Technology

BY CHARLES MANDEL CANADIAN STARTUP NEWS JANUARY 25, 2022 Deloitte Venture will make minority investments in emerging tech companies. After tracking rising technology startups for a number of years with its annual Technology Fast 50 list, Deloitte Canada is getting into the venture capital business itself. Deloitte Canada announced that it has launched Deloitte Ventures, a $150 million CAD investment …

DELOITTE CANADA LAUNCHES $150 MILLION CAD VENTURE CAPITAL FUND Read More »

Zipping through the Canada-U.S. border in 15 seconds. Facial recognition cameras at the airport to open an electronic gate. Sending your declaration to customs before you even get off the plane. Those are just some of the changes in the works at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) — partly as a result of the …

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BY MEAGAN SIMPSON CANADIAN STARTUP NEWS JANUARY 18, 2022 The VC invests in emerging markets outside of Silicon Valley, including Canada. United States-based venture firm 2048 Ventures has secured $67 million USD for its second fund, to continue pursuing investments outside of Silicon Valley. The pre-seed-stage firm was created by US investors Alex Iskold and Paul Sethi (who …

2048 VENTURES BAGS $67 MILLION USD FUND II FOR CANADA, US INVESTMENTS Read More »

BY MEAGAN SIMPSON CANADIAN STARTUP NEWS JANUARY 18, 2022 The final close adds $15 million and new LPs to the fund. Emmertech, the AgTech fund Conexus Venture Capital launched last year, has secured an additional $15 million CAD in its final closing, bringing its total fund size to $60 million. The final number surpasses Emmertech’s goal of $55 …

EMMERTECH CLOSES $60 MILLION TO GROW “DOMINANT” CANADIAN AGTECH COMPANIES Read More »

BY KEVIN SANDHU CANADIAN STARTUP NEWS JANUARY 14, 2022 For the past few years, thanks to the team at BetaKit, I’ve had the opportunity to share thoughts on some of the companies I’m excited about in the Canadian tech landscape. I’ll be doing the same for the year ahead, but I first wanted to take a moment to …

REVIEW OF 11 CANADIAN TECH COMPANIES TO WATCH IN 2021 Read More »

By Simply Wall St (Thu, October 21, 2021) David Iben put it well when he said, ‘Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the permanent loss of capital.’ It’s only natural to consider a company’s balance sheet when you examine how risky it is, since debt is often …

We Think Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) Can Stay On Top Of Its Debt Read More »

By Atlantic Council (Thur, October 14, 2021) The Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center today released a landmark report studying the relationship between technology standards setting and geopolitics, titled “Standardizing the future: How can the United States navigate the geopolitics of international technology standards?” The report, published in partnership with the American Edge Project, studies the geopolitical dynamics surrounding technology …

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By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall (Thu, October 07, 2021) JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) on Thursday said it would allow others to use its intellectual property in hopes of speeding up the transition to low-carbon technology and energy sources. The bank is making several key patents related to how it efficiently cools and ventilates its massive data centers …

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