“Hard work lies ahead”: Canadian tech leaders strike urgent tone on policy asks following Liberal victory
Domestic procurement, boosting business investment key issues for Carney government, industry groups say.
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Québec grants Centech $4.5 million to boost deep tech, medtech commercialization
Puzzle Medical, Eli Health graduated incubator-accelerator program run out of École technologique supérieure.
Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO
Crisp replaces Tony Gaffney, who departed after less than half of a five-year term as head of the AI hub.
Beloved mentor and L-Spark co-founder Patrick White to depart leadership role after 12 years
White told BetaKit working at the Ottawa-based accelerator made him want to “get into the game.”
Communitech appoints Sheldon McCormick as new CEO following layoffs
Leadership change comes as part of reorientation back to Waterloo Region focus.
Inaugural QueerTech accelerator cohort stacked with software, AI startups
Federally backed program aims to help 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs scale their ventures.
Inside the push to get Ontario’s mobility startups moving
Ontario’s transportation innovators face slow adoption and long sales cycles, but are finding a way forward.
TBDC pitches a new narrative for Canadian startups
Vikram Khurana on how Canada can lean into its strengths.
DMZ Women Innovation Summit boosts women-led AI, farming, and health startups with $535,000 investment
Cashew, Migranium, Edie Farming, and Metronome emerge from pitch competition with new backing.
Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED
Program aims to help women-led life sciences startups advance healthcare and homegrown IP in Ontario.
Winnipeg tech hubs merge to revitalize Manitoba’s startup ecosystem
New organization Manitoba Innovates to offer funding program for early-stage startups.
Sherbrooke’s quantum sector gets $8.1-million boost from federal government
Quantum error-correction startup Nord Quantique to put $1.8 million toward quantum computer assembly lab.
New government-backed tech hub The Foundry launches in PEI
New hub backed with more than $1.5 million in federal and provincial funding.
Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam teams up with DMZ to launch EdTech accelerator
NBA Champion and Toronto tech hub aim to give early-stage EdTech startups a boost.
Toronto and Waterloo Region orgs get $34 million in FedDev funding
Accelerator Centre, TIAP, OBIO, and University of Waterloo among supported organizations.