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Lagging growth rate knocks Canada out of top four in StartupBlink’s ecosystem rankings
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Rival Technologies’ parent company and Angus Reid Group to join forces in Canadian market research merger
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Shopify debuts AI-based store designer as part of summer update
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Cohere CEO claims AI startup “not far away” from profitability as it snags Dell and SAP partnerships
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Google grants Amii $5 million to help post-secondary schools develop AI curriculums
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BetaKit to open full-time Prairies bureau
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Patience was the price of capital in 2024
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Alberta Innovates to name Dr. Mike Mahon as permanent CEO
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CVCA CEO Kim Furlong to step down after Invest Canada conference
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Canada will provide cooling tech for moon-bound astronauts—if NASA gets the mission off the ground
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COO Alex Petre replaces Damien Steel as CEO of carbon removal startup Deep Sky
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The BetaKit Guide: Web Summit Vancouver
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Alberta tech has energy
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ESG reporting platform Novisto fuels up for European expansion with $37.7-million CAD Series C
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Why Faire’s co-founder wants to bring Silicon Valley’s DNA to Canada
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Cohere revenue reports paint mixed picture of growth
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford did not deliver the innovation budget tech leaders wanted
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Canada’s auto tech industry crashes into a triple emergency
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New VC data, Shopify’s new index, Canada’s new cabinet
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Verdi raises $6.5 million to reduce farmers’ irrigation irritation with automation
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Redstick Ventures wants to give foodtech a seat at the table
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Coinbase Canada CEO pushes for crypto-friendly government just as company reveals hack that could cost up to $400 million USD
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Minister of Innovation and AI Evan Solomon part of Liberals’ new Build Canada cabinet committee
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Amplify Capital adds Craig Hunter as partner while raising its third impact-focused fund
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The US economic slowdown is hurting Canadian tech companies selling globally
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The cloud reckoning is here
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Well Health says its healthy Q1 revenue is a symptom of Canadian growth
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Consensus won’t return to Toronto in 2026
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Seed deals in Q1 2025 hit pandemic-era low as Canadian VC decline continues: report
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An AI-powered Bloomberg for Web3
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Una Software secures new seed funding as startup adds AI into its financial planning platform
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“No plans are set” but Robinhood expects to “develop [its] offering” in Canada post-WonderFi acquisition
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Healwell revenue more than doubled in Q1 2025 thanks to acquisition spree and AI
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Katherine Homuth launches “organizational memory” startup as SRTX secures new interim CEO and financing
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Mélanie Joly, Evan Solomon to run newly split Industry and Innovation portfolios in Prime Minister Carney’s cabinet
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Tentree spinout Veritree announces $9.1-million CAD Series A to help companies manage nature restoration projects
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Making AI work beyond the lab
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Robinhood to buy WonderFi for $250 million CAD as US trading platform targets Canadian expansion
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University of Waterloo-backed Velocity Fund II holds $14-million initial close
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Shopify stocks surge after company says it will join Nasdaq 100 index
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Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund’s new Express stream invests $3.5 million of fast funds across 23 companies
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Biotech Intrepid Labs exits stealth with funding from Radical Ventures and Avant Bio
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Canadian FinTech leaders “cautiously optimistic” about open banking, payments modernization under Mark Carney
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Imperial Oil donates $37-million lab to SAIT for energy research
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Rethinking the relationship between government and entrepreneur support organizations
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A guide to how Canadian tech is rising to meet the wildfire threat
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Will AI agents replace SaaS before SaaS replaces employees with AI?
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Half of the internet is bots and they’re feeding you lies
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Healthtech leaders behind AlayaCare and Mimosa say Canadian procurement lacks transparency and risk appetite
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Ontario invests $56 million to power “homegrown” automotive and mobility companies amid trade war
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OpenAI’s U-turn, XPrize’s Canadian hub, and Vancouver isn’t so Bitcoin-friendly
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Anges Québec looks to expedite early-stage rounds with co-investment angel fund
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Age-Well partners with Ikea, U of T to launch studio for testing tech for seniors
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D-Wave remains in the red even as revenue jumps 500 percent in Q1
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Amilia raises $35 million led by Vertu Capital to help more community centres manage operations
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Shopify posts solid Q1 2025 earnings amid trade war but anticipates slight profit dip
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Where FreshBooks gets its best product ideas
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Active Impact Investments holds $110-million final close for third climate tech seed fund
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Unblocked raises $27.5 million Series A to make sure developers actually understand their code
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Propel has a record first quarter while Thinkific sees modest gains
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Outgoing Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future
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Vancouver byelection result threatens mayor’s “Bitcoin-friendly city” brand
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University of Calgary becomes XPrize Foundation’s first international hub
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CEO Don Murray says Safe Software’s new features will help replace enterprise SaaS with AI agents
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OpenText makes AI “number-one priority” as company slashes 1,600 jobs
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Exterra secures $20-million Series A to turn mining byproducts into decarbonization gold
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Fireside chat with Clio execs among more than 60 activities at Vancouver Startup Week 2025
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General Fusion lays off staff, looks for funding as capital suddenly runs dry
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Shakepay becomes first crypto company granted Payments Canada membership
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WonderFi co-founder’s new startup xTAO to list on TSXV following merger with Adrianna Ventures
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TD Bank’s chief AI scientist talks about emerging models, safety, and Layer 6’s new NYC office
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Canadian angels just want to write the cheque
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Joe Canavan has a plan for Canada to become an innovation nation
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“Can we just write the cheque?”: angel investors encouraged to be bold amidst economic uncertainty at NACO Summit
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Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund receives $60 million to scale local businesses
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Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis” in the field
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Microsoft vibe codes, a Trump in Toronto, Sam Altman is annoyed
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Dozr founding CEO Kevin Forestell moves to chair while Dave Frazier joins as president
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Xanadu forges partnerships with US military, industry to fuel quantum computing ambitions
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Shopify rolls back $1-million USD revenue exemption for app developers
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Veerum raises $12-million Series B to create “digital twins” for heavy industry
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Antler Canada adds former Quandl CEO Tammer Kamel as VC firm gears up for Fund II
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Cleantech accelerator CICE invests $2.5 million in women-led climate ventures
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Québec Tech highlights hardtech in latest scaleup cohort with international ambitions
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Reusables looks to help cafeterias scrap single-use containers with $3.6-million seed round
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“Hard work lies ahead”: Canadian tech leaders strike urgent tone on policy asks following Liberal victory
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Cleantech startup Planetary wins nearly $1.4 million from Elon Musk-funded XPrize competition
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Dragons’ Den’s Arlene Dickinson, Build Canada’s Daniel Debow recognized as Nation Builders at 2025 NACO awards
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Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi acquitted in sexual assault case
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Cinema tech startup Axibo raises $12 million to kickstart humanoid robot division
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Batteries, services helped ocean tech firm Kraken Robotics sail to strong profit and revenue in 2024
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Québec grants Centech $4.5 million to boost deep tech, medtech commercialization
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A US-Canada crypto summit is shaping up at Consensus 2025
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Brightspark spinout Brio nabs $3 million to help other VCs manage their LPs
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The best political party for Canadian tech
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How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?
