Leadership changes hit Benevity and Fable as CEOs step aside for board seats
Toan Dinh replaces Fable co-founder Alwar Pillai while Soraya Alexander steps in at Benevity.
Prairies
Canada outpaced US in tech talent growth in 2024: CBRE report
Toronto eclipsed New York while Waterloo soared 11 spots to become a top North American tech market.
Amii receives $9 million from feds to equip energy workers with AI skills
Funding comes on top of nearly $20 million pledged last year for sovereign compute.
Former Alberta innovation minister and Athennian co-founder team up to get large infrastructure projects built faster with Ultimarii
Calgary tech startup aims to help companies navigate the regulatory process with AI.
Tetra Trust parent secures backing from banks, FinTechs to launch Canadian stablecoin
ATB Financial, National Bank, Purpose Unlimited, Shakepay, Shopify, and Wealthsimple have backed Tetra’s vision.
Deep Sky boots up inaugural direct air carbon capture facility in Alberta
Cleantech company plans to remove 3,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air by the end of the year.
Vendasta launches AI agents to bring “enterprise-grade” automation to small businesses
Saskatoon software firm aims to make agentic AI more accessible for SMBs.
TeamLinkt scores $8.3-million CAD Series A to expand sports administration platform across North America
Saskatchewan startup gives over 3,000 sports orgs and three million users an assist with league management.
LiORA secures $5.1 million in seed funding to scale its soil remediation platform in the United States
Remediation platform tracks and helps clean pollution in abandoned industrial sites.
GeologicAI cashes in on data centre boom with $60.5-million CAD Series B
Mining tech startup will use funding to scale globally as demand for critical minerals intensifies.
Feds back startup OCCAM’s Technologies as part of $21.5-million Alberta carbon capture investment
Natural Resources Canada selects five companies that responded to call for carbon capture proposals.
Robotics startup Attabotics closes down and terminates employees
Calgary startup raised more than $200-million CAD from institutional and government sources in its lifetime.
NiaHealth raises $5.75 million as it hopes to become a household name in preventative healthcare
Rapidly growing healthtech startup has majority of its backing from Canadian investors.
Conquest Planning raises $110-million Series B to fuel US expansion of its financial management platform
Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the Winnipeg startup’s latest funding round.
Carbon Upcycling lays foundation with $24.5-million round led by Chicago-based impact investor Builders Vision
The convertible note round will fund Calgary cleantech startup’s project pipeline and corporate growth.