General Fusion
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General Fusion picked for fusion power plant projects with US Department of Energy

General Fusion awarded funding from DoE to work with American national labs. Vancouver energy company General Fusion has been awarded funding from the United…

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Shopify shareholders approve increased voting power for CEO Tobi Lütke, 10-for-1 stock split

It’s still the Tobi Lütke show at Shopify. Shopify shareholders have voted in favour of giving CEO Tobi Lütke a 40 percent voting stake…

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Value of Power Corp’s FinTech portfolio drops as Wealthsimple faces second May markdown

Power calls decrease in fair value of Wealthsimple stake “consistent” with broader stock market decline. Montréal-based financial services conglomerate Power Corporation of Canada (Power…

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Terramera, Ekona Power, and Active Impact Investments winners at 2022 BC CleanTech Awards
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Terramera, Ekona Power, and Active Impact Investments winners at 2022 BC CleanTech Awards

Other winners include a partner at Pangaea Ventures; Jonathan Wilkinson, federal minister of natural resources. Terramera, Ekona Power, and Active Impact Investments were some…

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Canadian startup news of the week (4/17/22)
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Shopify proposes governance changes to protect CEO Tobi Lütke’s voting power

Shopify also acquired influencer marketing startup Dovetale. Shopify made moves to protect its founder and CEO Tobi Lütke’s position in the e-commerce company with…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – No one Musk should have all that power

Plus: Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the…

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Ontario utility agencies back BluWave-ai project to manage increased EV power grid use

BluWave-ai and Hydro Ottawa are collaborating with two Ontario provincial government agencies in a project that will use artificial intelligence (AI) to manage electric…

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