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Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle is a Vancouver-based writer with 5+ years of experience in communications and journalism and a lifelong passion for telling stories. For over two years, she has reported on all sides of the Canadian startup ecosystem, from landmark venture deals to public policy, telling the stories of the founders putting Canadian tech on the map.

Wealthsimple-Pine
FinTech

Wealthsimple enters mortgage space through Pine partnership

May 7, 2024

Wealthsimple partners with the “Wealthsimple for home buying” to help customers avoid a “sucker rate.”

Xatoms
Impact

Xatoms is planning a quantum leap to clean the world’s water

May 7, 2024

R&D-stage startup is using AI and quantum chemistry to purify the world’s most precious resource.

Maia Farms
Funding

Maia Farms secures $2.3 million as it looks to turn mushrooms into meat alternatives

May 6, 2024

Startup recently won a space food challenge hosted by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency.

QueerTech Report
Impact

QueerTech report finds change is lagging for 2SLGBTQIA+ tech workers in Canada

May 6, 2024

Fewer than 40 percent of respondents feel that 2SLGBTQIA+ employees are “consistently treated with respect.”

streaming
Funding

Netskrt Systems secures $10 million CAD in Series A financing to improve streaming speeds in “underserved” communities

May 2, 2024

Yaletown Partners and InBC Investment Corp were among investors in the content-delivery network startup.

Startupfest
Events

The Startup Train returns for its 10th year to kick off Startupfest 2024

May 2, 2024

Chartered train offers a one-way, business-class journey from Toronto to Montréal.

Save da Sea
Funding

Save da Sea closes seed financing, becomes the first investment of BDC’s Thrive Lab

May 2, 2024

Startup is serving up plant-based alternatives to seafood.

hydrogen
Funding

Hydrogen power projects receive $57 million in funding from Alberta government

May 1, 2024

Alberta government wants to make the province the “hydrogen capital of Canada.”

Chrystia Freeland
Ottawa

Capital gains tax changes not included in feds’ Budget 2024 motion bill

Apr 30, 2024

Freeland continued to back tax changes but dodged questions about their absence from the motion.

business writing
Acquisitions

FinTech startup Fluence Technologies agrees to be acquired by Anaplan

Apr 30, 2024

Anaplan plans to integrate Fluence’s financial consolidation software into its own platform.

Inventures
Events

Beyoncé’s former digital director thinks your culture is meaningless

Apr 30, 2024

Dr. Marcus Collins will headline Inventures 2024 from May 29-31.

Events

Geoffrey Hinton, Raquel Urtasun, Aidan Gomez set to speak at Collision 2024

Apr 29, 2024

Collision will return to Toronto for the fourth year June 17 to 20.

DiscoveryX
Events

Pendium Health wins $10,000 at OCI’s DiscoveryX Conference

Apr 29, 2024

DiscoveryX returned to Toronto’s Enercare Centre this month after a four-year hiatus.

remote work
Toronto

These three US tech giants are hiring in Canada

Apr 26, 2024

Robinhood, Autodesk, Ripple are ramping up Canadian hires.

Funding

Qohash secures $17.4 million in Series B funding for data security platform

Apr 26, 2024

Platform finds, inventories, and continuously monitors organizations’ sensitive data.

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