Ionomr Innovations
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Ionomr Innovations raises $26.7 million CAD to boost green hydrogen sector

Simon Fraser University spinout has raised $55.4 million CAD to date. Vancouver and Rochester, NY-based electrochemical engineering startup Ionomr Innovations has closed a $26.7-million…

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Inverted AI closes $5.3 million CAD in seed funding for vehicle safety simulation tech

Startup builds AI-powered non-playable characters for advanced vehicle testing. Vancouver-based Inverted AI has closed over $5.3 million CAD ($4 million USD) in seed funding…

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John Raeder
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How John Raeder would use his $600 million growth fund to scale your startup

Founders need to “deconstruct” their operating playbooks to rebuild a stronger system. After successfully operating businesses through both the dot-com bust and the 2008…

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Woveo FinTech startup
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Woveo closes $2.3 million to expand community wallet platform for underserved banking customers

As cost of borrowing increases, Woveo wants to help non-prime customers save, build credit. Calgary-based FinTech startup Woveo has raised $2.3 million CAD in…

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Leav secures $2.3 million in seed funding for its mobile self-checkout solution
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Leav secures $2.3 million in seed funding for its mobile self-checkout solution

The funding round was led by Nicolas Bouchard’s venture capital firm Exo10. Montréal-based mobile checkout startup Leav has raised $2.3 million CAD in seed…

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Durable
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Durable raises $18 million CAD as it looks to help service-based businesses run on autopilot

Startup claims six million sites have been built with the platform in its first year. One month after soft-launching its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered website…

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Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million

Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…

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EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory
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EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory

EZee Assist wants to make it easier for franchise and hub-and-spoke businesses to share internal, often critical, but difficult-to-access operational knowledge. Founded earlier this…

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Renaissance raises $1 million CAD in fresh funding to help artists connect with their superfans

Music tech startup claims to have surpassed one million downloads with zero marketing spend. Vancouver-based Renaissance has revealed $1-million CAD in fresh funding as…

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FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
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FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform

Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to…

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