Mila, IBM collaborating on open-source AI and machine learning project
Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute (Mila) and IBM have teamed up to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine…
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Techstars Montreal AI’s 2020 Virtual Demo Day showcases latest cohort
This week, Techstars Montreal AI 2020 held a Virtual Demo Day to showcase 10 artificial intelligence (AI) startups from around…
Mark Dobbin, Gerry Pond recognized at 2020 NACO Atlantic Summit
Mark Dobbin, the founder and president of Newfoundland-based Killick Capital, has been named Angel of the Year at the National…
Minister Bains says orgs committed to diversity will get “preferential access to government programming”
As part of a new diversity initiative rollout Thursday, Minister Navdeep Bains committed to using both carrots and sticks to…
Today in Funding: Potloc, Aifred Health, Kenota Health, Indiegraf
Four Canadian startups have recently announced new funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised, how much,…
WeCommerce going public to further strategy of buying Shopify ecosystem companies
WeCommerce, the holding company controlled by Andrew Wilkinson’s Tiny Capital, is set to go public on the TSX Venture…
Boast.ai raises $30 million from Radian Capital to “revolutionize” R&D tax credit market
Vancouver-based software startup Boast.ai has secured $30 million CAD in Series A financing from growth equity firm Radian…
AppDirect megadeal casts long shadow over Montréal startup funding in Q3 2020
Following a record-setting Q2, total tech funding in Montréal was propped up by one megadeal into a locally-born but now US-headquartered…
Platform Calgary to take over Startup Calgary in 2021
Platform Calgary is set to take over the operation of innovation organization Startup Calgary from Calgary Economic Development…
Carrot Rewards program and app re-launches as Optimity
As of Tuesday, the Carrot Rewards app has officially been re-launched as Optimity, after the Toronto-based health and wellness…
PointClickCare to acquire Utah-based Collective Medical
Mississauga-based PointClickCare is set to make its largest acquisition to date as the healthtech company has announced its…
Mental health startup MindBeacon files for public offering on TSX
Toronto-based MindBeacon, which has created a digital mental health treatment platform, has officially filed to list on the…
Former Koho CTO, head of Uber Money launch new FinTech startup with $15.8 million CAD seed round
The FinTech sector in North American is a tale of partnerships; startups having to find banking partners due to extensive regulations,…
Today in Hires: Xero, Wealthsimple, Alida, Tucows & Ting Internet, AppDynamics
Five organizations have brought on new team members, including AppDynamics, Alida, Wealthsimple, Tucows and Ting Internet,…
What Canada’s healthcare system learned from the pandemic
Regular listeners of the Black Swan podcast know that its focus is on the entire Canadian innovation ecosystem, from startups…