BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Between 2020 and 2024, not one woman between the ages of 20 and 24 in England died from cervical cancer. It was the first five-year window on record where that age group saw zero deaths, and a new study published in The Lancet now explains why: the HPV vaccine,…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You probably have something on your to-do list that has been there long enough to feel embarrassing. An email you owe someone. A subscription that sneakily renewed again. A form you have been meaning to file since winter. Every week, it just sits there, and somehow it gets heavier….
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…
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…
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…
Sherbrooke, Que.-based quantum hardware company Qubic has raised $2.5 million USD ($3.5 million CAD) in seed funding to commercialize its signal amplifiers, which boost the signals from qubits used in quantum computing. The news: Qubic announced on Tuesday morning that it raised a seed investment led by Two Small Fish Ventures, with participation from the…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM In a standardized behavioral experiment run with more than 100,000 people across 125 countries, 69 percent of participants chose to cooperate with an anonymous stranger on behalf of a shared goal, even when doing so meant taking a personal financial loss. Those same participants, when asked how many of…
