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Version One Ventures · Jun 2, 2026
Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve closed two new funds: Version One Fund V ($78M USD) and Opportunities Fund III ($30M USD). While each new fund marks a new chapter for our firm, the core of Version One remains unchanged. We continue to believe that the biggest venture outcomes come from backing exceptional founders […]
Citified · May 29, 2026
An overview of local news and other happenings in and around Waterloo Region
BetaKit (National) · May 28, 2026
ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck. The post Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says first appeared on BetaKit.
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · May 28, 2026
Waterloo’s new Future of Work Institute is encouraging students, professors and industry leaders to collaborate in reimagining education and career development for an AI-driven world. The Institute’s first initiative is Futures Lab: An AI + UX Prototyping Workshop, which invites students to learn AI-related skills and build teams to tackle educational problems leveraging
Graphite Ventures · May 27, 2026
Two Graphite portfolio companies — Tracktile and Vena Medical — have been selected as part of Canada’s Top Moonshot Ventures™ of 2026 by the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), taking the Moonshots Stage™ at NACO Summit in Ottawa. The 2026 cohort of 27 companies is the largest and most nationally distributed in the program’s history, […]
BetaKit (National) · May 27, 2026
At Arctic Edge conference, VCs offered a mea culpa while outlining why dual-use tech is here to stay. The post Defence tech founders are frustrated with Canada’s approach to “dual-use” first appeared on BetaKit.
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · May 26, 2026
The University of Waterloo’s impact on Canada’s innovation ecosystem spanning startups, research and emerging sovereign industries is once again reflected in BetaKit’s annual Most Ambitious list. Released during Toronto Tech Week, this year’s edition recognizes nearly 100 individuals and organizations working to shape the country’s technological future. Waterloo connections to
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · May 25, 2026
Sport continues to be one of the most effective proving grounds for technology that can scale into health care, defence and human performance. At the University of Waterloo, student projects and research-driven ideas are serving as a foundation for sport tech startups. With the support of the University’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, including its flagship incubator Velocity,
Waterloo Region Record (Startups) · May 21, 2026
University of Waterloo founders push a gentler, pad-based diagnostic toward the Hult Prize finals and $1M seed funding.
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · May 20, 2026
University of Waterloo talent is not just keeping pace with artificial intelligence, it is helping define how organizations actually use it. At Toronto Tech Week, Waterloo students and alumni will join the digital and technology arm of Compass Group, North America’s largest hospitality provider, for a forward-looking event exploring how companies are integrating AI into
Waterloo Region Record (Startups) · May 19, 2026
Sporting a black T-shirt and slacks, artificial-intelligence startup worker Sigrid Jin walked onstage for a live interview last Monday in front of the few thousand tech workers, founders and investors gathered in Vancouver.
CTV News Kitchener · May 19, 2026
A femtech startup at the University of Waterloo is working on a new way to screen for HPV, cervical cancer and other DNA-based diseases.
Version One Ventures · May 19, 2026
For over a decade, we’ve been spending time in health and bio. It’s a category we’ve been watching closely. In the early days, we wrote a lot about the space – from healthcare marketplaces to the role of genomics in personalized medicine. And we made a handful of investments in tools and diagnostics like: Gencove […]
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · May 19, 2026
A new Communitech initiative is putting University of Waterloo's students at the centre of efforts to transform how local businesses adopt artificial intelligence (AI), positioning student talent as a key driver of regional productivity and innovation. Launched this spring, AI@WORK connects post-secondary students — many from Waterloo’s globally renowned co-op program — with
Startup Barn · May 18, 2026
Akatos Arena wraps with Demo Day on Saturday, and the week is packed getting there.
BetaKit (National) · May 15, 2026
At Web Summit, founders see the future of SaaS embracing as agentic AI, rather than being destroyed by it. The post SaaSpocalypse now? These founders don’t think so. first appeared on BetaKit.
Velocity (UW Incubator) · May 14, 2026
Eight companies pushing the frontier across AI, health, defense, and operations
BetaKit (National) · May 14, 2026
Company eyeing the “big prize” of a Toronto-based quantum data centre by 2029. The post Xanadu reports larger net loss than expected, but quadrupled revenue in first public earnings report first appeared on BetaKit.
Inovia Capital · May 13, 2026
“Canada does not have an AI supply problem. It has a demand problem.” – Chris Arsenault, Inovia Capital “Choosing not to invest in our Canadian AI champions means choosing to depend on everyone else’s.” – Chris Arsenault, Inovia Capital Canada trains approximately 10% of the world’s top artificial intelligence (AI) talent, yet captures only 2% of global…
Startup Barn · May 11, 2026
Akatos Arena kicks off tonight, the Founder Dinner Series is back, and Wednesday is stacked.
