Tag: bdc capital
TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots
Backed by BDC, InBC, and Emmertech, 4AG is gearing up to get its tech to farms. Salmon Arm, BC-based mushroom-picking technology startup TechBrew Robotics…
Ambyint is repatriating its headquarters to Calgary after three years in Houston
Ambyint CEO says Alberta’s “strong tech ecosystem” fueled the move back to Canada. Ambyint, which provides AI-powered optimization software for the oil and gas…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations
Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…
Diversity gap persists in senior ranks of Canadian VC firms
BDC Capital data shows almost half of venture firms are entirely male owned. Despite year-over-year gains in the representation of women and visible minorities…
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts
Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…
A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order
Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – John Chen retires, Hyatt brothers return with DataStealth
Plus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…
BDC recommits to leading seed deals with new $50-million fund
Plus: The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges, Intuit winds down Mint
Plus: BDC recommits to seed deals with $50M fund. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…
Brickeye secures $5 million CAD in convertible debt round with participation from BDC and Graphite Ventures
Brickeye provides construction companies with job site monitoring, analytics, and smart automations. Toronto-based Brickeye, a construction-focused internet of things (IoT) and data analytics company,…