PEI BioAlliance appoints Sandpiper Ventures principal Lauren Ledwell as CEO
Ledwell succeeds retiring founder Rory Francis after 20 years leading life sciences industry group.
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Techstars founder Brad Feld says you should give more without knowing what you’ll get back
Feld shared how a personal philosophy begets richer mentorship at an intimate TechTO event during Toronto Tech Week.
Chris Greenfield is no longer the managing director of OneEleven
After a 10-month search to fill his position, Greenfield lasted just over a year at tech hub’s helm.
Former Graphite Ventures analyst to launch new Vancouver incubator Althra
Althra aims to create more space for early-stage, generalist tech founders to build.
Outgoing Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future
Velocity’s interim director says the university’s emerging startup community is “growing exponentially.”
Québec Tech highlights hardtech in latest scaleup cohort with international ambitions
Stage V program aims to turn startups into “true scaleups” with tailored support.
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.
The Manitoba startup that helps companies by hacking them
Why GlitchSecure walked away from a million-dollar deal—then raised even more.
Inaugural QueerTech accelerator cohort stacked with software, AI startups
Federally backed program aims to help 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs scale their ventures.
Global AI gets a startup perspective: Insights from ventureLAB’s Garry Chan
“I liken it to raising a child. You try to teach good habits early.”
Fifteen years after spinning out Hootsuite, Invoke gets with the Incrowd
How the digital agency founded by Ryan Holmes returned to its product-building roots.
Accelerator Centre appoints alum Ruth Casselman as permanent CEO
Casselman, whose startup completed the accelerator’s program in 2017, has been interim CEO since March.
DMZ Ventures launches new fund for early-stage startups
The fund will make up to 10 investments per year, ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 CAD.
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst and RBC launch FinSec incubator
Incubator aims to help emerging FinTech and cybersecurity startups achieve product-market fit.
DMZ receives $500,000 grant to expand Basecamp program for student entrepreneurs
To date, Basecamp has helped over 365 students launch 151 startups.