StandUp Ventures raises additional $13 million for women-focused fund
StandUp Ventures, a seed stage firm investing in women-led companies has secured $13 million CAD in new follow-on funding commitments,…
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Sophia Damianou to lead Northleaf growth in Europe, Middle East, Africa
Toronto investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has appointed Sophia Damianou as managing director of Business Development…
Hinton, Bengio, Sutton participating in federal government AI advisory panel
The federal government has announced the creation of a new advisory council on artificial intelligence. The council will advise…
Accellerate wants to connect Canadian female founders with Silicon Valley
Connection Silicon Valley, a Silicon Valley immersion program for Canadian female founders, is accepting applications from…
Despite more Canadian women VC partners, LP dollars still go to all-male funds
The number of women partners at Canadian venture firms has risen by more than a full percent since last year, surpassing the…
Procurement could be Canada’s biggest barrier to commercializing healthtech innovation
With all the recent movement within Canadian digital health, in funding, partnerships, and even governance, the stage could…
Disruption Ventures cuts first cheque to women-led Hostfully
Disruption Ventures, a Canadian female-founded venture capital fund investing in women-led businesses, has deployed its first…
BMO makes startup funding play, launches innovation banking group
Bank of Montreal (BMO) has announced the launch of its Technology & Innovation Banking Group, intended to provide advice…
Tech school, MakerKids, opening first Toronto franchise in June
MakerKids, the Toronto-based tech education company and kid-oriented maker space, has announced it is expanding its robotics,…
Canada’s tech talent industry tracks renewed interest with permanent Global Talent Stream
Among the federal government’s proposals in #Budget2019 last month, the Global Talent Stream (GTS) was made permanent. Launched…
Ample Labs supporting Toronto’s homeless population with chatbot
Ample Labs, a Toronto-based non-profit that builds technology solutions for the homeless community, has launched a crowdfunding…
Kids Code Jeunesse launches initiative to educate one million kids about AI
Kids Code Jeunesse, a Canadian non-profit teaching children to code, has announced a new initiative, #kids2030, aiming to educate…
Indigenous social enterprise wins top prize at AC Youth Innovation Summit
On March 28, twelve young Canadians gathered at the third annual Active Citizens Youth Innovation Summit on Parliament Hill,…
PwC Canada reveals finalists for 2019 Vision to Reality Awards
PwC Canada has announced the twenty finalists of its 2019 Vision to Reality (V2R) Awards, which was open to organizations of…
Silicon Valley FinTech, Plaid, expands coverage in Canada
Plaid, a relatively ‘under-the-radar’ San Francisco-based FinTech, that is used by many other FinTech companies…