From a phone call to financial innovation: The story of Mastercard and Neo Financial
Neo’s Jeff Adamson and Mastercard’s Balinder Ahluwalia on building effective FinTech partnerships.
Canadian Startup News
Eyam Health strikes partnership with Swiss non-profit to develop one-dollar malaria treatment
Eyam claims its AI drug discovery and delivery platform can develop treatment at less than half the usual cost.
Michael Yang departs OMERS Ventures as pension fund refocuses on Canada in “strategic shift”
Canadian team members Saar Pikar, Laura Lenz take on new roles as US investment team shrinks.
When form follows function, agentic AI works for businesses
Zoho is betting on embedded, scoped agents that behave like digital employees, not copilots without context.
AI-powered 9-1-1 call screening startup Hyper exits stealth with $6.3 million USD
Yukon-originated startup founded by repeat Canadian entrepreneurs Damian McCabe and Ben Sanders.
WonderFi co-founder’s xTAO startup secures $31 million CAD for its decentralized AI network
The blockchain company is now publicly traded on the TSX Venture stock exchange.
New innovation and knowledge hub to help showcase technology battling wildfires
The Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada fulfills objectives outlined by G7 leaders in Alberta last month.
What no one tells founders about liquidity
Q4 Inc.’s Darrell Heaps on treating liquidity as a strategy, not a finish line.
Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam dishes $50,000 in grants to winners of inaugural EdTech accelerator
NBA champion Spicy P teamed up with a panel of judges at the Siakam EdTech Engine Accelerator’s demo day.
Payroll platform Wagepoint appoints Xero North America lead Ben Richmond as president and CEO
Founding CEO Shrad Rao departed in January as the company shifted to scale-oriented leadership.
Dig Insights acquires OneCliq to beef up market research tools with social media analysis
Toronto-based OneCliq says it gleans consumer sentiment from activity on Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok.
Sleep tech startup Smart Nora files for bankruptcy after tariffs derail product launch and fundraising attempts
Investors turned away from hardware startups, creating a funding gap that couldn’t be bridged in time, CEO says.
BC shuffles cabinet, moving Rick Glumac to AI and Ravi Kahlon back to jobs
Province loses JEDI, gains AI minister as premier swears in team “to meet the current moment.”
Canadian co-founded Substack raises $100-million USD Series C to grow tools for independent creators
Two out of three Substack co-founders are University of Waterloo and Kik alums.
GeologicAI cashes in on data centre boom with $60.5-million CAD Series B
Mining tech startup will use funding to scale globally as demand for critical minerals intensifies.