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Oct 6, 2024 · Government-backed Montréal innovation hub Ax-C gets boost from private sector. Launching spring 2025, Ax-C has an additional $5.25 million CAD in support from Bell, Google, Desjardins, and FTQ. By Isabelle Kirkwood October 8, 2024.
Software acquirer Valsoft closes $229 million CAD in growth …
Jan 19, 2024 · Valsoft Corporation, a Montréal-based firm that seeks to acquire and scale vertical software companies, has closed $229 million CAD ($170 million USD) in growth funding as it looks to expand its portfolio. The investment was led by new investor Coatue and returning investor Viking Global Investors, which acquired a minority stake in Valsoft in ...
Canada may lead the US on workplace flexibility, but there
Aug 23, 2024 · The study found that some 84 percent of Canadian firms offer work location flexibility, compared to just 69 percent of. companies in the US. However, Canadians tend to spend more time physically in the office. In the US, companies require employees to spend an average of 2.5 days a week in the office on average, but in Canada, that figure rises ...
IRCC takes over sole administration of Start-up Visa Program
Aug 14, 2024 · The SUV is a Canadian immigration program aimed to accelerate the entry of foreign entrepreneurs and their companies to Canada. The CVCA and NACO were previously responsible for managing the three streams of the SUV by designating venture capital firms, angel investor groups, and incubators or accelerators across Canada to participate in the program.
FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to ... - BetaKit
Dec 6, 2023 · Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to jump on the generative artificial intelligence (AI) trend.. In what FinChat co-founder and CEO Braden Dennis described as an “experimental” bid to build an AI tool for researching publicly traded ...
Incumbents, consumer complacency barriers to innovation in …
Sep 27, 2019 · Incumbents, consumer complacency barriers to innovation in Canadian banking. Wednesday at the #ElevateTechFest Money Stage, BetaKit’s Meagan Simpson spoke with three FinTech disruptors about open banking and the barriers faced by innovators looking to shake up Canada’s financial system. “I think we need to own the fact that we frankly ...
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple …
Jul 26, 2023 · Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools to Catch OpenAI (BNN BLOOMBERG) Apple Inc. is quietly working on artificial intelligence tools that could challenge those of OpenAI Inc., Google and others, but the company has yet to devise a clear strategy for releasing the technology to consumers. The iPhone maker has built its own ...
Forma.ai raises $57.8 million CAD in Series B round for sales ...
May 17, 2022 · Toronto-based startup Forma.ai has raised $57.8 million CAD ($45 million USD) in its Series B round. The investment was led by ACME Capital, with contributions from Crosslink Capital, Gaingels, and return investors Golden Ventures, Uncork Capital, Xfund. The all primary round closed in April. Forma.ai declined to disclose the breakdown of ...
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Sep 23, 2024 · Josh Scott is BetaKit’s lead reporter. He focuses on telling in-depth Canadian tech stories and breaking news, and recently won SABEW Canada’s 2023 Jeff Sanford Best Young Journalist award. His coverage is more complete than his moustache.
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