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Madison McLauchlan (she/her) reports on tech and innovation for BetaKit from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. You can reach her (in French or English) at madison.mclauchlan@betakit.com or on Signal at madisonmcla.12.

Funding

Xaba aims to make industrial robots smarter with $8-million CAD seed extension

Apr 14, 2025

Low-code software serves as a robot’s “synthetic brain,” according to the company.

Funding

Puzzle Medical raises $43 million to pursue clinical trial of less-invasive device for patients with heart failure

Apr 10, 2025

Second Series A round co-led by family office of former Liberal leadership candidate Frank Baylis.

Communitech appoints Sheldon McCormick as new CEO following layoffs

Apr 10, 2025

Leadership change comes as part of reorientation back to Waterloo Region focus.

markets
Markets

Shopify, Lightspeed lead Canadian tech stock surge after US pauses universal tariffs

Apr 9, 2025

President Trump’s off-the-cuff social post spurs tech stock rally, reversing last week’s rout.

Impact

Inaugural QueerTech accelerator cohort stacked with software, AI startups

Apr 9, 2025

Federally backed program aims to help 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs scale their ventures.

Funding

Scale AI offering $30-million envelope for Canadian companies to accelerate AI adoption

Apr 8, 2025

Government-backed AI hub to cover up to 40 percent of “high-impact” AI projects completed this year.

Funding

Glowtify wants to be the AI-driven marketing solution for lean e-commerce teams

Apr 8, 2025

Montréal-based startup secures $825,000 in pre-seed financing from angel investors.

AI

Microsoft thinks AI agents will eat the world

Apr 7, 2025

Plus: Shopify, Lightspeed among Canadian tech stocks dragged down by tariffs.

quantum
Toronto

Three Canadian quantum startups selected for US military-backed quantum race program

Apr 3, 2025

Xanadu, Nord Quantique, Photonic chosen by DARPA to build usable quantum computers in under a decade.

“Changes nothing”: Canadian tech still in limbo as country escapes worst of US tariff wave

Apr 2, 2025

PM Mark Carney: US has signalled additional tariffs on pharmaceuticals, semiconductors.

Retail

Canadian founders face rising costs, wasted time ahead of trade war escalation

Apr 2, 2025

Entrepreneurs share biggest sources of uncertainty, from supply chain change-ups to currency fluctuations.

Pierre Poilievre at a rally in Osoyoos, BC, on April 3, 2025.
Ottawa

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises to defer capital gains taxes if proceeds reinvested in Canada

Mar 31, 2025

Experts say “devil is in the details” for productivity gains.

Funding

BioAlert secures $2.5 million to help companies detect and manage harmful pathogens in water

Mar 28, 2025

Sherbrooke, Que.-based cleantech company hopes to add salmonella, E. coli detection with new funding.

Funding

Québec budget overhauls innovation tax credits, earmarks millions for tariff impacts

Mar 27, 2025

Early-stage investment-matching program Impulsion PME renewed under different mandate with $200 million in funding.

Katherine Homuth SRTX
Retail

SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat

Mar 26, 2025

Rip-resistant tights manufacturer temporarily laid off 40 percent of staff ahead of “worst-case” US tariffs.

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