Innovation Factory client, Korechi Innovations, will be showcasing their autonomous AgriTech RoamIO HCW with Haggerty AgRobotics at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this September. The mini farming tractor reduces the labour required for repetitive tasks through automation. ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Canada’s Outdoor…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE – Charlize Alcaraz, Betakit, August 23, 2022. VendorPM’s backers include Bessemer and a plethora of real estate investors. Toronto proptech startup VendorPM has raised $20 million in its Series A round led by Prudence, an early-stage venture capital…
Voluntary carbon markets are growing quickly. But before taking the leap, startups need to do their homework. The pressure is on for countries and corporations to slash greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Earlier this month, the World Meteorological Organization reported that…
Montreal, Canada – September 15, 2022 – Quadbridge Inc. (Quadbridge), a leading North American provider of hardware and software IT solutions, headquartered in Montreal, is pleased to announce it has added to its customer offering the capabilities of Able-One Systems…
Oombo may have been established in 2017, but the idea for its innovative emergency signalling device had taken shape long before when Founder Mark Rizk was still in high school. His passion for protecting and supporting people and his affinity…
Sep 20, 2022 Zone X.O et le gouvernement du Canada présentent TCXpo, la première journée nationale de démonstration de technologies de mobilité intelligente en son genre Ottawa, Ontario; 20 septembre 2022 — Zone X.O, un complexe de recherche et développement…
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ITS World Congress – Today, Miovision announced its next-generation portable video-based traffic data collection solution – Miovision Scout® Explore. Thanks to advanced AI, Scout Explore is the first portable video-based traffic data…
“The best way to bring the real world into the classroom is to make the real-world classroom” – Dr. Mark Weyers, Co-founder and CEO of BCI Innovation Labs. Entrepreneurship isn’t always a learned skill. It’s a personality trait and a drive…
Sep 20, 2022 Area X.O and the Government of Canada Host TCXpo, the First National Smart Mobility Tech Demo Day of Its Kind Ottawa, Ontario; September 20, 2022 – Area X.O, a Canadian R&D complex operated by Invest Ottawa that…
For the first time since 2019, Hack the North was held in person at the University of Waterloo. The student-run hackathon, launched in 2014, began Friday night and continued through to Sunday afternoon. It is one of the biggest events…
When humans have tried to transition from one fuel source to another, we’ve usually ended up with a messy muddle. But there are lessons in those failures for today’s clean energy plans. To wean ourselves off fossil fuels in the…
Was it worth it? Hell, ya! That was the overwhelming sense as more than 1,000 sleep-deprived young tech wizards wrapped up a 36-hour student hackathon in Waterloo Sunday. “It’s Hack the North, Canada’s biggest hackathon, so it’s a no-brainer,” said…
Scispot, a life science lab informatics company backed by Y Combinator, has launched Datarooms, allowing life science labs to automatically share or receive data from team members, partners, collaborators, and contract research organizations (CROs) in the human and machine-readable formats…
One of the largest hackathons in the world is back this weekend in all its creative, frenzied, around-the-clock glory. Hack the North kicked off Friday evening in Waterloo with more than 1,000 student participants from around the globe. Run by…
I.T. Success scholarship available for three local students Sault College & SSM Innovation Centre Media ReleaseFor Immediate Release Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre to Support Student Learning at Sault College(Sault Ste. Marie, ON August 3, 2022) – Sault Ste. Marie…
"This investment represents an important step toward building a resilient farm and food sector in Northern Ontario." News releaseGovernment of Canada support will help strengthen food supply chains for Canadians while also supporting critical sector developmentAugust 5, 2022 – Sault Ste.…
Today, WRAL TV, the powerhouse Raleigh, N.C. TV station anchoring the broadcast arm of Capitol Broadcasting Company, announced a new partnership with Eon Media to launch a highly advanced AI powered media store. The digital storefront is called WRAL Archives.…
Collège Boréal, Rural Agri-Innovation Network looking to identify farms, greenhouses growing strawberries Story by Angela Gemmill- CBC News - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/research-strawberry-production-northern-ontario-1.6565398 Research is beginning into what conditions are best to grow strawberries in northern Ontario.The study is part of a partnership…
The innovation, tech and business space in Canada is teeming with acronyms that (as an early-stage startup, entrepreneur or international business relocating to Canada) may leave you scratching your head. So we’re laying out some of the most common acronyms…
Nothing says “old-school tech” like a transparency sheet for an overhead-projector presentation. Yvan Couture, a serial entrepreneur and driving force behind the launch of Communitech in 1997, cracked up a reunion breakfast of friends and colleagues by pulling out a…
