Tag: alberta innovates
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration
Plus: US mental health startup Headway raises $125 million at $1 billion valuation. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…
A|I: The AI Times – Anthropic in talks to raise another $2B, a16z discussed backing Midjourney rival
Plus: Samsung to manufacture chips from AI chip startup Tenstorrent. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…
Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays
Plus: Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you…
Alberta Innovates opens applications to $8 million program for AI integrations into provincial health system
Projects eligible for up to $800,000 over three years. Alberta Innovates has launched the enabling better health through artificial intelligence (AI-Better Health) program to…
Ontopical closes $3.3 million seed extension to help companies navigate the local government procurement process
Rhino and Graphite Ventures-backed Ontopical mines public data for private sector clients using AI. Calgary-based software startup Ontopical wants to make it easier for…
Alberta IoT, Movement51 among recipients of Alberta Innovates’ cumulative $13.6-million investment
University of Alberta secured $4.25 million across three projects. Provincial funding agency Alberta Innovates is making a collective $13.6-million investment into 19 projects meant…
Alberta looks to hydrogen as the “next frontier” in energy, invests $45 million in related technologies
The financing will come via Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta. Alberta is pumping $45 million into hydrogen-related technologies. The province, best known for…
Alberta tech is on track to outpace 2022 with lively Q2 2023
Alberta tech companies raised $123.8 million through six deals in the second quarter of 2023. Despite experiencing a dip in venture funding and deal…
Review of Alberta Innovates’ Scaleup GAP program shows $147 million raised, 118 jobs created
Scaleup GAP was created in 2021 to bring more tech and business accelerators to Alberta. Over $147 million in investments has been raised and…
Kibbi, a job-finding app for newcomers created by a newcomer, raises $1.1 million CAD
Kibbi partners with employment and settlement agencies, and claims 6,000 job seekers as users. The way Hong Phuc Nguyen tells it, she was raised…