon Dogterom has been named the new senior vice-president of venture services at the MaRS Discovery District. Dogterom replaces…
Future Skills Centre investing $7.65 million in 10 skills development projects
The Future Skills Centre announced that it is investing $7.65 million over two years for 10 projects. The projects aim to help…
Montreal healthtech hub Neomed announces $25 million expansion
The Neomed Innovation Centre, a Montreal-based hub, is expanding its presence with the construction of a new innovation and…
CRIN receives $450,000 to commercialize oil and gas innovations
The federal government is investing $450,000 into the Alberta-based hub, Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN). CRIN represents…
Federal government invests $58 million into two of seven new cleantech hubs
Two of seven climate change hubs have received investments from the federal government as part of a national initiative intended…
First Ocean Supercluster project to create underwater technology service hub
The federal government has announced that the Ocean Supercluster, concentrated largely in Atlantic Canada, has conditionally…
Today in FedDev funding: VentureLAB ($5M), Waterloo EDC ($3M)
Today, the federal government announced two financial contributions to accelerators and startups across Ontario through FedDev…
UWaterloo, Microsoft partner to use AI for socially-driven projects
Microsoft has partnered with the University of Waterloo’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, Waterloo.ai, to provide funding,…
Three OneEleven executives gone following Ottawa and London office closures
Three executives including chief technology, marketing, and people officers have recently departed from Canadian tech hub OneEleven.…
National Research Council launches AI, cybersecurity, IoT hub in Waterloo
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has launched the Collaboration on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things,…