ORIGINAL ARTICLE, Business Wire, September 7, 2022 BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VoxNeuro Inc. (“VoxNeuro” or the “Company”), a commercial stage Software-as-a-Medical-Device (SaMD) brain health company that analyzes brain biomarkers to assess cognitive function, announced a new partnership with Boston University (“BU”), a world-class…
The path to entrepreneurship can be sticky – some choose to leave their jobs in search of something with more excitement, some foster ideas that they’ve had for years, and some just happen upon founder life through experiences or innovation.…
Photo illustration by Kelvin Li Our energy grid is something most of us only think about when it isn’t working. But growing demand for electricity is placing an even greater strain on a system that’s already facing increased pressure from…
In the last column we looked at a bunch of questions about how the world of work continues to change, catalyzed by the COVID pandemic. We’re more than two years along at this point, and plenty has already changed. From the…
Insurance-tech startup ProNavigator has raised CDN$10 million in a new round of growth financing that will help it open a U.S. headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina to further its expansion south of the border. The company plans to keep its…
About Invest WindsorEssex (IWE)Invest WindsorEssex is the lead economic development agency for the Windsor-Essex region. The focus of the organization is to develop and execute strategies to retain, expand, attract and help new businesses start-up in Windsor-Essex. Invest WindsorEssex is led by…
The Idea For Kidunified founder Ashley Kizis, children need representation in play. Based in Guelph, Ontario, Kidunified is a women-led social enterprise making puzzles that reflect the communities children live in. For Ashley, engaging children in play that better depicts…
Leaning in In mid-August, OpenText CEO Mark Barrenechea commented on the pullback in the tech sector by telling the Financial Post that, “We can see the headwinds out there, but we’re leaning in right now.” That turned out to be…
KITCHENER, Ontario and REDMOND, Washington, September 12, 2022 (Newswire.com) - SkyWatch Space Applications Inc. ("SkyWatch"), a Kitchener-based space technology startup, and Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing Space as a Service®, today announced they have signed a partnership agreement.…
From cleaner jet fuels to electrifying airport vehicles, the aviation industry is exploring ways to cut its emissions. Illustration by Kelvin Li It’s been a tough summer for air travel. But the disruption is pushing the industry to innovate. In…
The Haltech ecosystem is a powerful one, serving as the go-to strategic connector for innovators and entrepreneurs across Halton for over 10 years. In this blog post we took the 4 most commonly asked questions from clients and got answers…
Cyber investigation company Magnet Forensics (TSX: MAGT) continues to grow globally with an expansion to Australia. The Waterloo-based company says it plans to hire sales and professional services staff to pursue a growing opportunity among policing and other government agencies…
When Armen Bakirtzian and two friends started Intellijoint Surgical in 2010, there were only a handful of other medical technology companies in Waterloo Region. The three young engineers, who began developing surgical-navigation technology while they were still students at the…
Have you ever stopped yourself from pursuing something new because you felt you lacked know-how or experience? Then take a listen to our latest podcast as Rachel Bartholomew, CEO and Founder of Hyivy Health shares her medical device commercialization journey.…
Funding is an integral part of the startup journey but knowing what funding opportunities are available, not to mention where to start in the process, can be a challenge—ensuring that your business obtains the highest return on your Scientific Research…
Care2Talk has raised over $1,000,000 in funding to help launch Care2Talk | Health - a platform to provide generational care. Special thank you to Mavan Capital, E-Fund, WUTIF, Sprout, Cindicates, and our active angel community. How it all started……
Two local tech workers have launched a podcast to bring attention to the challenges and opportunities of supporting neurodiverse employees in the workplace. Neurodiversity in Tech is a weekly podcast hosted by Sean O'Malley and Brandon Oliver. Each episode features…
Care2Talk has raised more than $1,000,000 in funding to help launch Care2Talk | Health, a platform to provide generational care. Special thank you to Mavan Capital, E-Fund, WUTIF, Sprout, Cindicates, and our active angel community. How it all started... Months…
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada – Korechi Innovations Inc., an innovator in the agricultural robotics space, in business since 2016, has announced their latest autonomous robot, the Pik’r™. Korechi brings the advanced capabilities of their RoamIO line of farming robots into the…
ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE, Korechi Innovations, Sep. 08, 2022 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada – Korechi Innovations Inc., an innovator in the agricultural robotics space, in business since 2016, has announced their latest autonomous robot, the Pik’r™. Korechi brings the advanced capabilities of…
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