This month has brought its share of uncertainty, but if there’s one thing Canada’s tech community excels at, it’s resilience. As always, we’re here to help you stay informed, connected, and supported. This update offers a moment to escape, reflect, and celebrate the positive momentum across the ecosystem.
Lindsay Slipacoff Cournoyer joins Blue J as CMO
Andrea Freixa joins Katana Cloud Inventory as Head of Customer Success
Wagdi Elsheikh joins NDI as Business Manager, Strategic Accounts
Shawn Fitzpatrick joins Musashi AI North America as Director of Engineering
Stephen Foster joins Authenticom as Chief Revenue Officer
Torsten Baumann joins Achievers as Director of Engineering
Tracey Lagasse joins Dye & Durham as VP Sales and Customer Engagement
Rob Joseph joins Syncron as Vice President, Global Partner Organization
Ritual founders Ray Reddy & Larry Stinson move to Shopify
Leena Mansour joins DNAstack as Director, Engineering
Azhar Janjua is now Chief of Staff & Advisor at SmartBuild Construction Solutions
Kari Bell now Senior HR Consultant at Bright + Early
Chelsea Gillett joins Luge Capital as Venture Investor
Rahul Nirula joins Axonify as VP Product Management - Solutions
Chris Long CPTO @ Willful
Dan Wardell is now VP Sales at Spellbook
Wafik Moussa joins Vital Bio as Director of Software Engineering
Todd Bisset and Irena Kramer launch Pulse Law LLP
Mark B. Levinson joins Coveo as a Vice President of Revenue Operations and GTM Strategy
Shabbir Lasani joins Truckpedia as VP Marketing
Sandy Scott joins LedgerAI as COO
Karishma Rajratnam joins Relay Financial as Director, Product Marketing and Demand Generation
Matt Nadrofsky joins SwiftConnect as Senior Director of Engineering
It’s time for our second annual Give & Receive Salary Survey.
Why are we asking? For years we've been sharing Salary Snapshots with insights from our leadership recruiting for start-ups and scale-ups (check it out here.) With the insights from our broader community, we offer rich and highly relevant data to help founders, investors and leaders make smart plans and decisions as they grow their companies and careers.
Explore the job descriptions below and reach out to the corresponding Artemis Consultant:
President - Automotive/EV Hardware Start-up - Ontario (Hybrid or Remote in North America)
Executive Director - Investor/Non-Profit - Edmonton/Western Canada
VP, Finance & Resources - Education/ Non-Profit - Kitchener- Waterloo (Hybrid)
CONFIDENTIAL - Lead Backend Engineer - Renewable Energy - Kitchener-Waterloo (Hybrid)
CONFIDENTIAL - Lead Controls Engineer - Renewable Energy - Kitchener-Waterloo (Hybrid)
CONFIDENTIAL - Principal IoT Engineer - Renewable Energy - Kitchener-Waterloo (Hybrid)
Coming Soon
Stay tuned for these exciting upcoming opportunities:
CONFIDENTIAL - Grid Modeling Engineer - Renewable Energy - California, Arizona, or Texas (Hybrid)
CONFIDENTIAL - Cybersecurity Engineer - Renewable Energy - Kitchener-Waterloo (Hybrid)
Now Is The Time to Double Down on DEI.
In the face of a shifting (and a little scary) political climate and debates about the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), it might feel tempting to pause, reassess, or deprioritize these efforts. For Canada’s tech leaders, this is precisely the moment to lean in.
Uvaro acquires coding school Lighthouse Labs to take on AI-augmented job market
*Special announcement* Uvaro has a 50% wage reimbursement available, for a limited time, to those looking to hire cybersecurity and IT roles. If you, or anyone you know, are hiring for these types of roles, please connect them with Adriana, as they have some amazing graduates of the Upskill Canada Cybersecurity Bootcamp ready to make an impact on your team. Learn more here.
QueerTech launches new 2SLGBTQIA+ accelerator
Arctic Wolf and BlackBerry Announce Acquisition Agreement for Cylance
Employment Hero acquires TO based Humi
Vessl Prosthetics Inc. oversubscribed their seed round
Nuvei acquires Paywiser’s Japanese subsidiary in Asia-Pacific market push.
Plutera Capital buys Hardbacon’s assets out of bankruptcy following 2024 shutdown.
Enable Acquires Flintfox.
AstraZeneca to invest $820-million CAD in Ontario facilities expansion
CCI launches Balsillie-backed innovation policy institute Canadian SHIELD
Cohere launches customizable enterprise AI workspace platform North
Toronto-based password management company 1Password has acquired United Kingdom SaaS startup Trelica
From inspiring reads to must-listen podcasts and transformative courses, we bring you top resources to inform and inspire.
Tara Recommends: The Startup Barn by Jesse Rodgers The Barn is an organization that is focused on helping early-stage founders get started in a way that will increase their chances of success.
Leigh Recommends: The Logic, one of Canada’s leading sources of business and technology news, offering subscribers exclusive, in-depth reporting on the businesses, people and policies that are moving the country forward.
Carly Recommends: Hard Fork Podcast, where Hosts Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore stories from the wild frontier of tech.
Float - Toronto | FinTech | $48.5M USD
BaseTwo - Toronto | Artificial Intelligence | $11.5M USD
MolecuLight - Toronto | Med Tech | $27.5M USD
LemFi - Toronto | FinTech | $53.0M USD
Edgecom Energy - Toronto | Energy Software | $2.5M USD
Borderless AI - Toronto | HR Tech | $5.0M USD Seed Extension
Enhanced Medical Nutrition - Toronto | Nutraceuticals | $5.0M USD
Novacap - Quebec | Private Equity | $1.0B USD
Optable - Quebec | Ad Tech | $20.0M USD
Lyteflo - Quebec | SaaS | $2.1M USD
Moment Energy - British Columbia | Climate Tech | $15.0M USD
Gumloop - British Columbia | Artificial Intelligence | $17.0M USD
Aspect Biosystems - British Columbia | BioTech | $115.0M USD
Hyivy Health - Toronto| Femtech | 2M
OneVest - Toronto | FinTech | 20M USD
VueReal- Kitchener- Waterloo| Consumer Electronics | - 40.5M
It’s client love time! 💙
This month, we’re spotlighting Startup TNT, who’s on a mission to unlock seed-stage funding for entrepreneurs in underserved communities across small- to mid-tier cities through grassroots community engagement.
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