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Shoppers Drug Mart strikes commercial partnership with Weston-backed blood-testing startup Truvian

Jul 17, 2024

The San Diego-based startup is looking to secure FDA and Health Canada clearance for its blood-testing platform.

Unbounce
Acquisitions

Unbounce to merge with California-based Insightly following CEO change

Jul 17, 2024

The combined company will have more than 200 employees across Europe and North America, Unbounce says

Funding

ReliON secures $3 million as the first company incubated out of Diagram Ventures ClimateTech fund

Jul 17, 2024

Diagram led the round as ReliON looks to bolster its EV charger operation and maintenance platform.

Calgary
Funding

Emissions Reduction Alberta commits $44.4 million to 21 cleantech projects

Jul 16, 2024

Startups such as Wyvern and Arolytics received funding from ERA’s Emerging Innovators Challenge.

Funding

Ocean Startup Project enters third phase with $8 million and economic growth goals

Jul 15, 2024

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster wants to grow the nation’s ocean economy by a factor of five by 2035.

Acquisitions

PathFactory acquires fellow B2B marketing platform Uberflip in stock-for-stock deal

Jul 15, 2024

PathFactory says the combined entity’s customer list includes firms such as Nvidia, Amazon, and Thomson Reuters.

doctor, health
Funding

Digital Innovation Cluster invests $15 million into AI megaproject from consortium of Canadian healthtech companies

Jul 11, 2024

Partners in the $44-million project include ORX, Well Health, Healwell AI, Tali AI, and Simon Fraser University.

Funding

Feds, BC invest nearly $73 million into Aspect Biosystems to establish biomanufacturing facility

Jul 10, 2024

The clinical facility aims to be the first dedicated to producing bioprinted tissue therapeutics in Canada.

Funding

Point Laz raises $1.2 million to bring mine shaft scanning device to market

Jul 10, 2024

The startup said its first 10 commercial scanners are now set to be produced and exported worldwide.

Intuit
Layoffs

Intuit closes Edmonton office as company-wide layoffs impact 10 percent of employees

Jul 10, 2024

Some roles are being consolidated to its Toronto office to “better align” resources, company says.

Clutch
Funding

Clutch receives $10-million strategic investment from iA Financial group

Jul 9, 2024

The investment will see iA’s insurance products integrated into Clutch’s online vehicle marketplace.

bitcoin
Markets

Bitfarms appoints Ben Gagnon as CEO amidst activist threats from Riot Platforms

Jul 8, 2024

Bitfarms parted ways with a CEO in March, kicking off a lawsuit and a public spat with Riot.

Funding

Polystyvert closes $16 million Series B tranche,  looks to open first commercial recycling plant

Jul 8, 2024

Polystyvert expects to close a second tranche within three months that brings the round up to $30 million.

agtech
SaaS

Patent suit sees Canadian court rule in favour of Farmers Edge

Jul 5, 2024

AGI had alleged Farmers Edge infringed on its patent for a “Farming Data Collection and Exchange System.”

agtech
Funding

Economic development agencies dole out $30 million to AgTech, AI, EV development

Jul 4, 2024

Wyvern, Pure Life Carbon, and Aethon Aerial Solutions among those supported by latest PrairiesCan, FedDev funding.

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