TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots
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TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots

Backed by BDC, InBC, and Emmertech, 4AG is gearing up to get its tech to farms. Salmon Arm, BC-based mushroom-picking technology startup TechBrew Robotics…

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Promise Robotics nets $20.8-million CAD Series A to speed up home building with robots

The startup turns standard industrial robots into plug-and-play homebuilding systems. Toronto-based proptech startup Promise Robotics has closed $20.8 million CAD ($15 million USD) in…

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Novarc Technologies announces closing of $20 million USD for its AI-powered automated welding robots
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Novarc Technologies announces closing of $20 million USD for its AI-powered automated welding robots

Construction-vehicle company Caterpillar’s venture arm joined the round. Vancouver-based Novarc Technologies, which specializes in automated welding equipment using artificial intelligence (AI), announced it has…

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Sanctuary marks first commercial test of “human-like” robots in Mark’s clothing store

The robot can pick and pack merchandise, fold, and label items among other tasks. A Canadian startup has begun piloting its “human-like intelligence robots…

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Sanctuary secures $30 million from Canada’s SIF to build robots with human-like intelligence
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Sanctuary secures $30 million from Canada’s SIF to build robots with human-like intelligence

The AI startup is expected to hire more than 160 employees. Vancouver-based artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics company Sanctuary Cognitive Systems has received a…

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Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots
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Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots

Over the past six and a half years, Calgary-based 3D robotics supply chain firm Attabotics has focused its efforts on turning what began as…

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Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots
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Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots

Avidbots will also open a new, 70,00 square foot headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo. Kitchener-Waterloo startup Avidbots has secured $70 million USD in a Series C…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Robots combat nurse burnout
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Robots combat nurse burnout

Plus: Clipboard Health, which matches health workers with facilities, raises $80M. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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