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Koho becomes Canada’s latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round

Josh Scott Jun 11

FinTech firm passes 2.5 million users as it navigates “final stages” of acquiring banking licence.

Nesto CEO Malik Yacoubi sits on stage with two other unidentified man.

Funding

Nesto secures nearly $1.5-billion valuation in new Series E round

Alex Riehl Jun 10

Montréal-based digital mortgage lender wants to speed up approvals using AI.

Intriciate technology connected to the Trillium Supercomputer

Inside the GTA facility housing one of Canada’s most powerful supercomputers

Josh Scott Jun 8

Trillium helps Canadian researchers with massive jobs like simulating oceans and modelling stars.

Evan Solomon speaking into a microphone.

Canada’s AI strategy contains $2.3 billion in spending but few details on new privacy regulations

Alex Riehl Jun 4

Delayed strategy promises plan to encourage Canadians to reinvest tech investment gains in AI startups.

BDC extends Isabelle Hudon’s mandate as CEO through 2030

Alex Riehl Jun 1

Crown corporation’s board chair says Hudon will help shape its next five-year strategy.

Defence Tech

Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation

Douglas Soltys May 28

Erin O’Toole wants Canadian innovators to seize the moment before it’s gone.

Latest

How to keep yourself safe from cyber threats

Stefan Palios Dec 2, 2022

The RCMP says even tech-savvy Canadians can do more to protect themselves.

Reports

Foresight 50 list names Canada’s “most investable” cleantech firms

Josh Scott Dec 2, 2022

Second annual list identifies firms like Terramera, Ekona Power, Summit Nanotech.

Impact

Shopify, Benevity set records for Black Friday-Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday

Charles Mandel Dec 2, 2022

Shopify merchants rack up $7.5 billion in sales over the weekend.

Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens

Michael Edgar Dec 2, 2022

Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down.

A|I: The AI Times – Unpacking 10 years of AI funding

Michael Edgar Dec 2, 2022

Plus: Are we running out of data to train language AI?

Funding

Sanctuary secures $30 million from Canada’s SIF to build robots with human-like intelligence

Charlize Alcaraz Dec 1, 2022

The AI startup is expected to hire more than 160 employees.

Funding

Avatar Innovations targets $3 million for new decarbonization tech fund

Meagan Simpson Dec 1, 2022

Avatar has secured Cenovus Energy as its lead investor.

Acquisitions

Mozilla acquires Canadian-founded startups Pulse, Active Replica to fuel metaverse strategy

Charlize Alcaraz Dec 1, 2022

The company behind web browser Firefox wants to deliver its own metaverse.

Funding

Durable aims to help solo entrepreneurs launch service-based businesses with AI

Josh Scott Dec 1, 2022

Durable has closed $6.25 million USD to date from US investors.

Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Can at-home nursing alleviate hospital crowding?

Michael Edgar Dec 1, 2022

Plus: Will Sextech survive the tech downturn?

Funding

Cross-border payments startup Buckzy takes the smart money in downscaled $19.5 million CAD Series A

Josh Scott Nov 30, 2022

In challenging market, Buckzy opts for smaller round to hit escape velocity in 2023.

Funding

Produce8 lands $6 million in seed funding to improve digital-first team productivity

Michael Edgar Nov 30, 2022

Startup believes addressing burnout is the answer to a trillion-dollar question.

Funding

RailVision Analytics closes $5.5 million CAD to cut train emissions by curbing fuel consumption

Josh Scott Nov 30, 2022

Trucks choo-choo chooses RailVision following successful pilots with Via Rail, Metrolinx.

SaaS

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What’s old is new again: Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny

Michael Edgar Nov 30, 2022

Plus: Google employees have a bad feeling mass layoffs are coming.

Layoffs

ApplyBoard cuts back customer experience department

Michael Edgar Nov 29, 2022

Layoffs impact six percent of ApplyBoard’s workforce.

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