Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital
As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.
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Summer camp for Canadian tech is back: Startupfest returns July 12-14
This year: more Premium Fests, Investor Match-Ups, fan-favourite Grandma judges, and BetaKit.
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.
List highlights 10 fast-growing, impactful SDTC-backed Canadian cleantech firms
Mara Renewables, MineSense, Ecopia AI crack the list alongside returnees Saltworks, Hifi, among others.
Stathera closes $20 million CAD Series A to commercialize semiconductor timing tech
CEO: tech will help wearable IoT device manufacturers save space, simplify supply chains.
Lightspeed Commerce makes gains in fiscal 2023, fourth quarter
Revenues up, losses down but Lightspeed shares slide on the market.
ChrysaLabs raises $15 million to help farmers unearth soil data using AI
ChrysaLabs’ soil-testing tech has been used on over two million acres of farmland.
Koïos Intelligence raises $6.5 million to expand conversational AI assistant for insurance brokers
Koïos claims its AI assistant achieves a 30 percent shorter waiting time than call centres.
Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings
“Flights on Uber” will be available to UK users this summer.
American biotech Recursion acquires two Canadian AI drug-discovery companies, Cyclica and Valence
“Policymakers should look to understand why so many promising tech companies choose to sell themselves.”
Next Canada names startups in latest cohorts for its three accelerators
Next AI participants can receive up to $100,000.
Hopper co-founders launch new carbon capture startup, Deep Sky, with $10 million in funding
Deep Sky aims to scale carbon removal.
Bell to acquire Montréal cloud services provider FX Innovation
Bell posted an 88 percent decline in free cash flow since the first quarter of 2022.
Diagram Ventures closes $100-million for latest fund as it continues to bet on FinTech
For the first time, Diagram will also invest in companies it doesn’t have a hand in creating.
Startup Montréal awards $400,000 to startups as FounderFuel reveals first revamped accelerator cohort
Both programs award seed funding and mentorship support to tech founders.