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Shopify is poaching customers, Aidan Gomez is on the board, and Canada is getting hosed
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Every platform promise #CDNtech cares about in the 2025 federal election
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Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify: former exec
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Nagar Rahmani joins EnerTech Capital as Weston family-associated Wittington Ventures promotes from within
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7Gen charges up with $48 million in debt from UK’s Zenobē to help more Canadian firms adopt EVs
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Healwell shakes up C-suite following Well Health takeover, shifts CEO Alexander Dobranowski to president
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Trulioo sees “significant growth” in Asia-Pacific region soon after entering market
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Frank And Oak selling brand, closing all stores following second insolvency filing
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Canadian-founded Fluent Ventures bets on global startups with $40-million USD early-stage VC program
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Government of Ontario investing $750 million in STEM programs to bolster talent pool in face of tariff threats
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Can Canada become the best in the world at using AI?
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Electric vehicle maker Rivian elects Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez to board of directors
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1Password expands Extended Access Management platform with agentic AI security
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FundThrough acquires American company Ampla alongside fresh Series B funding
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Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement
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France’s Alan comes to Canada with digital group health insurance for tech startups
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Long-life startup NiaHealth exits stealth with $2.5 million in pre-seed funding
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At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race
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Canadian VCs have performance anxiety
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How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June
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Québec’s LabHost crackdown, Poilievre’s tech endorsement, and Blue Origin’s star-studded spaceflight
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BMO launches a workplace savings platform with FinTech startup Link
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TruthSayer claims its AI “Hedge Fund-in-a-Box” is a cheaper, smarter alternative for investments
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Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO
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Yoshua Bengio warns of “catastrophic risks” of agentic AI at World Summit AI
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Missed it by that much: Well Health falls just short of $1-billion revenue mark in 2024 earnings
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Enterprise AI companies announce hiring spree for Montréal AI talent
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Online car retailer Clutch taps former Properly CEO Anshul Ruparell as CFO
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Innovobot unveils “refreshed” deep tech VC fund under Neha Khera’s leadership
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The Manitoba startup that helps companies by hacking them
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PolicyMe eyes new insurance products, more big-name partners after raising $30 million over two years
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Bell and Ericsson’s Ottawa team field-test AI-powered tech to reduce cell network traffic jams
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Federal government launches loan facility to support enterprises impacted by tariffs
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Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund joins Cyclic Materials’ extended Series B round
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Cohere doubles down on agentic search capabilities with new Embed 4 model
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New early-stage VC fund Trillick Ventures aims to bring funding to “underrepresented” Manitoba
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Several tech figures endorse Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives in open letter connected to Fairfax Financial
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Xaba aims to make industrial robots smarter with $8-million CAD seed extension
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Chamath Palihapitiya, Sanja Fidler among Homecoming headliners as Toronto Tech Week unveils event calendar
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Performance anxiety and access to capital top of mind for Canadian VCs
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Canadian tech makes federal election asks
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Inside Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble
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Wealthsimple’s acquihire, Shopify’s AI policy, and Nintendo’s Switch 2 confusion
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150 Canadian tech leaders urge federal parties to deliver plan for economic sovereignty in open letter
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Vancouver-based CO280 strikes 12-year carbon removal deal with Microsoft
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Corinex secures $42 million CAD to continue its European expansion
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Puzzle Medical raises $43 million to pursue clinical trial of less-invasive device for patients with heart failure
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Beloved mentor and L-Spark co-founder Patrick White to depart leadership role after 12 years
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BetaKit to launch “Most Ambitious” issue on June 23, 2025
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Communitech appoints Sheldon McCormick as new CEO following layoffs
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The founders looking to redefine learning in Canada
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Blumind secures $20-million Series A to build the AI chip we’d have if computers didn’t exist
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Shopify, Lightspeed lead Canadian tech stock surge after US pauses universal tariffs
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WonderFi spent $3.6 million on ransom and security upgrades in connection with CEO’s kidnapping last year
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