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MTatt takes home top prize at Startupfest 2025 as winnings exceed $1 million for the first time
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Market recovery Canadian VCs expected still on the horizon, experts say at Startupfest
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Elon Musk’s new party, Canada’s AI adoption, and Clutch cracks $1 billion
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Minister Evan Solomon unveils fresh AI project funding to address “crisis moment” at Scale AI event
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Canadian co-founded eSIM provider Airalo hits unicorn status with $220-million USD Series C round
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No meetings, no mandates: Inside Intuit’s five-day innovation week for technologists
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Manzil wants to become “the North American Islamic neobank” as it expands to the US
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Founders need a good reason to forgo an AI strategy, VCs warn at Startupfest
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Opennote raises $850,000 USD, secures Y Combinator spot for edtech platform
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Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot
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OpenText CFO Chadwick Westlake to succeed the late Andrew Moor as CEO of Equitable Bank
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Most Canadian companies are walking the AI adoption race: report
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R-Labs secures $3.5 million to help create more startups tackling “big problems” in real estate
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Tenstorrent acquires Blue Cheetah to bring more chip design in-house
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VitalHub acquires referral platform Novari Health in deal worth up to $48.6 million
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Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors
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Canada steals the spotlight at Europe’s biggest tech event
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LeoMed raises $2.75-million seed round for telehealth patient monitoring platform
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Deep Sky science chief Phil De Luna departs company to “build something new”
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HR platform Workleap adding compensation management features through acquisition of Barley
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‘Ambition made in Canada’ with Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple
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Still watching? Rivr closes $3.6 million CAD from GreenSky to help creators and brands identify engaging video content
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Is Canadian AI failing?
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Clutch races past $1 billion in total cars purchased amid record growth
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Clio’s mission, Trump’s trade timeout, and Toronto Tech Week’s standout moments
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Feds back startup OCCAM’s Technologies as part of $21.5-million Alberta carbon capture investment
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Toronto tech gets in on the joke at the Tech Roast Show
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The events, speakers, and prizes you’ll find at Startupfest 2025
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Robotics startup Attabotics closes down and terminates employees
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Cohere looks to capitalize on Montréal’s AI talent with new office
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Kardium closes $340 million CAD to secure regulatory approval, expand manufacturing for atrial fibrillation heart device
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D-Wave sells $400 million USD in common shares to fund acquisitions, working capital
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Last-mile delivery startup UniUni to continue North American expansion with $95.4-million CAD Series D round
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What keeps Bluesky’s head of trust and safety up at night?
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Michelle Scarborough out at BDC Capital after eight years leading women-focused funds
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Canada pulls Digital Services Tax to avoid stalling US trade negotiations
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Nvidia acquires Canadian AI efficiency startup CentML
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Clio to acquire Spanish-American legaltech vLex for $1 billion USD
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The Winnipeg founder who answered a crisis
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Cohere’s Aidan Gomez says acquisition is “failure”
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Meeting people is easy at Toronto Tech Week
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Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie explains why Canadian startups need to think globally from the start
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Klue lays off 40 percent of staff as startup faces internal and external AI pressure
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LeddarTech bankruptcy filing reveals $146 million in debts to Québec, BDC, and other backers
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What I Learned: Larry Smith
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Socratica’s IRL revolution is powered by the love of making
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Techstars founder Brad Feld says you should give more without knowing what you’ll get back
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What making music taught David Usher about running an AI startup
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BetaKit Town Hall showcases Canadian ambition at home and abroad
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Why smart companies are using fractional design studios
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9Bio Therapeutics’ Philipe Gobeil wants to “resurrect” clinically validated cancer therapies that failed due to toxicity
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Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson departs after seeing through Marriott deal
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NiaHealth raises $5.75 million as it hopes to become a household name in preventative healthcare
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This time, Eric Migicovsky won’t let anything get in his way
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Build Canada appoints Lucy Hargreaves to CEO as tech think tank expands mandate
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Geoffrey Hinton says AI companies resistant to “regulations with teeth” in lively debate with Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst
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“Light, tight, right” regulation: Minister Evan Solomon unpacks how Canada plans to support domestic AI and quantum computing
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Canadian FinTech community mourns Equitable Bank CEO Andrew Moor
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Building Canada requires competition
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Phil De Luna thinks Canada is the perfect place to store the world’s carbon
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“The end of the era of human data”: AI experts discuss new frontiers at CDL Super Session
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Shopify’s Tobi Lütke says his company is embracing AI to prevent stagnation at Homecoming
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Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun calls for Canada to “wake up” to physical AI revolution at Homecoming
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Canadian tech leaders tell the next generation to learn to say “no” at Homecoming
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Boris Wertz thinks science is the new moat for Canadian tech
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Why Mastercard is the go-to partner for Canadian FinTech
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Conquest Planning raises $110-million Series B to fuel US expansion of its financial management platform
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Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment
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Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious
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The price of admission for Canadian entrepreneurs
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Botpress closes $34-million CAD Series B to help companies build and deploy AI agents
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What happens when Creative Destruction Lab puts its top founders in one room
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Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage
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Chris Greenfield is no longer the managing director of OneEleven
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Cohere’s new MOU, New School Foods’ new food, and BetaKit’s Most Ambitious
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Canada’s digital sovereignty: why we can’t ignore stablecoins
