For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model
Virtual healthcare that puts women’s control at the forefront is attracting VC dollars.
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Toast launches AI-powered recruitment platform
The Toast Talent Marketplace is scheduled to roll out its beta version in the next two weeks.
PrairiesCan invests $5.6 million to support Black entrepreneurship in Alberta
Investment follows similar funding last week in Manitoba.
Deep Sky delivers North America’s first direct air capture carbon credits
Montréal-based company’s Alberta facility pulled carbon straight out of the air on behalf of RBC and Microsoft.
Conexus Venture Capital invests in FinTech Judi.ai
Judi’s platform streamlines the loan application process.
Linux Association of Canada launches open-source jobs database
New organization aimed at bolstering access to sovereign, open software.
Restaurants call on courts to force XTM to repay missing funds
FinTech’s payments platform abruptly collapsed earlier this year
Manitoba premier says air force base expansion only possible thanks to data centre rejection
Province rejected proposals for a hyperscale data centre earlier this month.
Wyvern selected for NASA satellite data program
Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program will bring Wyvern’s hyperspectral imaging to NASA researchers.
Feds announce $173 million for Women Entrepreneurship Strategy
Funding will help bolster the strategy’s loan fund, ecosystem fund, and knowledge hub.
Six-month-old Anchorbase closes $2 million USD pre-seed round
Payment automation platform plans to scale its engineering and product teams.
The forecast factory: How an Alberta tech company simulates disasters before they happen
Run With It Synthetics works to imagine dark futures—so the worst outcomes can be prevented.
Saskatoon angel investor Jesse Wiebe charged with indecent act while unlawfully entering home
Canadian Startup Capital Association founder recently publicly shared struggles with sobriety and mental health.
HelloFresh subsidiary Factor brings new distribution centre, 400 jobs to Calgary
Meal kit service will deliver to Western Canada starting this fall.
Calgary is now the fastest growing tech ecosystem in Canada
Global report shows city’s tech sector growth dramatically outpaces Canadian average.