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Events

AI, startups, and Simu Liu: Elevate Festival announces 2025 schedule

Sep 11, 2025

Tech event expected to bring 10,000 attendees to downtown Toronto between Oct. 7-9.

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SaaS

Q4 Inc. names Lewis Black as new CEO, founder Darrell Heaps steps back

Sep 11, 2025

Heaps led Q4 Inc. through a go-private acquisition last year.

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Ottawa

2Keys security breach exposes government-stored emails and phone numbers

Sep 10, 2025

Treasury Board says info tied to CRA, ESDC, and CBSA users was accessed before phishing attempts.

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Acquisitions

Bo’s rollercoaster year ends in “seven-figure” acquisition

Sep 10, 2025

After layoffs, stalled funding, and doubts about survival, Montréal startup acquired by Tricentris.

Exro
Layoffs

Exro Technologies CEO resigns as stock price plummets

Sep 9, 2025

Struggling EV tech company laid off 60 workers last week.

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Markets

Shopify and VitalHub return to TSX top 30 list while Propel Holdings and MDA Space make debuts

Sep 9, 2025

Canadian tech delivers the strongest average share price increase in this year’s rankings.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX knocks MDA Space out of $1.8-billion satellite deal

Sep 8, 2025

Shares of Canadian space firm plunged 20 percent after EchoStar’s sudden strategy shift.

Healthtech

Elon Musk brings Neuralink brain implants to Toronto in global first

Sep 8, 2025

Surgeries were the first the company has tried outside of the US.

Funding

Calgary’s Energy Transition Centre secures $10-million expansion investment

Sep 5, 2025

OCIF and PrairiesCan among investors aiming to support training and commercialization.

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Acquisitions

Klue doubles down on AI with Ignition acquisition

Sep 5, 2025

Vancouver startup acquires the San Francisco-based go-to-market platform months after going “AI-first.”

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Defence Tech

Dominion Dynamics to test defence tech in “extreme” environment through Arctic Training Centre partnership

Sep 4, 2025

The Ottawa startup says it has raised a “very substantial” pre-seed round since its June founding.

SaaS

Lightspeed would pay $11 million CAD and admit no wrongdoing in proposed lawsuit settlement

Sep 3, 2025

The lawsuit stems from allegations the company distorted financial reports.

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Funding

FedDev Ontario pledges millions to support Black entrepreneurs

Sep 3, 2025

The $2.4 million CAD will support the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance’s incubator programs.

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Acquisitions

Telus Digital to rejoin parent company after $743-million CAD acquisition

Sep 2, 2025

Telecom giant says reuniting with its spinout will accelerate AI and SaaS transformation.

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Funding

Molecular You secures $6.9 million CAD to scale predictive blood tests across North America

Sep 2, 2025

Fresh funding follows US launch of direct-to-consumer platform.

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