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In late 2022, the federal government asked for feedback from the private sector about the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), ahead of a regular legislative review of the Crown corporation.
“[BDC] are now our primary competitor. If anything, they’ve turned into the Goliath of growth capital in Canada.”...

Elevate has announced the 14 winners of its 2026 CIX Startup Awards, which each year recognize some of Canada’s top emerging, early- and growth-stage tech startups.
Ninety-four investors from the CIX Selection Committee chose the winning companies from a pool of more than 370 applications....

Montréal luxury e-commerce platform Ssense will return to the hands of its founders after an unsuccessful attempt by its lenders to block a deal.
The bid includes plans for the business’ continued operation, a cash payment of $58.5 million, and assuming some liabilities....

Before AI, software developers already had to contend with a flood of information. As large-language models (LLMs) have sped up the pace of development, keeping all the context in one place and arranging it in order of importance remains a persistent...