CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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Vancouver, Toronto-Waterloo, Calgary among the top 50 global cleantech ecosystems

Atlantic Canada ranks third in top North American oceantech startup ecosystems. Atlantic Canada’s startup ecosystem is carving a significant niche in the global blue…

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Procurify closes $68-million CAD Series C to invest in AI, global expansion of spend management platform
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Procurify closes $68-million CAD Series C to invest in AI, global expansion of spend management platform

Ten Coves Capital, EDC join existing backers Information VP, HarbourVest. Vancouver-based spend management and procurement software startup Procurify has secured more than $68 million…

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Former Global Founders Capital partner launches Northside Ventures to back pre-seed Canadian entrepreneurs across North America

Northside has secured $6.25 million USD from Inovia, Intact, Bain, Golden Ventures, and Garage Capital, among others. After spending the past few years building…

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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…

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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers

Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project

Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue. Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, and Lightspeed are among the…

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Canada’s private tech firms gather to talk AI, growth, global appeal

Steve Wozniak tells Canadian Private Technology Conference to find “reasonable ways” to deal with AI. RBC Capital Markets hosted its fourth annual Canadian Private…

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Waterloo tops global list of enrolment for computer science students

Waterloo topped the list in terms of enrolment, while U of T was the top-ranked Canadian school. Three Canadian universities have made a list…

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Shipping container marketplace Boxhub raises $12.4 million for global expansion

Boxhub said it has become popular with people making tiny houses and vertical farms. Toronto-based startup Boxhub, which offers an online marketplace for shipping…

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AWS, NVIDIA launch global FinTech accelerator for seed-stage startups

The accelerator aims to help FinTech companies using AI and machine learning in financial services. Amazon Web Services (AWS) in partnership with NVIDIA, a…

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