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Future Summit 2025 to host leaders from NVIDIA, AWS Canada, Alberta government, and more

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

A closer look at the sessions and power players shaping Future Summit’s inaugural gathering on Nov 18 to 20. Read more ›

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VentureLab secures $2.5 million in provincial funding to expand semiconductor incubator

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/12/2022 05:59 EDT

Funding enables VentureLab to build a new medtech lab in Vaughan. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – No one Musk should have all that power

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/12/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy. Read more ›

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Amid mounting competition, Float’s CEO believes company has what it takes to win in Canada

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/11/2022 16:07 EDT

With army of customer evangelists, Float aims to capture Canadian market before international competitors swoop in. Read more ›

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Shopify proposes governance changes to protect CEO Tobi Lütke’s voting power

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/11/2022 11:54 EDT

Shopify also acquired influencer marketing startup Dovetale. Read more ›

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University of Alberta spinout DrugBank closes $9 million from Brightspark, Amplitude, Theodorus to fuel drug discovery with its data platform

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/11/2022 08:59 EDT

DrugBank wants to ‘be the shovel’ in a gold rush of new medical innovation. Read more ›

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Scale AI moves to scale supply chain AI startups with new funding, partnerships

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/11/2022 06:00 EDT

Cluster partners with MaRS to support second Supply AI cohort. Read more ›

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Canadian startup news of the week (4/10/22)

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/11/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – RBCX-TRA

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/11/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: OpenSea ‘Sitting on Ticking Bomb’ as lawsuits pile up over stolen Apes. Read more ›

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CloudMD, Think Research announce changes to executive suites

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/08/2022 11:57 EDT

Founder, CEO stepping down at CloudMD, while Think loses CFO. Read more ›

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Sollum secures $2.5 million from SDTC to jumpstart $14 million “Sun-as-a-Service” project

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/08/2022 06:00 EDT

Sollum’s LED grow light solution is designed to recreate the sun’s natural light. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healthy profits

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/08/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: PocketHealth secures $20 million CAD to put medical records in US patients’ pockets. Read more ›

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Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 16:53 EDT

No Canadian DARPA, SR&ED reform is coming, and our clusters are no longer super. Read more ›

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Uplinq raises $4.4 million CAD to help small business lenders make accurate decisions

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 15:42 EDT

Uplinq’s credit assessment platform provides ‘billions’ of data signals beyond traditional credit indicators. Read more ›

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Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/07/2022 15:05 EDT

Paquette will lead some 500 staff members between the two groups. Read more ›

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Eight months after the death of its founder and a lab fire, e-Zinc has bounced back with a $31 million CAD Series A

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 04/07/2022 08:59 EDT

e-Zinc has secured backing from Anzu, BDC, Toyota, and Eni to start producing its long-duration energy storage solution. Read more ›

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Cybrid secures $3.8 million CAD seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/07/2022 06:01 EDT

Cybrid calls itself “the crypto banking-as-a-service provider.” Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Place your bets

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Why Stripe’s ‘Fast’ Horse is losing the one-click checkout race. Read more ›

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Fill out the Sage Intacct x BetaKit Survey for SaaS startups

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Raj Dhaliwal @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/06/2022 17:22 EDT

Survey closes on May 15th. Read more ›

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MyComply closes $5.6 million CAD to sell construction tech platform to US companies

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/06/2022 06:00 EDT

CEO calls startup’s contract with New York City its “growth hack.” Read more ›

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With new investment product, is Neo Financial’s biggest competition now Wealthsimple and Questrade, or the big banks?

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/06/2022 05:59 EDT

The Prairie FinTech has teamed up with fellow Calgary startup OneVest for Neo Invest. Read more ›

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