Two Northern Ontario teams selected to receive funding from Vale COVID-19 Challenge
Two Canadian solutions are among the eleven winners of the Vale COVID-19 Challenge, a competition collectively offering up to $1 million USD to help…
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Accelerator Centre to fund eight startups in COVID-19 cohort of JumpStart program
Eight Ontario-based startups developing COVID-19 solutions are set to receive $30,000 in seed funding and $10,000 in business support through the Accelerator Centre’s COVID-19…
Ontario to deploy Kitchener startup’s remote learning platform across school districts
Kitchener-Waterloo-based EdTech startup Knowledgehook has partnered with the Ontario Ministry of Education and to deploy its newly-launched remote learning platform in all 72 school…
How some provinces are facilitating the federal commercial rent relief program
Only three provincial governments have provided details on how they will facilitate the federal government’s commercial rent relief program to small businesses impacted by…
Innovation challenges launched to help southwestern Ontario tech rebuild, recover from COVID-19
TechAlliance, in partnership with the Pillar Nonprofit Network and Libro Credit Union, has launched two challenges aimed at responding to issues brought about by…
Today in funding: Provision Analytics, Ackroo, MergeBase, Obie.ai
Four Canadian startups have announced fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, from whom, and what…
Vector Institute repurposing AI infrastructure to support Ontario’s COVID-19 health data project
The Toronto-based Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence is repurposing artificial intelligence computing infrastructure in order to support data-intensive analysis and decision-making for Ontario’s Pandemic…
Think Research, Ontario Psychological Association partner to offer virtual mental health services
Think Research, a developer of virtual care technology and clinical treatment protocols, has partnered with the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA) to make its virtual…
Ontario manufacturing Supercluster investing $50 million to support COVID-19 solutions
Ontario’s Next Generation Manufacturing (NGen) Supercluster is set to invest $50 million of its Supercluster initiative funding to support companies that are offering and…
OCE launches platform to help companies fill the product, service gaps related to pandemic
The Ontario Centres for Excellence (OCE) and four of its industry partners, have created a collaboration platform aimed to identify technologies, businesses, and experts…
CEOs say lack of targeted support will shutter Ontario tech companies in open letter to Premier
More than 230 CEOs of leading tech enterprises and innovation hubs from Ontario have issued an open letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford and…
In lieu of 2020 budget, Ontario puts forth fiscal update of $17 billion to fight COVID-19
The Government of Ontario plans to spend $17 billion over the next year as part of its response plan to the current global pandemic….
Ontario health agency signs deal with Canadian startup to more easily screen and track COVID-19 patients
Provincial healthcare agency Ontario Health West has signed a procurement agreement with healthtech startup InputHealth, which will make it easier to track and screen…