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Hopper-linked Deep Sky closes $57.5-million Series A to make Canada a “carbon removal capital”
Barely a year old, the Montréal cleantech startup has already amassed $75 million in total funding. Montréal-based carbon-capture startup Deep Sky has closed $57.5…
VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
Event panels survey state of play in Canada for hardware companies in medtech, AI, and other sectors. At VentureLab’s third HardTech Summit, speakers discussed…
R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability
Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran, Papa loses major contracts
Plus: Digital health, health IT funding slumped in Q2, but some bright spots remain. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news…
Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran as CEO to support its evolution into biopharma firm
Brian O’Callaghan to lead Toronto firm as founder transitions to chief innovation officer. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) drug development startup Deep Genomics has hired…
OMERS Ventures turnover continues with global head Damien Steel joining Deep Sky as CEO
With significant summer departures, OMERS Ventures’ playbook has changed once again. At the beginning of this year, Damien Steel laid out a bold vision…
i4 Capital closes over $40 million toward new $60-million deep tech fund
The fund is backed by the Fonds québécois d’amorçage Teralys, Fondaction, and the Fonds de solidarité FTQ. i4 Capital announced the first closing of…
Hopper co-founders launch new carbon capture startup, Deep Sky, with $10 million in funding
Deep Sky aims to scale carbon removal. The co-founders of Montréal-founded travel app Hopper have set out on a new venture to build large…
“Godfather of deep learning” Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
Geoffrey Hinton, who has been internationally distinguished for his work on artificial intelligence (AI), has resigned from Google to warn about the dangers of…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Haply building Surgeon Simulator backed by BDC Deep Tech
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…