Vancouver-based Blossom Social has raised more than $2 million through a new equity crowdfunding campaign. The news: Blossom co-founder and CEO Maxwell Nicholson revealed in a LinkedIn post on Monday that the social network for investors raised nearly $2 million in just two hours on FrontFundr. One day later, the campaign had solicited a total…
After years of silence, The Magic School Bus is officially back on the road. According to Variety, the long-awaited live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s franchise has landed a major creative force behind the camera, with Detective Pikachu director Rob Letterman set to write and direct the film. Elizabeth Banks remains attached to star as…
Data from Edmonton’s Wyvern will support research at NASA after the company was selected to join the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. The news: Wyvern is among the 14 companies that were selected to participate in the CSDA program last week. Under the CSDA, NASA purchases Earth observation data from commercial satellite companies and…
Canadian co-founded, New York City-based Tetrix has raised $15 million USD ($21 million CAD) in Series A funding to bolster its investment intelligence platform for the private markets. The all-equity round, co-led by White Star Capital and Innovation Endeavors, will help the company develop its product, expand its team, and grow globally. Several “high-profile angel…
Canada is investing another $173 million into its Women Entrepreneurship Strategy, but at least one critic says the investment lacks adequate focus on tech. The news: On Monday, the Government of Canada announced it would invest $173 million into its Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES). The investment includes $59 million for the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund…
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” ~J.R.R. Tolkien It was my son’s fifteenth birthday. His basketball game got canceled, so my wife,…
Toronto’s Signal 1 has teamed up with New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to help it get a handle on its AI use. The news: Mount Sinai announced Monday it will adopt Signal 1’s AI management platform to help monitor its AI tools. Signal 1’s software helps healthcare clients track, evaluate, and optimize their…
Early-stage FinTech startup Anchorbase has closed a $2 million USD ($2.8 million CAD) pre-seed round as it plans to scale the company’s footprint. The news: Anchorbase announced the raise in an exclusive with BetaKit, outlining that US venture capital firms TTV Capital and Cambrian VC have invested a combined $2 million USD in the company’s…
Odd and ends on Burnham. Not much can be known with certainty until the day of his elevation which is seemingly in three weeks maybe around July 14th. The explosive Mars Uranus conjunction in Gemini will still be in orb trine Pluto which hints at considerable aggravations ahead. The Jupiter opposition Pluto sextile/trine Uranus…
The ThunderCats franchise is roaring back to life in a major way. According to recent reports, Warner Bros. Animation is developing a brand-new animated ThunderCats feature film, marking the latest attempt to bring the iconic heroes of Third Earth back to the big screen. The project will give fans a fresh animated adventure featuring legendary…
