Megadeals kept Canadian VC funding afloat in 2024: report
Clio’s historic Series F round prevented Canada’s VC funding totals from dropping six percent year-over-year.
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Majority of Canadian IT workers say they’d consider relocating to the US: survey
Canadian IT landscape needs more training, tech hubs outside of major cities, respondents say.
Cyclic Materials, Ionomr Innovations, Summit Nanotech among Canadian returnees to the 2025 Global Cleantech 100
Eight of the nine Canadian companies on this year’s list were also on last year’s.
Benevity reports over $140 million donated through its platform this Giving Tuesday
Calgary company sees dip in total donations, but rise in volunteering compared to 2023.
Canada Post strike didn’t slow Shopify’s record-breaking BFCM weekend
Shopify merchants drove $11.5 billion USD in sales over the weekend, eclipsing last year by more than $2 billion.
Workers are embracing AI faster than employers can keep up
Research finds that training is essential for success adoption in the workplace.
Women VCs are now earning more at the highest levels (if they can reach them)
Fifty percent of venture firms surveyed by BDC Capital have no women senior investors.
Report: Québec VC funding continues downward spiral in Q3 2024, but shows early-stage promise
The province has not recorded a growth-stage investment since Q2 2022.
Clio boosted Canadian VC investment in Q3 2024, but early-stage funding reaches “worrisome” low
Late-stage funding also faltered, accounting for a record low 21 percent of total investment dollars in Canada.
Will Canadian VCs rebound in time to fund early-stage startups?
Plus: Paper loses another co-founder and Teralys targets $570-million fund-of-funds.
Canadian startup formation data from Panache Ventures points to future demand for capital
Panache Ventures general partner Prashant Matta suggest founders and investors must get back to playing offence.
Okanagan tech sector generated just under $5 billion of economic impact in 2023
Fifty-eight percent of the region’s 787 tech companies have already reached profitability.
Global trends report shows AI adoption still lags in Canada
In Canada, only 35 percent of organizations say AI is ‘widely implemented.’