Startup Community Awards 2023
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Fifth-annual Startup Community Awards celebrates Montréal’s innovation ecosystem

Real Ventures’ John Stokes, Ora Medical among the night’s winners. Montréal’s tech ecosystem has recognized 15 local startups, stakeholders, and leaders at the fifth…

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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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Maverix leads $83.5 million USD investment in Shopify-focused ecommerce aggregator Agora
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Canadian VCs talk fundraising, “shitty” behaviour, mannequin startups & more

John Ruffolo (Maverix), Michelle Scarborough (Thrive), Chris Neumann (Panache) and more join for a VC extravaganza. We know you love VCs on the BetaKit…

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PasswordBox, Intel alums build enterprise low-code tool for natural language models
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PasswordBox, Intel alums build enterprise low-code tool for natural language models

Montréal startup’s backers include Panache, Inovia, and Real Ventures. Led by a team with a decade of experience building artificial intelligence (AI) and deep…

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Québec venture funding maintained upward trajectory in Q2 2023

Investment in the region grew by 42 percent from Q1 2023, and 81 percent year-over-year. Helped along by a surge in both deal volume…

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YC-backed Reworkd secures $1.65 million CAD to build AI agents for business tasks
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YC-backed Reworkd secures $1.65 million CAD to build AI agents for business tasks

Founded by a trio of Vancouverites, Reworkd has nabbed funding from Panache. Reworkd AI has closed $1.65 million CAD ($1.25 million USD) in pre-seed…

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Wealth management startup OneVest raises $17 million CAD Series A

The startup plans to expand to the US and partner with major banks and wealth-management firms. OneVest, the startup that offers what…

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Platformatic secures $3.5 million, launches tech to simplify back-end development for enterprises

Platformatic is backed by Decibel, Panache, and developer and open-source angels. Platformatic has closed $3.5 million in funding and launched a new API platform…

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Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds. Long-time Canadian technology startup investors…

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FounderFuel 2023
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Startup Montréal awards $400,000 to startups as FounderFuel reveals first revamped accelerator cohort

Both programs award seed funding and mentorship support to tech founders. Montréal-based FounderFuel and Startup Montréal have unveiled the startups participating in their…

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