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Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 01/26/2026 17:01 EDT

Change implies Canadian startups have to incorporate in the US, Cayman Islands, or Singapore to join accelerator. Read more ›

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General Atlantic becomes major investor in travel perks platform Plusgrade

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 03/04/2024 15:45 EDT

The deal values Plusgrade at over $2 billion, according to The Globe and Mail. Read more ›

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Canadian tech leaders headline speaker lineup for inaugural INNOVATEwest

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 03/04/2024 06:02 EDT

Execs from Koho, Ada, Wealthsimple, Clio comprise speaker roster for 2024 conference. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe’s $65B valuation indicates an IPO isn’t anytime soon

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 2 place · 03/04/2024 05:15 EDT

Plus: How Flinks is building middleware for open banking. Read more ›

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Does corporate VC have an advantage in AI investments?

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 03/04/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Omnirobotic reborn and Flinks moves in for the kill. Read more ›

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How to fix SR&ED

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 03/03/2024 18:56 EDT

Can a decades-old, $4 billion tax credit program be modernized to solve Canada's innovation woes? Read more ›

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These tech companies are hiring machine learning engineers in Canada

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 03/01/2024 17:00 EDT

Autodesk, Electronic Arts, and BenchSci are looking to beef up their AI teams. Read more ›

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Middleware land grab: Flinks wants to kill screen-scraping and make APIs king

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Kelsey Rolfe @ BetaKit 1 place · 03/01/2024 12:51 EDT

Montréal FinTech hopes to cement "special position" in North America's financial ecosystem. Read more ›

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How money actually flows from VCs to startups

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit 1 place · 03/01/2024 06:06 EDT

Capital call lines of credit are the liquidity instrument that allows VCs to manage their operations and administration. Read more ›

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Fuelled by new funding, RetinaLogik wants to prevent vision loss with AI and VR

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 3 place · 03/01/2024 06:04 EDT

Startup closes $783,000 in pre-seed funding led by HaloHealth. Read more ›

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OMERS Ventures’ Laura Lenz explains how startups can stand out when fundraising

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit · 03/01/2024 06:02 EDT

A comprehensive data room signals company maturity and helps startups break through the noise. Read more ›

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Myomar Molecular closes $1.1 million to bring its muscle monitoring device to market

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 03/01/2024 05:58 EDT

Healthtech startup recently won $50,000 from the Firehood Angel Camp at SAAS NORTH. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Apple Vision Pro goes to the hospital

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 03/01/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Abridge raises $150 million to increase the speed and accuracy of medical note-taking. Read more ›

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Angel Investors Ontario’s long-term future is unclear as FedDev funding dries up

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 02/29/2024 18:12 EDT

AIO appoints Mark Lawrence as interim head to steer the organization after departure of Jeffrey Steiner. Read more ›

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Jacob Homiller replaces co-founder Chris Stern as CarbiCrete CEO

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 02/29/2024 14:55 EDT

Stern says he will remain with the company as a strategic advisor. Read more ›

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Bench IQ raises $2.8 million CAD in pre-seed funding with buy-in from Maple VC, Haystack

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Bianca Bharti @ BetaKit 3 place · 02/29/2024 06:00 EDT

The minds behind Ross Intelligence are back. Read more ›

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A year after its fundraising failure, Omnirobotic emerges from restructuring as a profitable robot builder

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 02/29/2024 06:00 EDT

Reborn Québec firm’s machines now serve cabinet manufacturers across North America. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Temu and Shein’s success = air freighters’ stress

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 02/29/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Shopify’s green strategy gamble, DeliveryHero abandons Foodpanda sale talks. Read more ›

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Midjourney competitor Ideogram closes $80 million Series A round as it launches latest text-to-image model

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 02/28/2024 16:34 EDT

The fundraise comes just six months after its $22.3-million seed round. Read more ›

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Elevated Signals raises $7.9 million CAD Series A to scale its manufacturing operations software

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 02/28/2024 13:30 EDT

After starting in cannabis, startup looks to its original goal of tackling food security. Read more ›

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Canadian-founded Power closes $16.3-million CAD Series A to connect patients with clinical trials

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 02/28/2024 11:20 EDT

Power claims over 600,000 patients used Power to discover clinical trials last year. Read more ›

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