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Woveo partners with BDC on business microlending program

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 19:00

The $10-million project aims to expand capital access for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Femtech Connect conference puts femtech funding under the microscope

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 17:24

While women founders dominate the femtech landscape, men still get most of the money.

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Why Silicon Valley is taken with Tailscale

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 17:00

Plus: Nvidia, AMD sign Canada's data centre framework.

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Fortinet expansion suggests Calgary’s cache is growing among global companies 

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 14:37

The $30-million cybersecurity hub adds another international company to the city’s growing tech ecosystem.

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Canada invests $67 million in dual-use life sciences research

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 12:44

Funding will support organizations in Ontario, Alberta, and BC, as well as five pan-Canadian research hubs.

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Nrth Festival’s inaugural opening night was a prompt to bring human control back to tech

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 09:48

Tech leaders talk human agency in the AI world as GROAT Kyle Lowry encourages entrepreneurs to chase their “yes.”

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Blair Health secures $4.2 million to make specialized women’s care more accessible

Wed, 09/23/2026 - 06:00

Toronto startup aims to power “specialist-level care without the specialist wait.”

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Elevate transforms into Nrth Festival in opening-night rebrand

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 18:15

After nine years as Elevate, tech festival updates name to provide direction in an increasingly uncertain world.

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TD’s Layer 6 and Cohere embark on $25-million AI collaboration

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 17:09

The Big Six Canadian bank has teamed up with the country’s LLM maker to boost AI adoption.

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Bird&Be raises $13-million USD Series A for fertility support platform  

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 15:42

Toronto startup sells supplements and test kits for reproductive health.

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University of Alberta launches regenerative medicine hub at Life Sciences Week

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 14:50

Hub will unite stakeholders from across healthcare value chain to accelerate treatment commercialization.

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With new funding, Astrus prepares to automate one of the biggest bottlenecks in chip design

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 09:47

Khosla-backed startup uses reinforcement learning to tackle analog design problems.

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Heidi invests nearly $26 million to establish Toronto as North American headquarters

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 09:00

Australian healthtech plans to hire 30 more staff in Canada, its second-largest market.  

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Innovation Saskatchewan renews AgTech Accelerator funding with $300,000 investment

Tue, 09/22/2026 - 06:00

Funding will support the Conexus-backed program until 2028. 

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BDC is Canada’s sole entrant in investor network for NATO defence accelerator 

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 15:28

The NATO DIANA Capital Network connects investors with companies in its defence tech program.

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Beacon buys New York’s Haize Labs to boost AI reliability across its portfolio

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 11:21

AI rollup firm aims to help its Main Street software businesses deploy AI they can trust.

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The infrastructure tipping point for growing tech companies

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 11:00

Dedicatted explains how MSPs can take ownership of uptime and incident response as reliability demands increase.

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Kanin Energy raises $138 million for waste heat to power development

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 09:48

Calgary- and Houston-based cleantech company received funding from S2G Investments and Canada Growth Fund.

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Altis Labs raises $25 million USD Series A to expand AI for cancer trials

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 09:24

New funding will help build out a platform designed to detect treatment effects sooner.

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Thri5 raises $5.4 million USD to expand AI platform for retail businesses

Mon, 09/21/2026 - 08:00

The startup, founded by former Loblaw Digital leaders, plans to expand across North America and Europe.

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