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Storytime Capital holds $14-million first close of Fund II to back more startups modernizing work
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$100-million credit facility from La Caisse helps AppDirect make second energy brokerage acquisition this year
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BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero as co-president and executive director
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David Dufresne joins AQC Capital, Nick Chen makes partner at Golden Ventures
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Europe is rising on the radar of Canadian tech
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With $3-million pre-seed round, Xatoms launches pilot projects to purify water with quantum chemistry
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Former Graphite Ventures analyst to launch new Vancouver incubator Althra
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G7 leaders conclude summit with commitments on AI and quantum
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FCAC commissioner shares update on Canada’s open banking future, but makes no timeline commitments
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What founders need to know about raising in 2025
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Carbon Upcycling lays foundation with $24.5-million round led by Chicago-based impact investor Builders Vision
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Why a Northern BC credit union took AI sovereignty into its own hands
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Photonic to open UK quantum R&D centre to aid international expansion
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US private equity firm Vista ups stake in Assent at reported $1.3-billion USD valuation
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New School Foods to expand beyond plant-based salmon to other meat alternatives
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StatsCan finds AI adoption has doubled in businesses, but hasn’t yet affected headcounts
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June Health launches menopause platform nationally to connect women with healthcare through employer plans
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Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, Ottawa drop in Startup Genome’s 2025 global ecosystem rankings as Montréal, Calgary hold steady
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Cohere bringing AI into public sector through partnerships with Canadian, UK governments
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The BetaKit Guide: Toronto Tech Week
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Wealthsimple picks a fight it believes it can win
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CVCA calls for Digital Services Tax pause to avoid retaliatory US tax changes
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Nicoya acquires UK’s Applied Photophysics to expand its drug development capabilities and global reach
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Wealthsimple presents, Meta snags Scale AI, DoorDash gets served
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Shopify collaborates with Coinbase and Stripe to support USDC stablecoin payments
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Sezzle sues Shopify for alleged “unfair” privileging of its own buy-now, pay-later feature
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Kyle Braatz got Fullscript to $1 billion in revenue by treating every new business segment like a startup
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Wealthsimple’s Brett Huneycutt explains how its new products advance the company’s financial services vision
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Alan is challenging the idea that health insurance is just a cost
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AI minister Evan Solomon wary of overdoing regulation, but says Bill C-27 “not gone”
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Wealthsimple reveals first credit card, expanded chequing account at inaugural product showcase
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Building Canada’s cleantech future from the shores of Nova Scotia
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Montréal tech looks to scale up with opening of Ax.c innovation hub
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Canada Health Infoway’s AI Scribe Program hooks up primary care clinicians with Canadian healthtech
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Xanadu, NRC, and U of T partner on using quantum to improve electric vehicle batteries
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DoorDash next on the menu as Canada’s Competition Bureau sues for allegedly deceptive pricing tactics
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Former Anges Québec CEO Geneviève Tanguay joins Panache Ventures as partner
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Eli Health closes $17-million CAD Series A to fuel launch of hormone-monitoring tech
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ENVGO raises $2.7-million seed round to bring its electric “flying” boat to market
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Pine unveils new real estate tools after topping $1 billion in managed mortgages
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Vessel raises $10.3 million to retool VC for the age of AI
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The program giving global founders a reason to build in Canada
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MesoMat expects smart rubber to hit the road around the world as it builds out commercial tire-monitoring platform
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The can’t-miss events at Saskatoon Startup Week and Ottawa Innovation Week
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InBC’s Jill Earthy knows Canadian VC “could be healthier”
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Government-backed program aims to help Canadian non-profits adopt responsible AI
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Taiv lands $14.4-million CAD Series A to put targeted ads on bar and restaurant TVs across North America
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Canada’s Bengio brothers offer new AI critiques, solutions
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American chip giant AMD to acquire Untether AI team
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Investissement Québec records annual loss on VC and fund investments
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ApplyBoard lays off employees due to “policy changes across major study destinations”
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Trump vs. Musk, Shopify vs. the CRA, plus a Raptor’s assist
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Portless raises $24.7 million to be retailers’ port in a trade storm
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Rails launches hybrid crypto exchange after raising $14 million USD in token warrant sale
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CarbonCure and VerticalScope replace founding CEOs as #CDNtech companies see turnover at the top
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Fispan continues industry trend of secondary-heavy deals with Series B round
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DIGITAL Innovation Cluster providing $15 million across 16 Canadian AI-based training and CareerTech projects
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As aging entrepreneurs retire, BDC and FNBC announce $100 million to help Indigenous groups buy their businesses
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American gig giants Instacart and Uber add Canadian executives to top leadership positions
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Xanadu touts another advancement toward scalable quantum computing
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Canada shows its hand: Balatro wins Apple Design Award ahead of developer conference
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Canada Growth Fund commits at least $89 million to Eavor in second big investment to geothermal tech company
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Google allocates $13 million in funding to strengthen Canada’s AI workforce
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Tradeoffs are the new muscle behind startup growth
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AppDirect eyes rising energy demand with acquisition of Broker Online Exchange
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Industry watcher says recent Shopify ruling could embolden companies to challenge CRA data requests
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Former Raptors star Jerome Williams newest teammate of community connector Swiirl
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Women-led startups sweep first Pitch competition on stage at Web Summit Vancouver
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UrbanLogiq wants governments to rely on its AI-powered insights
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Amii CEO Cam Linke says Canada’s AI strategy requires customers
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Alberta’s tech sector is embracing an AI data centre boom. Will it pay off?
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Web Summit Vancouver was worth “every penny”
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“The energy is here”: local leaders call Web Summit Vancouver’s scaled-back debut a success
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BC’s new JEDI says Web Summit Vancouver has been worth “every penny”
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