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Ryan O'Connor is a journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University and an intern staff writer for BetaKit. Follow him on Twitter @oconss2.

Funding

Yoshua Bengio, Element AI co-founders back AI startup Glowstick in $1.3 million round

Mar 2, 2023

Current and former Square and Shopify employees also invested in Glowstick.

Acquisitions

Paper acquires MajorClarity to add post-secondary planning into its K-12 platform

Mar 1, 2023

Deal comes after post-secondary enrollment reaches 10-year low.

Funding

AAVAA closes $2 million CAD to develop smart listening device

Feb 22, 2023

AAVAA’s tech allows users to control their electronic devices using their brain.

AI

Blaise Transit signs contract to deploy on-demand transit tech in Nova Scotia

Feb 14, 2023

The tech will be deployed to 23 communities over 12 months.

Funding

Levr.ai closes $1 million in pre-seed funding to simplify loan applications

Feb 9, 2023

After seeing qualified businesses struggle to secure financing, Levr.ai sought to create an easier process.

Funding

Raven.ai aims to address supply chain issues following $12 million USD Series A

Feb 8, 2023

“We believe Raven’s solution will play a key role in engaging these frontline teams.”

Healthtech

Winnipeg-based Cerebra to assist with provincial sleep test backlog

Feb 1, 2023

Contract with Manitoba will help alleviate backlog of province’s sleep study cases following pandemic.

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