Outgoing Velocity incubator head Adrien Côté is bullish on Waterloo’s tech future
Velocity’s interim director says the university’s emerging startup community is “growing exponentially.”
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Québec Tech highlights hardtech in latest scaleup cohort with international ambitions
Stage V program aims to turn startups into “true scaleups” with tailored support.
Québec grants Centech $4.5 million to boost deep tech, medtech commercialization
Puzzle Medical, Eli Health graduated incubator-accelerator program run out of École technologique supérieure.
The Manitoba startup that helps companies by hacking them
Why GlitchSecure walked away from a million-dollar deal—then raised even more.
Inaugural QueerTech accelerator cohort stacked with software, AI startups
Federally backed program aims to help 2SLGBTQIA+ entrepreneurs scale their ventures.
Global AI gets a startup perspective: Insights from ventureLAB’s Garry Chan
“I liken it to raising a child. You try to teach good habits early.”
Fifteen years after spinning out Hootsuite, Invoke gets with the Incrowd
How the digital agency founded by Ryan Holmes returned to its product-building roots.
Accelerator Centre appoints alum Ruth Casselman as permanent CEO
Casselman, whose startup completed the accelerator’s program in 2017, has been interim CEO since March.
DMZ Ventures launches new fund for early-stage startups
The fund will make up to 10 investments per year, ranging from $100,000 to $250,000 CAD.
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst and RBC launch FinSec incubator
Incubator aims to help emerging FinTech and cybersecurity startups achieve product-market fit.
DMZ receives $500,000 grant to expand Basecamp program for student entrepreneurs
To date, Basecamp has helped over 365 students launch 151 startups.
QueerTech acquires accelerator Gradient Spaces to support more 2SLGBTQ+ tech workers
According to QueerTech, less than one percent of venture capital deals go to Queer entrepreneurs.
OneEleven taps Chris Greenfield as new managing director
Greenfield believes Canadian tech ecosystem is “beyond Series A,” and it’s time to prove it.
Laura Mock tapped to lead Cultivator as incubator’s new director
Mock takes the reins from Jordan McFarlen, who departed in September for Conexus Venture Capital.
Co.Labs hires Broad Street Bulls, Rhino Ventures alum Jonathan Lipoth as executive director
Saskatchewan incubator believes it’s found its next “long-term leader.”