Michael Yang departs OMERS Ventures as pension fund refocuses on Canada in “strategic shift”
Canadian team members Saar Pikar, Laura Lenz take on new roles as US investment team shrinks.
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When form follows function, agentic AI works for businesses
Zoho is betting on embedded, scoped agents that behave like digital employees, not copilots without context.
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AI-powered 9-1-1 call screening startup Hyper exits stealth with $6.3 million USD
Yukon-originated startup founded by repeat Canadian entrepreneurs Damian McCabe and Ben Sanders.
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WonderFi co-founder’s xTAO startup secures $31 million CAD for its decentralized AI network
The blockchain company is now publicly traded on the TSX Venture stock exchange.
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New innovation and knowledge hub to help showcase technology battling wildfires
The Wildfire Resilience Consortium of Canada fulfills objectives outlined by G7 leaders in Alberta last month.
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What no one tells founders about liquidity
Q4 Inc.’s Darrell Heaps on treating liquidity as a strategy, not a finish line.
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Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam dishes $50,000 in grants to winners of inaugural EdTech accelerator
NBA champion Spicy P teamed up with a panel of judges at the Siakam EdTech Engine Accelerator's demo day.
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Payroll platform Wagepoint appoints Xero North America lead Ben Richmond as president and CEO
Founding CEO Shrad Rao departed in January as the company shifted to scale-oriented leadership.
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Dig Insights acquires OneCliq to beef up market research tools with social media analysis
Toronto-based OneCliq says it gleans consumer sentiment from activity on Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok.
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‘Canada’s edge in applied AI’ with Nvidia and Waabi leaders
Sanja Fidler and Raquel Urtasun discuss new AI frontiers and Canada’s role in reaching them.
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Are Canadian founders getting a raw deal?
Plus: The pressure to adopt AI has created a “Wild West” for corporate cybersecurity.
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Sleep tech startup Smart Nora files for bankruptcy after tariffs derail product launch and fundraising attempts
Investors turned away from hardware startups, creating a funding gap that couldn’t be bridged in time, CEO says.
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BC shuffles cabinet, moving Rick Glumac to AI and Ravi Kahlon back to jobs
Province loses JEDI, gains AI minister as premier swears in team “to meet the current moment.”
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Cohere’s got Seoul, Brim nets a former czar, and Zuck gets bumped
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for July 18, 2025.
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Why Canada now cares about quantum tech with Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook
A federal push for quantum sovereignty comes at the right time for Xanadu.
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Canadian co-founded Substack raises $100-million USD Series C to grow tools for independent creators
Two out of three Substack co-founders are University of Waterloo alums.
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GeologicAI cashes in on data centre boom with $60.5-million CAD Series B
Mining tech startup will use funding to scale globally as demand for critical minerals intensifies.
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Longtime 1Password CEO Jeff Shiner moves to executive chair, cedes reins to David Faugno
Shiner calls Faugno “the right leader for where we’re going next.”
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TD is assembling a roster of top technical talent
From mainframes to modern tooling, TD engineers are set up to grow, build faster, and deliver at scale.
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BDC adds RBC as lending partner as it plans to guarantee $800 million in loans to entrepreneurs
Business Loan Accelerator Program aims to expand BDC’s reach to more underserved founders in Canada.
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