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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.

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Funding

Practice Better acquires That Clean Life for a healthy-sounding eight figures to continue expansion

Jul 25, 2023

An eight-year collaboration has ended in acquisition for the two Toronto healthtech startups.

FinTech

Nuvei, Plaid extend payments partnership to expand to different regions and businesses

Jul 21, 2023

The FinTech company and payments startup are joining forces to roll out more features.

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British Columbia moves to protect its intellectual property with new programs

Jul 19, 2023

The new provincial strategy hopes to help businesses navigate the complicated financial and legal aspects of IP.

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Funding

SenseNet raises $1.3 million CAD for its wildfire-detecting technology

Jul 14, 2023

The Vancouver firm is the latest of several wildfire-detection startups that expect to see flames fan their fortunes.

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Acquisitions

Well Health adds anesthesia subsidiary CarePlus Management in its latest acquisition

Jul 13, 2023

Well Health revised its annual revenue guidance sharply upwards after the purchase for an undisclosed sum.

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Calgary

Alberta Technology Minister’s mandate letter appears to support reducing restrictions on title ‘software engineer’

Jul 13, 2023

Startups, regulator have been embroiled in a dispute over the title for years.

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Reports

Waterloo, U of T, and UBC rank among top 25 computer science schools globally

Jul 10, 2023

Waterloo topped the list in terms of enrolment, while U of T was the top-ranked Canadian school.

Funding

i4 Capital closes over $40 million toward new $60-million deep tech fund

Jul 10, 2023

The fund is backed by the Fonds québécois d’amorçage Teralys, Fondaction, and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ.

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Funding

Protein Industries Canada offers $10 million to help grow AI use in food sector

Jul 7, 2023

AI is being applied to the plant-based food industry’s efforts to satisfy ever-changing consumer demands.

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Funding

Leading steel company ArcelorMittal SA invests $6.6 million in Char Technologies’ decarbonization tech

Jul 6, 2023

Char Technologies only Canadian company to receive investment from ArcelorMittal SA’ s XCarb Innovation Fund.

Funding

PacifiCan invests nearly $23 million in BC cleantech, zero-waste projects

Jul 5, 2023

Saltworks, MintList, and Novarc Technologies all receive funding for expansion and commercialization.

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Acquisitions

Tokens.com acquires Startup Slang to link in-game purchases to Shopify Plus storefronts

Jun 30, 2023

Tokens.com continues to bet on the metaverse for future revenues.

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Layoffs

Loopio makes “difficult decision” to lay off nine percent of its team

Jun 29, 2023

The Toronto-based software startup made its first acquisition in May.

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VC

ventureLAB unveils Hardware Angel Network, supporting pre-seed and seed-stage hardware startups

Jun 28, 2023

The network plans to make its first investments in the fall, with a focus on deep tech, hardware, and semiconductors.

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AI

AWS, NVIDIA launch global FinTech accelerator for seed-stage startups

Jun 28, 2023

The accelerator aims to help FinTech companies using AI and machine learning in financial services.

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