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October was a month of amazing connections! |
Across Canada the tech communities met to share ideas, support, laughs and coffee. Now, we’re excited to share it all with you. Grab a warm mug, and let’s catch up. |
ALL THE MOVES
Taryn Shulman joins Wagepoint as their new VP Marketing
Amy Waddell joins Modaxo as Group VP of Finance
Prasad Sristi joins Ascend as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Ascend
Dominique Jones joins Gravyty as Chief Human Resources Officer
Jason Dea joins Koru as Venture Chief Product Officer
Jonathan Lau joins Super as Director of Talent Acquisition
Craig Stoss joins Codif as VP Partner & Customer Success
Anne-Marie Goulet joins WordPress VIP as CMO
Andrew McNamara joins Shopify as Director, Applied ML Engineering
Ryan Poppa is now Sr. Director of Product Management at DNSFilter
Vivian Leung is now General Counsel at S.i. Systems
Sheldon Fernandez joins Neuberg Gore as an AI Mentor & Board Advisor
Charles Dimov is now CMO at kama.ai
Sunny Gurm joins Satisfai Health as VP Engineering
EDMONTON STARTUP WEEK
At Edmonton Startup Week, The Artemis team hosted a Startup Week Walk and Run. There were runners in shorts. Runners in toques & mitts. Walkers with coffee. A couple headlamps. It was a true October-in-Edmonton event and the tech community showed up, as per usual. Edmonton Unlimited put on an awesome week of events and we loved being a part of it.
WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON
Chief Marketing Officer - AI / LegalTech - Canada (remote) - Email to learn more
Director of Sales, North America - MedTech/Device - Canada (remote/hybrid) - Email to learn more
Strategic Account Representative - MedTech/Device - KW (hybrid) - Email to learn more
CONFIDENTIAL - Engineering Leadership - KW - Email to learn more
CONFIDENTIAL - Head of Customer Success - Canada (remote) - Email to learn more
CONFIDENTIAL - Lead ML Engineer - KW (hybrid) - Email to learn more
Coming Soon
VP Marketing - eCommerce/MarTech - Remote - Email to learn more
CEO - B2B SaaS/Insurtech - Remote - Email to learn more
ARTEMIS RECOMMENDS
From inspiring reads to must-listen podcasts and transformative courses, Artemis Recommends brings you top resources to inform and inspire.
Kristina Recommends: Startup Genome Ecosystem Reports
Leigh Recommends: The Founder’s Mentality by Chris Zook
Ashley Recommends: The Third Perspective: Brave Expression in the Age of Intolerance by Africa Brooke
FRACTIONAL PARTNER
Fractional Partner: BrightIron
We are proud to announce our partnership with BrightIron, a leading provider of fractional bookkeeping, accounting, and HR services tailored for high-growth tech startups. Historically, BrightIron has focused on fractional finance/accounting support, but ~1 year ago brought on Rebecca Graham to build out their People Practice.
Whether you're an early-stage, pre-revenue business or scaling with venture backing, BrightIron offers flexible, cost-effective support to meet your back-office needs on a fractional basis. By providing tailored financial and HR expertise exactly when it's needed, BrightIron allows companies to access high-quality support without the commitment of full-time hire.
Globe & Mail: Can’t get a salary bump? Here’s what to negotiate for instead
Our own Celina Deosaran, Senior People & Culture Strategist shares some wisdom with The Globe & Mail about non-cash options to increase your compensation package.
ALL THE NEWS & STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Diagram Ventures beats target to close first Climatech Fund at 80 Million
Wealthsimple growing in Alberta!
Montfort Capital Announces Sale of TIMIA Group to Round14 Capital for total value of 6.5 million
Many Canadians are moonlighting to keep up with the high cost of living and some are even doing it on company time.
Québecʼs tech ecosystem is now valued close to $95 billion CAD
CABHI and EnvisAGE unveil funding programs for Canadian AgeTech startups
The federal government has announced the launch of two programs, meant to bolster the development and adoption of AI by SMBs
Spark Real Estate acquires Juniper Homeowner Care to expand home developer CRM offering
Ten Atlantic Canada-based technology startups across a variety of verticals are collectively receiving more than $4 million CAD from the Government of Canada to fuel their growth.
Real Ventures launches revamped fellowship program for founder well-being
BlueCat Networks to acquire San Francisco-based LiveAction from Insight Partners.
PocketHealth kicks off breast cancer awareness month with AI-powered tools for early detection.
The Indigenous Tech Circle has grown to include more than 340 members across the US & Canada.
IMMIGRANTS OF TECH
Meet Shabnam Haghzare!
Shabnam is the National AI Lead at Mitacs - Canada's leading innovation organization. Here we talk about how AI has evolved since she got into the space, her experience with gender equity in AI and what she's excited about when it comes to building her career in Canada.
TECH FOR GOOD: BLUE J LEGAL
It’s client love time, where we highlight one of our incredible clients: what they do, why we’re excited to partner with them, the good they’re putting into the world, and what we're working on together! We’re excited to be partnering with Blue J who offers cutting-edge generative AI solutions for tax professionals, providing accountants and lawyers with fast, accurate, and actionable insights for complex tax research. |
FUNDING NEWS
KW/Toronto/Canada tech funding powered by briefed.in:
Orpyx Medical Technologies - Alberta | HealthTech | $26.9M
KOHO Financial - Toronto | FinTech | $190.0M
Ostia Sciences Inc. - Toronto | Biotechnology Research | $1.0M
Sparrow BioAcoustics - East Coast | HealthTech | $10.0M
Unified.to - Toronto | Software Development | $1.1M
Flora Fertility - Toronto | Womens Health | $1.5M
Indiegraf - British Columbia | Online Audio and Video Media | $2.9M
Entosystem - Quebec | Animal Feed Manufacturing | $58.0M
Rivercity Innovations - Other | Technology, Information and In | $2.0M
atVenu - Alberta | Software Development | $178.6M
SuiteSpot - Toronto | Software Development | $0K
Moselle - Toronto | Software Development | $2.1M
Dreamwell - Toronto | Software Development | $2.3M
Deck - Quebec | Technology, Information and In | $6.2M
Trustii - Quebec | Security and Investigations | $2.8M
Fable - Toronto | SaaS | $33.8M
Blockstream - British Columbia | FinTech | $822.0M
EnviCore - Alberta | Chemical Raw Materials Manufac | $4.2M
MyFO - British Columbia | Technology, Information and Me | $0K
Phaseshift Technologies - Toronto | AI | $3.0M
Phaseshift Technologies - Toronto | AI | $4.1M
Kraken Robotics - East Coast | Maritime Transportation | $5.2M
Dippy AI - Toronto | Technology, Information and Me | $2.1M
Alpha-9 Oncology - British Columbia | Biotechnology Research | $175.0M
Moment Energy - British Columbia | CleanTech | $28.1M
Epitopea - Quebec | Biotechnology | $31.0M
Jade Biosciences - British Columbia | Biotechnology Research | $95.0M
Planetary Technologies - East Coast | Environmental Services | $15.8M
Mave - Toronto | Software Development | $2.0M
WHERE YOU'LL FIND US
Nov 13-14, Ottawa
Nov 13-21, Calgary
November 21, Arabella Park Bar
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