AgTech startup Brilliant Harvest secures $4 million USD in seed funding
The raise will aid in scaling the platform’s adoption and abilities.
Prairies
Invest Alberta’s Rick Christiaanse unexpectedly resigns as CEO
Crown corporation’s former COO is now acting CEO.
Neo Financial secures $68.5 million in equity as it adopts big-bank funding playbook
Support from investors including AIMCo and Northleaf will fuel securitization strategy.
Carbon Upcycling names new CEO
CRO Markus Kritzler succeeds Apoorv Sinha, who has moved into the role of president.
Canada and Alberta announce 27 new projects to expand high-speed internet access
New projects target communities still falling below national internet speed benchmarks.
AI pioneer Richard Sutton to receive honourary degree from U of A
Sutton honoured for groundbreaking research into machine learning.
U of A partners with City of Edmonton to study hydrogen-powered vehicles
The partnership is the latest turn in a long saga of Edmonton attempting to green its fleets.
Cellar Insights pockets $500,000 investment to help it protect potatoes
Investment will be used to further commercialize the startup’s potato storage monitoring tech.
Meet Winnipeg’s latest venture studio, Ignition
A joint venture between Launch Coworking and ProductStak, the studio is focusing on early-stage founders.
Canada’s housing supply is in crisis. Can robots help?
Automated homebuilders are pitching solutions to get more (ideally affordable) roofs over our heads.
Prévoir closes $750K pre-seed round to scale its AI-powered fashion platform
Calgary startup helps retailers and merchandisers single out trends and track fashion analytics.
It’s midwinter, yet these Edmonton companies are prepping for wildfire season
FireSafe AI has partnered with Edmonton’s Wyvern and AIRmarket to create a more comprehensive fire detection and prevention…
Chata Technologies closes $10-million USD Series A to scale deterministic AI model
Calgary startup targets financial sector with AI model built to give consistent answers.
Canadian companies are generating massive returns in the “bioeconomy”
Just 84 early-stage companies generated nearly $900 million for Canada’s GDP.
Alberta opens registration for private online gambling operators
Province plans to launch a regulated private market later this year.