Tag: appoints
BDC appoints Sévrine Labelle as head of $100 million Thrive Lab for women entrepreneurs
Thrive Lab is set to launch this spring. BDC Capital has named the managing director of its new Thrive Lab—one pillar of its recent…
The Upside Foundation appoints Juanita Lee-Garcia as new executive director
The Venture for Canada alum takes reins at “pivotal time” for Upside. Juanita Lee-Garcia has been named executive director of The Upside Foundation of…
BC appoints Brenda Bailey as new innovation minister in cabinet shuffle
Bailey has strong ties to the province’s tech sector, founding a video game studio in 2011. Brenda Bailey has been named innovation minister in…
Xero appoints Canadian native Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as new CEO
Xero’s newest leader had exec positions at Google, Stubhub, Polyvore. New Zealand’s accounting software giant Xero has appointed Canadian native Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as…
CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs as Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy enters phase two
CIFAR is responsible for implementing the $443 million federal AI strategy. The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) has named eight new artificial intelligence…
Graphite Ventures appoints Omi Velasco as principal to lead Western Canada deals
Graphite now has local investment team members in Calgary, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Toronto. Graphite Ventures has announced the addition of Omi Velasco as…
Manitoba government appoints board members of $50 million provincial fund of funds
The fund’s target size is $150 million. The Manitoba government has named the five members joining the inaugural board of its newly created fund-of-funds…
Volta drops interim label, officially appoints Matt Cooper as CEO
Cooper replaced outgoing leader Martha Casey in May. Volta has officially appointed Matt Cooper as its CEO after serving in an interim capacity over…
CDPQ appoints Nicolas Rubbo as managing director of its VC hub, Espace
Nicolas Rubbo is tasked with boosting the hub’s impact and profile. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has appointed Nicolas Rubbo as…
The51 appoints former AltaML, CDL manager Danielle Gifford as director for Movement51
With Danielle Gifford at the helm, Movement51 plans for its next growth phase across Canada. The51 has appointed Danielle Gifford as its new executive…