Ceedar Turns Customers into Investors for AI Bookkeeping
Victoria start-up Ceedar has raised US $200K (about CA $275K) in seed funding led by Vancouver’s Metalab Ventures. What makes the round…
Black Innovation Zone Spotlights Black Tech Founders at 2025 Startupfest
The Black Innovation Zone (BIZ) hosted Startupfest 2025 with a focus on visibility and investment for Black-led startups in Canada’s growing…
Cavelo secures US$5 million to scale cybersecurity platform after 272 per cent growth
Cavelo, a Toronto-based cybersecurity start-up, has raised US$5 million in seed financing led by Graphite Ventures and MaRS Investment…
911 Disruption from the North: Yukon-Born Hyper Raises US$6.3 Million to Reinvent Emergency Calls with AI
On 17 July 2025, Hyper—a start-up founded in Yukon and now based in Toronto—emerged from stealth with a US$6.3 million seed round. The company…
Inside Xanadu’s CA$10 Million Bet on Canadian-Made Quantum Chips
Toronto’s Xanadu is no longer just imagining the quantum future; it is building it. The company has opened a CA$10 million photonic-packaging…
ZenaTech Goes South: Canada’s Drone Start-ups Scale in the U.S.
Toronto-based ZenaTech is quietly proving that Canadian hard tech can scale fast—if it crosses the border. On 17 July 2025, the company…
Pump Cuts Start-up Cloud Costs by up to 60 Per Cent, No Engineers Needed
In a funding climate where every month of runway counts, early-stage start-up Pump is offering founders an automated lifeline:…
Aura Minerals Files US$196 Million Nasdaq IPO
Toronto-based Aura Minerals is taking its mining-tech ambitions to Wall Street. On 16 July 2025 the company filed for a US$196.4 million…
U.S. $70B AI and Energy Push Puts Pressure on Canada’s Innovation Agenda
Washington is preparing a major injection of funds into hard tech. U.S President, Donald Trump, unveiled a 70 billion-dollar package for…
Rogers Launches Satellite-to-Mobile SMS, Covering Canada’s Last Dead Zones
A part of Canada where mobiles never worked now has a safety line. On 15 July Rogers Communications switched on a public beta of Rogers…