Swedish impact startup secures $4 million to tap into booming obesity and diabetes market

Stockholm-based Sigrid Therapeutics has successfully raised $4 million in an oversubscribed funding round to support its…

BenchSci, Inovia, Ada among #CDNtech orgs pledging to fight workplace hate in wake of Israel-Hamas war

A coalition of Canadian tech companies and investors has pledged to combat hate and intolerance in…

Scale Without Borders wants to bring Canada’s immigrant tech community together in November summit

Scale Without Borders (SWB), an initiative dedicated to entrepreneurs who are newcomers to Canada, is hosting…

From seed to fork: building better food systems through impact investing

Agriculture innovation has been heralded as one possible way to drive the Canadian economy in a…

Impact Report is out: looking good in revenue and funding but not in the meaning of gender diversity

Startup Foundation and Startup Finland published a report that covers the Finland-based impact startups. These startups…

Indigenous tech leaders talk progress at #CollisionConf and “long path ahead”

On National Indigenous Peoples Day, a number of leaders took to the stages at Collision to…

Jennifer Couldrey to depart executive director role at The Upside Foundation

Jennifer Couldrey will be moving on from her role as the executive director of The Upside…

This fund wants to give you $100,000 to launch your climate tech startup quickly

Instead of waiting weeks to hear back from investors, climate solution startups can fill out an…

This startup makes carbon-neutral, high-protein pasta from fungi

The key is using a waste product that manufacturers would normally discard: sugar-filled water from food…

PLATO secures additional $2 million from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Fredericton-based startup PLATO Testing has secured a $2 million investment from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners. “Our…