BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero as co-president and executive director
Ramadori departs BrainBox following acquisition by Trane Technologies this past December.
Quebec
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genome’s 2025 global ecosystem rankings as Montréal, Calgary hold steady
Report finds some Canadian startup hubs have lost ground amid trade tensions and wobbly VC market.
Canada Health Infoway’s 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
BDC’s Thrive backs Montréal startup’s 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 “economic reconciliation.”
WareMatch lands $2-million funding round to expand its Airbnb-like warehouse marketplace
Strategic investor Farfill hopes to support the young company’s worldwide expansion.
Pender and Novacap recognized for cashing in on last year’s go-private wave at 2025 CVCA Awards
The honours celebrate the deals, dealmakers, and community service behind Canada’s VC and PE firms.
DistriQ and PINQ² 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 Montréal cleantech prepares to open first facility.
ESG reporting platform Novisto fuels up for European expansion with $37.7-million CAD Series C
Amid ESG backlash, CEO says large firms have not changed their sustainability plans but are less vocal about them.
Rethinking the relationship between government and entrepreneur support organizations
MAIN executive director warns of “building an entire ecosystem singularly dependent on government funding.”
Amilia raises $35 million led by Vertu Capital to help more community centres manage operations
Management and payments platform supports 6,600 recreation facilities across North America, including the YMCA.
Shakepay becomes first crypto company granted Payments Canada membership
Milestone gives Shakepay access to core payments infrastructure and a seat at the table “to demand for change.”