Founder Institute Brings 2 New Programs to Montreal This Fall
It’s been a big week for Founder Institute here in Montreal, where the organization has launched not one, but two new programs. On Monday,..
Deloitte wants Montreal’s fast growing companies to register for Fast 50
Deloitte is once again hosting its Technology Fast 50 awards and its local office is encouraging fast-growing Montreal companies to regist..
Post-Covid Challenge Winners Announced
Desjardins, Google and Bonjour Startup Montreal have teamed up on competition to find solutions to “Post-Covid” challenges in 3 different ..
Twitter Names Patrick Pichette Chairman
Twitter has named Patrick Pichette as Chairman. Pichette, who has been a member of the company’s board for more than two years, is also Ge..
Artificial lighting company Sollum raises $2.7 million
Montreal-based Sollum Technologies, which offers greenhouse producers a smart LED lighting solution, is raising $2.7 million.
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Mortgage startup nesto gets $11.5 million from Diagram, Investissement Quebec and others
nesto, a fintech company that analyzes and finds mortgage solutions for clients, has raised $11.5 million from Montreal company crea..
Vention Raises $38M Series B
Just 14 months after announcing a massive $17 million series A last year, Montreal’s industrial automation darling Vention is at it again,..
Bios Health and Mila hook up for $800K neural biomarker research collab
BIOS Health will partner with Mila, McGill University and the Université de Montréal to develop an AI-controlled closed-loop neuromodulati..
Tel Aviv, Montreal-based Greeneye gets $9.5 million for AI agricultural tech
Greeneye Technology, a tech company based in Tel Aviv and Montreal, is raising $9.5 million (US $7 million) for its AI platform that detec..
Scale AI, Canadian universities invest $20 million into AI research
Scale AI, the Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) supercluster, will invest $10 million to create at least 10 university chairs de..
Lightspeed Revenue Way Up, Still Reports Loss
Montreal’s Lightspeed POS announced year end results May 21. This marked the end of the company’s first full year as a public entity. The ..
Op ed: Cheers to Sylvain Carle as he writes his next chapter
I read with interest this morning the news that Sylvain Carle is leaving Real Ventures. Carle will move on to greener pastures (pun intend..
Breaking: Montreal travel app Hopper raises nearly $100 million
Montreal and Boston-based travel app Hopper has raised 98.5 million (US $70 million) from San Francisco-based Westcap. Also joining the ro..
Teen Finance Startup Born as 100% Remote Work Culture
Wingocard is one of Montreal’s newest fintech startups, but with one important twist. When Sebastien Brault, Mehdi Mehni and Salvatore D’A..
Management software platform Planbox acquires IdeaConnection
Laval’s Planbox, which offers an idea-to-product innovation management platform for companies, is acquiring its Victoria, BC-based competi..