The can’t-miss events at Saskatoon Startup Week and Ottawa Innovation Week
Must-attend events include AccelerateOTT on June 12 and Saskatoon’s Fail Fest on June 13.
Saskatchewan
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.”
Canada shows its hand: Balatro wins Apple Design Award ahead of developer conference
Solo creator shouts out fellow Canadians as he bests Ubisoft and other large rivals.
Innovation Saskatchewan’s first-ever research strategy boosts commercialization, tax incentives for tech
Provincial agency expands refundable investor tax credit to include life science startups.
Emmertech leads Rayhawk seed round to automate dangerous rail car loading work
Rayhawk’s proprietary technology automates opening, inspecting, closing, and sealing railcars lids.
Rivercity Innovations freshens up with $2 million CAD to further expand cold chain monitoring around the world
Round marks first major investment by StepChange, a growth capital firm targeting Western Canada.
Saskatchewan tech sector employment doubled over four-year period: report
Province says it’s on track to triple the number of tech workers by 2030.
Andgo Systems, Conexus among recipients of Saskatchewan-focused PrairiesCan funding
Economic development agency dispenses $6.3 million across nine startups and ecosystem programs.
Four women-led startups receive a combined $135,000 at Uniting the Prairies 2024
A few non-Prairies companies were recognized at the Elevate Women+ finale at Uniting the Prairie.
Federal government invests $2.5 million in Co.Labs to maintain Uniting the Prairies
The funding will help stage the Uniting the Prairies conference for the next three years.
Conexus Venture Capital launches its second $30-million fund to back Saskatchewan tech startups
Conexus Credit Union reaffirms commitment to local VC with another $15-million.
Major Canadian retailers choose Rivercity Innovations to keep things fresh with cold chain monitoring solution
Healthy Planet, Skip Express Lane latest editions to client base spanning US, Canada, and Spain.
Saskatchewan government doubles cap of startup investor tax credit to $7 million
Program eligibility has also been expanded to include cleantech startups.
7shifts cuts 19 percent of staff in new layoffs to start 2024
This marks the restaurant software firm’s second workforce reduction in four months.
Started in a bar, now we’re here: Startup TNT completes first close of targeted $5-million venture fund
Fund I will write $50,000 cheques to winners of Startup TNT investment summits.