The 2025 pitch competition winners will join a Canadian delegation in Dubai.

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Second Industrial Innovation Venture Fund to have increased focus on critical minerals.

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Formerly known as MDF Commerce, the now-private Montréal company has also acquired Calgary's Ontopical.

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AI startup partnered with the Canadian government in June on AI research and safety.

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With early backing from ventureLAB and YSpace, BidBlox AI is modernizing preconstruction across North America.

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Saskatoon software firm aims to make agentic AI more accessible for SMBs.

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Misfit Ventures co-founders say “reverse brain drain” of talent could be a silver lining for Canada.

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Guelph cleantech startup claims it has helped reuse over 3.3 million containers since 2019.

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Plus: The bright spot in Québec’s gloomy VC landscape.

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Former DarwinAI CEO Sheldon Fernandez discusses the virtues of being vulnerable with his ChatGPT-4o instance.

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Workforce training platform Uvaro acquired coding school Lighthouse Labs this past January.

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A volatile crypto market has affected the Canadian startup’s final months of independence.

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Both Healwell and parent company Well Health reported record earnings in Q2.

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Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for August 15, 2025.

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COO Elliot Schneier promoted to CEO as company founder becomes president.

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Chip giants AMD and Nvidia return as Canada’s Radical Ventures and Inovia co-lead.

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NRCan funding follows a period of turmoil for Québec’s EV sector.

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Canadian-founded Landbase says Adauris alums will help it bring “vibe AI” to inbound marketing.

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Kirsti Racine’s team is behind the platform transforming how TD employees and engineers use AI.

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Sixty percent of VC deals in the province were under $5 million in Q2, new data shows.

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