Lumeca Health, a Regina-based healthtech startup, has partnered with telecommunications company SaskTel to make virtual healthcare more accessible for residents of Cowessess First Nation….
Let me preface this post with the following: all opinions are my own; I’m optimistic Saskatchewan’s tech ecosystem will prevail, but we have a…
Health Canada has expedited the approval of an artificial intelligence-powered chest radiography tool, developed by Vancouver-based quantum software startup 1QBit. The approval from the…
Regina-based virtual healthcare startup Lumeca has received approval from the Government of Saskatchewan to provide virtual healthcare services to the province’s residents. Lumeca is…
Uniting the Prairies, a tech conference that aims to bring together and elevate tech communities in Canada’s Prairies region, has announced it is postponing…
Broad Street Bull VC (BSB), a Regina-based firm that invests in innovative companies in Saskatchewan and the Prairies, has launched its second fund with…
In 2019, I put together the first Prairie Startups to Watch article for BetaKit. Last year was a great year for Prairie startups, and…
The Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP), a corporation that aims to increase Saskatchewan’s export activities, has received a $240,000 investment from the federal…
The Conexus Venture Capital Fund, launched earlier this year by the Regina-based Conexus Credit Union, has reached its $30 million fund target, as the…
CAN Health Network, a $20 million proposed project that aims to help healthtech companies to commercialize their technologies, has received an initial $7 million…
Seventeen Saskatchewan-based projects and startups, including Saskatoon-based 7shifts and Coconut Software, have received a collective $21 million in funding from the federal government. “We…
The Regina-based Conexus Credit Union has launched a $30 million venture fund that will be focused on investing in Saskatchewan-based startups. “While our ecosystem…
In February, the CVCA released its annual report highlighting the amount of VC & Private Equity capital deployed across Canada. Once again, Saskatchewan was…