Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings
Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement.
Reports
Cohere is the highest ranking Canadian startup on Bessemer’s top 100 deeptech companies
The OpenAI competitor is joined on the list by Nexii, Svante, and fellow Toronto firm Xanadu.
Here’s how Canada’s top 10 cities rank in the global startup ecosystem
StartupBlink’s report shows Canada maintains fourth place in global ranking.
A survey of the challenges women founders face when fundraising (and how to overcome them)
40 women founders from 25 different countries share their views for other women entrepreneurs fundraising.
OSC advisory panel backs stronger regulation of crypto platforms
Report cautions OSC against fostering innovation at the expense of protecting investors.
Report: 2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels
Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero.
Evaluating UCP and NDP plans for tech as Alberta’s election day approaches
What’s on the table for the province’s tech sector?
Shopify claims best conversion rates among checkout solutions on the market
Shopify said its overall conversion rate outpaces competitors by 36 percent.
CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels
Canadian trends are in line with the US and global results.
Alberta’s tech sector remained resilient in first quarter of 2023
Jobber’s megadeal pushed venture funding over $200 million in the first three months of the year.
Canada ranks 12th in Shopify’s first report on economic impact of merchants
Canada’s Shopify merchants lag behind on economic impact compared to smaller economies.
Québec attracted more venture funding than any other Canadian region in Q1 2023
Québec startups raised a cumulative $317.3 million in Q1 2023.
Boast.ai report maps government tax, grant programs available for small businesses
Companies can combine SR&ED with other funding programs.
“A new bottom”: Toronto and Waterloo Region venture funding fell short in first quarter of 2023
Toronto’s venture funding dropped 94 percent year-over-year.
BC venture deal volume reached a three-year low in first quarter of 2023
Startups in BC raised $95.1 million through nine deals in Q1 2023.