VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
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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…

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Miovision acquires Global Traffic Technologies, raises $260 million from Telus, Maverix, EDC
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Traffic management startup Miovision closes $36-million CAD, bringing latest round to $296 million

Amid acquisition spree, Miovision will use the funding to fuel organic and inorganic growth. Traffic management startup Miovision has closed $36 million CAD for…

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1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys
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David Faugno latest addition to 1Password as first-ever president and chief operating officer

1Password continues to add to its C-suite following new revenue milestones. Toronto-based password-management startup 1Password has added David Faugno to its C-suite as president…

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A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight
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A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight

Plus: ALL IN to showcase Canada’s AI at major conference. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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OMERS Ventures loses VC head in latest leadership turnover

Plus: Gambit Partners aims to take some risk out of early-stage investing. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…

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East coast latest Canadian region to unveil intellectual property program

Region lags in IP protection when it comes to tech commercialization, Springboard CEO says. Less than two weeks after British Columbia announced a program…

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Shopify reveals AI suite, business credit card, dropshipping-like feature in latest product showcas

Canadian rapper Drake launched his website Drake Related using Shopify Collective. Ottawa retail-tech giant Shopify has revealed several new products and updates for its…

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Well Health adds anesthesia subsidiary CarePlus Management in its latest acquisition

Well Health revised its annual revenue guidance sharply upwards after the purchase for an undisclosed sum. Following its acquisition of Atlanta, Ga.-based CarePlus…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canada’s latest big biotech exit
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canada’s latest big biotech exit

Plus: Google Lens can now search for skin conditions. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…

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Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings

Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement. According to Startup Genome, Canada’s biggest tech startup ecosystems have maintained their…

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