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A man in the middle of a planted crop holding a Picketa briefcase.
Funding

Picketa raises $2.1 million to help farmers make the most of their fertilizer 

Jun 15

Fredericton-based AgTech startup can analyze crop health on the spot.

Layoffs

Ubisoft closes Winnipeg office, laying off another 65 staff

Jun 12

French game developer continues cost-cutting measures just months after closing Halifax office.

Funding

MDA Space, Calian, and Kepler tapped to lay groundwork for Canada’s next-gen satellite system

Jun 12

Companies awarded $2.4 million to develop ground systems behind RADARSAT+.

Several people sit on stage under an AccelerateOTT sign.
Events

Ballooning AI costs have Canadian startups weighing alternatives

Jun 11

Canadian startup leaders brace for more price increases to the models they rely on.

General Fusion employees working on its LM26 fusion demonstration machine.
Reports

General Fusion and Eavor take top spots on Time Magazine cleantech list

Jun 10

Five Canadian companies are among 250 of the world’s “top-performing” cleantech companies.

Nesto CEO Malik Yacoubi sits on stage with two other unidentified man.
Funding

Nesto secures nearly $1.5-billion valuation in new Series E round

Jun 10

Montréal-based digital mortgage lender wants to speed up approvals using AI.

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FinTech

Coinbase Canada appoints Eric Richmond as new CEO

Jun 9

Former leader Lucas Matheson left the crypto exchange in December to join Opendoor.

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Funding

NORAM Electrolysis Systems nabs $5.6 million to scale up lithium refining

Jun 9

Funding will support development of next-generation electrochemical lithium refining platform.

A collage of Waive's two co-founders
Healthtech

Waive Medical targets US expansion after graduating Google for Startups

Jun 9

Healthtech company is the first and only Google for Startups graduate based in Sudbury.

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Markets

New lawsuit accuses UniUni of sabotaging rival’s deliveries after lost contract

Jun 8

Richmond, BC-based last-mile delivery company denies allegations as it prepares to go public.

Jay V on stage at Toronto Tech Week
Events

Q&A: OpenCode’s founder on how the AI agent went from zero to 8 million users in a year

Jun 8

Jay V talks key growth decisions and agentic AI’s next wave of adoption.

From left to right, Ben Bergen, Vass Bednar, and Grace Lee Reynolds.
AI

Canada’s AI strategy draws mixed reviews from across tech ecosystem

Jun 4

Viewpoints differ, but experts aligned that strategy needs clearer timelines and greater detail.

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AI

Canada’s AI strategy contains $2.3 billion in spending but few details on new privacy regulations

Jun 4

Delayed strategy promises plan to encourage Canadians to reinvest tech investment gains in AI startups.

Markets

Shopify ups share buyback program as activist investors question AI policies

Jun 3

Canadian e-commerce giant’s stock price is down nearly 27 percent since the beginning of the year. 

Events

Stablecoins will eventually “leapfrog” real-time rail payments, finance leaders say

Jun 2

Panelists at the 2026 Canadian Finance Summit agreed that stablecoins present better value than RTR payments.

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