Cyclic now counts Amazon and Microsoft as backers after extending round for a second time.

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Beacon Securities Ltd. is maintaining its Buy rating and $3.25 target, based on 25x CY26e EV/EBITDA, for Kraken Robotics (Kraken Robotics Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSXV:PNG). On April 10, Kraken Robotics announced that it received new orders totaling $11-million for SeaPower pressure-tolerant batteries for uncrewed underwater vehicles. This brings year-to-date new battery orders […]

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ROTH Capital Partners analyst Suji Desilva says Magnachip Semiconductor’s (Magnachip Semiconductor Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials NYSE:MX) decision to shut down its display business bodes well for its core business and shareholders. Desilva, in a research report to clients April 8, maintained his “Buy” rating and price target of $6.00 on MX. On April […]

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Ahead of the company’s first quarter results, TD Cowen analyst Tim James has cut his price target on Andlauer Healthcare Group (Andlauer Healthcare Group Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:AND). As reported by the Globe and Mail James April 15 maintained his “Buy” rating on AND while cutting his price target from $53.00 to […]

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Agents will continue to be an important part of enterprise AI adoption, Cohere told BetaKit.

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Trillick has closed nearly a third of its $15-million target and made three investments.

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John Ruffolo, Amar Varma, and Fairfax’s Prem Watsa among list of 33 signatories.

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An offer to buy Theratechnologies (Theratechnologies Stock Quote, Chart, News, Analysts, Financials TSX:TH) doesn’t have Leede Financial analyst Douglas Loe suggesting that shareholders should Tender their shares to the deal. On April 11, TH reported that it had received multiple offers from Future Pak to buy the company out, noting that after receiving any offer […]

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Low-code software serves as a robot's "synthetic brain," according to the company.

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“A close call.” That’s the way economists at RBC describe the decision this week for the Bank of Canada on interest rates, ultimately landing on the side of yes, they will. In a report dated April 11, economists Nathan Janzen and Abbey Xu said the Trump tariff decision could play a part in the April […]

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Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin launched his fiancée Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry and Gayle King.

More than 10,000 people expected to attend over 100 events across five days in June.

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Closed-door discussions at CIX Summit Investor Forum showed Canadian venture taking a hard look in the mirror.

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Plus: BetaKit's “Most Ambitious” issue launches in June.

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Indigenous legal advocates in northwestern Ontario are sounding the alarm over the Ontario government's cancellation of its contract with Starlink, citing concerns with people's access to legal services in remote First Nations.

All the hype over hydrogen in Newfoundland and Labrador has subsided, but the company that operates the oil storage terminal in Come By Chance is forging ahead with a unique approach to delivering clean energy to Europe.

A decade after the first Pebble, Canada's wearables king is back making smartwatches for himself.

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Our suddenly rocky relationship with the U.S. has a lot of Canadians rethinking our dependence on our southern neighbor, especially fruit and vegetable imports. Could Canada grow more of what we eat? And what would it cost us?

In a sudden and unexplained change from previous decades, the federal government has stopped covering the travel costs of Canadian experts volunteering for the next major global climate science assessment.

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for Apr. 11, 2025.

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