The events, speakers, and prizes youâll find at Startupfest 2025
Startupfest attendees travelling from Toronto still have a chance to catch a ride on the Startup Bus.
Quebec
9Bio Therapeuticsâ Philipe Gobeil wants to âresurrectâ clinically validated cancer therapies that failed due to toxicity
Québec biotech startup is developing a platform for designing drugs that target tumours and spare healthy tissues.
Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson departs after seeing through Marriott deal
Outgoing CEO said orchestrating the Marriott integration was âthe hardest thingâ heâd ever done.
Botpress closes $34-million CAD Series B to help companies build and deploy AI agents
QuĂ©bec software startup aims to be part of âthe infrastructure layerâ powering agentic AI.
BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengioâs LawZero as co-president and executive director
Ramadori departs BrainBox following acquisition by Trane Technologies this past December.
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genomeâs 2025 global ecosystem rankings as MontrĂ©al, Calgary hold steady
Report finds some Canadian startup hubs have lost ground amid trade tensions and wobbly VC market.
Canada Health Infowayâs AI Scribe Program hooks up primary care clinicians with Canadian healthtech
Initiative to provide up to 10,000 licences for AI documentation tools from companies like Well Health and MEDFAR.
Eli Health closes $17-million CAD Series A to fuel launch of hormone-monitoring tech
BDCâs Thrive backs MontrĂ©al startupâs plan to begin bringing its hormone test to market.
As aging entrepreneurs retire, BDC and FNBC announce $100 million to help Indigenous groups buy their businesses
FNBC and BDC want to help Indigenous communities buy established Canadian firms, aid âeconomic reconciliation.â
WareMatch lands $2-million funding round to expand its Airbnb-like warehouse marketplaceÂ
Strategic investor Farfill hopes to support the young companyâs worldwide expansion.
Pender and Novacap recognized for cashing in on last yearâs go-private wave at 2025 CVCA Awards
The honours celebrate the deals, dealmakers, and community service behind Canadaâs VC and PE firms.
DistriQ and PINQÂČ partner up to commercialize quantum computing in Canada
Québec quantum groups aim to boost collaboration between the tech industry and researchers.
Lightspeed surpasses $1 billion USD in revenue in fiscal 2025 but shares conservative outlook
Lightspeed posted nearly $54 million in adjusted EBITDA as it continues to execute transformation plan.
Lagging growth rate knocks Canada out of top four in StartupBlink’s ecosystem rankings
Toronto “in a tier of its own” as Calgary vaults back into top 100 cities globally.
COO Alex Petre replaces Damien Steel as CEO of carbon removal startup Deep Sky
Steel cites “personal reasons” for departure as MontrĂ©al cleantech prepares to open first facility.