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Charles Mandel's reporting and writing on technology has appeared in Wired.com, Canadian Business, Report on Business Magazine, Canada's National Observer, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, among many others. He lives off-grid in Nova Scotia.

Acquisitions

Certn acquires European ID verification company Trustmatic

Nov 7, 2023

Trustmatic marks Certn’s third international acquisition in the last two years.

cardiovascular care
Funding

Kento Health raises $4.1 million CAD to bring AI to cardiovascular care

Oct 30, 2023

Dialogue alumni’s new startup is gearing up to strike hard in the battle against the leading cause of death.

Impact

BenchSci, Inovia, Ada among #CDNtech orgs pledging to fight workplace hate in wake of Israel-Hamas war

Oct 27, 2023

The pledge holds signatories to four commitments aimed at fostering safe and inclusive workplaces.

a group of five people is meeting in a board room with the logo of the Well Health company on the wall
Acquisitions

Well Health acquires two cybersecurity businesses, Seekintoo and Proack

Oct 26, 2023

Well claims its cybersecurity branch Cycura now supports over 200,000 end users.

Dan Reitzek, Bigg Digital Assets
Vancouver

Bigg Digital Assets, owner of Netcoins, appoints Dan Reitzik as new interim CEO

Oct 26, 2023

Reitzik most recently served as CEO of TerraZero, a subsidiary of Bigg.

Stuart Lombard
Cleantech

Stuart Lombard, Ecobee founding CEO and president, announces retirement

Oct 23, 2023

Chief product officer Greg Fyke has assumed the role of president.

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Funding

PacifiCan invests $9.9 million CAD into Innovate BC’s cleantech adoption initiative

Oct 23, 2023

The Integrated Marketplace links local tech companies to industry partners looking to decarbonize.

Miovision CEO Kurtis McBride
Funding

Traffic management startup Miovision closes $36 million CAD, bringing latest round to $296 million

Oct 20, 2023

Amid acquisition spree, Miovision will use the funding to fuel organic and inorganic growth.

Cycle Momentum
Funding

Cycle Momentum receives $22.25 million in provincial backing, launches matching cleantech funding program

Oct 16, 2023

Origo will offer Québec-based pre-seed and seed-stage startups with $150,000 CAD in funding.

Funding

Quickly secures $10 million in equity and debt to help businesses pay vendors promptly

Oct 10, 2023

Quickly claims to solve the delayed-payment problem for B2B companies.

Funding

Lemurian Labs secures $9 million in seed funding to expedite AI workloads at a lower cost

Oct 5, 2023

CEO says company can bring down the power consumption of AI models by 10-times.

BDC
Funding

BDC Capital deploys seed funding to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Oct 3, 2023

Green Graphite Technologies closes $2 million, while Arolytics raises $3.5 million in cleantech funding.

Shipping containers
Funding

Cleantech startup Relocalize secures $3.5 million CAD to develop hyperlocal food distribution

Oct 3, 2023

Relocalize aims to eliminate electric trucks and replace them with on-the-spot food distribution and supply.

Toronto traffic
Funding

Cardata raises $100 million for product acceleration

Oct 2, 2023

Company says investment is “pivotal” as it works to grow platform for workers using private cars.

Kara LeBlanc on the podium speaking at Elevate
Funding

Healthtech startup Medreddie takes home the first Elevate Women+ Pitch Prize

Sep 29, 2023

Medreddie secures funding from The Firehood, Forum Ventures, BDC Capital’s Thrive Lab.

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