Symend closes $54 million CAD to pursue global expansion amid uncertain economic environment
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Review of Alberta Innovates’ Scaleup GAP program shows $147 million raised, 118 jobs created

Scaleup GAP was created in 2021 to bring more tech and business accelerators to Alberta. Over $147 million in investments has been raised and…

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Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system
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Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year

Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.” Payments Canada has announced that the launch of the country’s forthcoming Real-Time…

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2022 year in review
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Year in review: biggest tech stories of 2022, 2023 predictions

Plus: 2022’s most overlooked tech stories. Wonderful listeners, congratulations. With your help, we have all survived a downer of a 2022. “FTX and its…

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Year in review: Kim Furlong talks VCCI and what comes next for Canadian venture

Furlong: “These programs are an anomaly in what the government pushes out. There’s no reason why they should ever disappear.” Kim Furlong kind of…

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Canadian tech venture deal count continued to decline in Q1 2022, but total investment stayed high: CVCA
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As Canadian innovators wonder what a proposed SR&ED review would accomplish, CCI lays out recommendations

CCI calls for changes that could drive more Canadian R&D investment, IP commercialization. The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) published a policy brief today…

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SkipTheDishes lays off 350 employees following global workforce review by parent company Just Eat
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SkipTheDishes lays off 350 employees following global workforce review by parent company Just Eat

Just Eat cited the need to ensure sustainable growth. SkipTheDishes has laid off 350 employees, with its parent company citing a need to ensure…

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Bootstrapped since 2008, Evidence Partners closes $20 million to tackle automated literature review market
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Bootstrapped since 2008, Evidence Partners closes $20 million to tackle automated literature review market

Evidence Partners caters to more than 60% of the world’s largest pharma, medical device companies. Nearly 15 years after its formation, Kanata-based research software…

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Canadian innovators wonder what proposed SR&ED review will accomplish

Shortly after federal Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced a review of the Canadian government’s SR&ED program, the first subtweet blared…

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