Can this Canadian company make a splash in plant-based fish?
New School Foods is fishing to do the impossible… better than Impossible.
Ontario
These three organizations are making tech hires in Ontario
Ripple, Koru, and Western University are calling on Ontarians to join their tech teams.
Consensus crypto conference coming to Toronto in 2025
More than 15,000 attendees and 550 speakers are at this year’s Consensus Web3 conference in Austin, Texas.
Elevate reveals speakers, content tracks ahead of 2024 tech festival
Kara Swisher, Dax Dasilva, Amber Mac set to take the stage this year.
Toronto’s lead over other Canadian cities continues to widen in new startup ecosystem rankings
Canada retains fourth place in global rankings, but slips further from the three leading nations.
BCV leads second round in Relay, as SMB-focused FinTech closes $44-million CAD Series B
Startup targets profitability and $100-million USD run rate by end of 2025.
Riot Platforms raises stake in Bitfarms following Riot’s rejected takeover bid
Riot says decision prompted by allegations in former Bitfarms CEO’s lawsuit with company.
Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook is raising another $200 million to build a quantum data centre
The CEO of Canada’s quantum unicorn is very optimistic about the country’s innovation potential.
DIGITAL invests $10.5 million across four AI projects from healthtech startups
Projects from Swift Medical, RxPx, Gotcare, and AlayaCare carry a collective $26-million value.
US court overturns $40-million USD patent infringement verdict against Shopify
Shopify calls the judgment “a significant victory in the battle against patent trolls.”
Forma.ai’s first acquisition nets fellow Toronto sales software startup SeaMonster
With SeaMonster, Forma.ai aims to help companies provide activity-based sales incentives.
Paytm, PSP Investments alumni announce $5.25 million to build a super app for Canadian immigrants called Beacon
Beacon aims to become ‘the trusted brand for immigrants to Canada.’
Vantage points: MedEssist’s Joella Almeida on why being the ‘Shopify for Pharmacies’ is not enough
“Federally procured and provincially distributed” healthcare alienates practitioners from process.
Vantage points: Serial entrepreneur Ali Asaria on the Canadian tech “bubble” and how to beat the US
Tulip co-founder thinks Canada can be a global “startup amongst incumbents.”
Diversio acquires CCDI Consulting to expand its workplace-inclusion services
Diversio now offers consulting services and hundreds of training courses.