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Aaron is a self-proclaimed startup nerd based in Montréal. He tweets about VC & startups on X at @aaronanandji.

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AI

Opennote raises $850,000 USD, secures Y Combinator spot for edtech platform

Jul 9, 2025

The three student founders plan to build stateside.

Minister Diana Gibson Web Summit Vancouver
Events

BC’s new JEDI says Web Summit Vancouver has been worth “every penny”

Jun 1, 2025

Minister Gibson talks ecosystem growth, integrated marketplaces, and filling the “really big shoes” of her predecessor.…

VC

Real Ventures launches revamped fellowship program for founder well-being

Oct 9, 2024

Partner Sam Haffar leads VC firm’s latest initiative to mentor leaders.

14 people, of whom three are women, pose for the camera in a staff portrait in an empty room with large arched windows and wooden floors. a golden retreiver sleeps at their feet.
Funding

Workstaff closes $1.6-million seed round with ambitions to expand beyond Canada

Jul 23, 2024

Startup has doubled team from six to 15 people, with plans to funnel funding first into the US.

Bertrand Nepveu, Triptyq Capital
Montréal

Triptyq Capital’s Bertrand Nepveu talks Apple Vision Pro, Vrvana, and XR

Jun 17, 2024

Four months after Apple released its long-awaited extended-reality (XR) headset, the Vision Pro is hitting stores in Canada.…

INNOVATEwest Jack Newton Clio
Events

INNOVATEwest: Vancouver’s newest tech conference plays host to capital gains and local innovation debates

Apr 28, 2024

Inaugural event continues conversation about Vancouver’s status as a global innovation hub.

SCA 2023
Events

Fifth-annual Startup Community Awards celebrates Québec’s innovation ecosystem

Dec 15, 2023

Real Ventures’ John Stokes, Ora Medical among the night’s winners.

Geoffrey Hinton. AI expert, on stage speaking at Collision conference
Events

AI risks: overblown, existential threat, or something else? VCs and tech experts disagree

Jul 6, 2023

Geoffrey Hinton says AI systems may one day develop ‘goals of their own.’

VSW 2023
Events

Collision whispers, new AI officer, fundraising landscape the talk of Vancouver Startup Week 2023

Jun 14, 2023

The vibes were positive and the takes hot in VSW’s post-COVID return.

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