Applications are open for Google’s startup accelerators for women and Black founders
Three Canadian startups were selected for each program last year.
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Soar reveals its Indigenous entrepreneur-focused accelerator’s first cohort
The program is delivered in partnership with Square, BDC, and Futurpreneur.
PacifiCan invests over $4 million into Indigenous-led clean energy, tech upskilling projects
First Nations Technology Council, BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative secure funding.
A survey of the challenges women founders face when fundraising (and how to overcome them)
40 women founders from 25 different countries share their views for other women entrepreneurs fundraising.
Novisto closes $27-million CAD Series B to help companies improve their ESG reporting
Novisto gears up for growth as shareholder ESG pressure heats up.
Inflation blamed for decline in mental health of Canadian founders in the last year
BDC report maps impact of the economic downturn on entrepreneurs’ mental health.
Hopper co-founders launch new carbon capture startup, Deep Sky, with $10 million in funding
Deep Sky aims to scale carbon removal.
The DMZ awards $35,000 to Black-led startups Blue Guardian, Gia Health, Scooli
The DMZ downsized its prize money after handing out $50,000 last year.
2023 is the year ESG should drive enterprise decision-making
TealBook’s Stephany Lapierre shares how to implement ESG targets.
Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform
In late September, at a private BDC event taking place during Elevate—the same day the Crown Corporation announced its new…
Evol receives nearly $10 million from Canadian Economic Development to support diverse Québec entrepreneurs
Diverse businesses are 70 percent more likely to break into new markets.
Mila, UNESCO warn against use of AI in “harmful contexts” in joint book on AI governance
Joint book addresses lack of accountability, transparency in AI training models.
BDC appoints Sévrine Labelle as head of $100 million Thrive Lab for women entrepreneurs
Thrive Lab is set to launch this spring.
Firehood hands out $100,000 in prizes as the DMZ, CVCA announce women of year awards
Apricotton, Areto Labs, PragmaClin secure $100,000 in total prize money from pitch competition.
Generative AI will test what’s worse: biased data or user bad faith
Is AI ready for users willing to fuck around and find out? Are we?