Lightspeed beats outlook in fiscal Q1 to tepid market response
CEO claims Lightspeed has been “winning where it matters” after revising GTM strategy.
Quebec
The living history of Canadian tech
Startupfest founder Phil Telio on how Canada’s tech community evolves with each generation.
Minister Evan Solomon unveils fresh AI project funding to address “crisis moment” at Scale AI event
Twenty-three Québec-led projects will receive almost $100 million in combined public-private funding.
Deep Sky science chief Phil De Luna departs company to “build something new”
De Luna said he had “outgrown” his current role at the carbon capture startup.
HR platform Workleap adding compensation management features through acquisition of Barley
Talent management software is also preparing to launch Workleap AI tool within the next week.
Still watching? Rivr closes $3.6 million CAD from GreenSky to help creators and brands identify engaging video content
Rivr already counts Amazon Games, Bungie, and Epic Games among its clients.
The events, speakers, and prizes you’ll find at Startupfest 2025
Startupfest attendees travelling from Toronto still have a chance to catch a ride on the Startup Bus.
9Bio Therapeutics’ Philipe Gobeil wants to “resurrect” clinically validated cancer therapies that failed due to toxicity
Québec biotech startup is developing a platform for designing drugs that target tumours and spare healthy tissues.
Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson departs after seeing through Marriott deal
Outgoing CEO said orchestrating the Marriott integration was “the hardest thing” he’d ever done.
Botpress closes $34-million CAD Series B to help companies build and deploy AI agents
Québec software startup aims to be part of “the infrastructure layer” powering agentic AI.
BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero as co-president and executive director
Ramadori departs BrainBox following acquisition by Trane Technologies this past December.
Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genome’s 2025 global ecosystem rankings as Montréal, Calgary hold steady
Report finds some Canadian startup hubs have lost ground amid trade tensions and wobbly VC market.
Canada Health Infoway’s AI Scribe Program hooks up primary care clinicians with Canadian healthtech
Initiative to provide up to 10,000 licences for AI documentation tools from companies like Well Health and MEDFAR.
Eli Health closes $17-million CAD Series A to fuel launch of hormone-monitoring tech
BDC’s Thrive backs Montréal startup’s plan to begin bringing its hormone test to market.
As aging entrepreneurs retire, BDC and FNBC announce $100 million to help Indigenous groups buy their businesses
FNBC and BDC want to help Indigenous communities buy established Canadian firms, aid “economic reconciliation.”