Montréal tech marks year’s successes and struggles at sixth Startup Community Awards
Startups honoured included item-sharing app Partage Club and fundraising platform Zeffy.
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Nurau raises $1.5 million CAD in seed funding to take AI-powered HR coach to the US
Montréal-based startup claims its conversational AI platform can reduce HR complaints. What are the risks?
Québec International to bring Finnish networking conference Slush’D to Québec City
Québec City will host first North American edition of founder-forward event in May 2025.
DémultiplIA will connect AI startups with academic research (for a price)
Participation in the Québec-backed program will cost startups $105,000 over three years.
Following Québec launch, NotaryPro brings notarization services to Staples Canada
Startup claims it can provide document notarization in just seven minutes.
‘It’s life or death’: Québec ecosystem frustrated after IQ suspends early-stage program
Impulsion PME no longer accepting applications until further notice.
Office management startup GPHY plans to grow sales outside of Québec with $5-million CAD seed round
Company uses anonymized sensors to count in-office employees in the era of hybrid work.
Québec’s early-stage ecosystem eyes American investment amid fundraising woes
“Living dead” companies last too long in the Canadian ecosystem, said CDPQ’s Tom Birch.
Nano One to increase battery material manufacturing capacity with funding from US Department of Defense
$17.8 million CAD to support Nano One’s Candiac, Québec and British Columbia facilities.
Coveo snags SIF investment as AI project funding flows during ALL IN 2024
Oceans Supercluster also doled out $4.5 million and Scale AI teased a call for projects.
Insurtech startup YouSet raises $3.5-million CAD seed round
The startup claims to save users nearly 30 percent on coverage in a process that takes minutes.
Xanadu and CMC among partners in academic quantum projects receiving $7.4 million in federal grant funding
INRS has three projects receiving funding from NSERC.
Workstaff closes $1.6-million seed round with ambitions to expand beyond Canada
Startup has doubled team from six to 15 people, with plans to funnel funding first into the US.
ReliON secures $3 million as the first company incubated out of Diagram Ventures ClimateTech fund
Diagram led the round as ReliON looks to bolster its EV charger operation and maintenance platform.
Point Laz raises $1.2 million to bring mine shaft scanning device to market
The startup said its first 10 commercial scanners are now set to be produced and exported worldwide.