Eric Rafat

BrightIron Team
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January 9, 2026

BrightIron Expands Fractional Model to Support Startups From Pre-Seed to Series C

Toronto-based BrightIron, founded by Mandeep Saini and Wilson Lee, is expanding its role in the startup...

AllScale Team
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December 17, 2025

Canadian Fintech AllScale Raises $5 Million Seed Led by YZi Labs to Build World's First Self-Custody Stablecoin Neobank

Canadian founded self custody financial platform AllScale announced the completion of a 5 million dollar Seed...

Purity Gas Founders
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December 10, 2025

Purity Gas Selected to Deliver Large-Scale On-Site Nitrogen Generation Across Alberta Oil Sands

Purity Gas has been selected as the preferred partner for a large-scale, multi-site deployment of on-site...

EmpowerHer Tech Launchpad
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December 9, 2025

IDEA Mississauga Expands EmpowHER Tech Launchpad to Boost Women-Led Tech Startups

IDEA Mississauga has wrapped its 2025 EmpowHER Tech Launchpad, marking a significant expansion of its flagship...

Top Products to Watch 2026
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November 24, 2025

Top 30 Products to Watch in 2026

As we step into 2025, innovation continues to shape our world in exciting new ways. From groundbreaking technologies to game-changing consumer products, the year promises to bring transformative solutions that impact every aspect of our lives. In this list, in partnership with monday, we are beyond thrilled to bring you the Top Products of 2025, featuring standout innovations like SingleKey, simplifying lease management from start to finish; Stay22, making travel planning seamless and accessible; and Gambit, redefining the way we experience AI. Check out the complete list here:

Cellbyte Cellbyte Raises Seed Round
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November 19, 2025

Cellbyte Raises $2.75 Million Seed Round to Rewrite How Pharma Launches New Drugs

Cellbyte has raised $2.75 million in seed funding to transform how pharmaceutical companies launch new drugs,...

Top Startup Newsletters for Founders
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November 14, 2025

Top 10 Startup Newsletters for Entrepreneurs

The internet is a noisy place, as we all know. Millions of blog posts are published...

Pacto Founders
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November 13, 2025

Pacto Medical Secures Oversubscribed Seed Round

Vermont-based medtech startup Pacto Medical has closed an oversubscribed seed round and secured a U.S. utility...

Kush Bavaria Ornn Cover
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November 11, 2025

Ornn Is Turning Compute Into a Commodity

When Kush Bavaria speaks about compute, he talks like a trader describing oil in the 1970s,...

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November 4, 2025

Stay22 Surpasses $1 Billion in Transactions, Taps New CTO and CFO

Montreal’s rising travel tech company Stay22 is building out its leadership team as it enters its next stage of growth. The company announced two major additions to its executive team, Fabien Loupy as Chief Technology Officer and Louis-Charles Genest as Chief Financial Officer, along with the promotion of Hamad Al-Khabbaz to the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer.