Osler Deal Points Report finds Canada’s venture recovery was uneven in 2025
Osler’s Calvin Leung and Justin Young unpack the financing trends founders should watch in 2026.
Reports
General Fusion and Eavor take top spots on Time Magazine cleantech list
Five Canadian companies are among 250 of the world’s “top-performing” cleantech companies.
Canadian B2B software firms are falling behind in agentic AI: report
Georgian survey shows domestic companies lag international peers in “foundational” AI adoption.
“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025
Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.
Canada’s early-stage investment gap “now a sovereignty issue,” BDC says
BDC report says more than 80 percent of late-stage deals come via foreign capital.
Canadian angel investment falls to five-year low, but women investors gain ground
NACO says women now represent 40 percent of members in participating Canadian angel networks.
Canadian VC sees lowest quarterly deal count in nearly a decade
CVCA report says growth capital constriction may push more companies to other funding outlets.
AI developers not meeting the needs of LGBTQ+ users, report suggests
Industry group says some survey responses from AI developers were malicious, hateful, and homophobic.
NACO wants feds to use $750 million in VC funding to back startups earlier
Angel investor group proposes early-stage fund matching and infrastructure programs as part of federal VC strategy.
Five Canadian scaleups crack Thrive Top 50 AgTech Companies list
4AG Robotics, BinSentry, among companies recognized as “most innovative scaleups.”
The compound impact of AI on the labour market
Plus: Wealthsimple’s new first, Dominion Dynamics’ new wingman.
CVCA and NACO offer competing visions for feds’ $750-million venture envelope
NACO points to early-stage gaps, while CVCA wants capital committed to growth.
The quiet militarization of Canadian AI
Canadian AI styles itself as ethical but is reorienting towards military and dual-use technology.
Canada’s small businesses felt the “true cost of a fractured global economy” in late 2025
Xero report shows largest quarterly decline in sales growth since fall 2020.
CCI wants governments to buy more Canadian healthtech
Tech advocacy group urges overhaul of procurement and data management to support domestic companies.