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Fourteen of Canada’s Top Startups Named as 2026 CIX Startup Award Winners
Powered by Elevate, CIX Startup Awards is the Largest National Showcase of Canada’s Most Innovative Emerging, Early, and Growth-Stage Startups TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 10, 2026: 9:30 AM ET — Elevate has announced the 2026 CIX Startup Awards winners: fourteen exceptional Canadian startups from across the country making an impact in health, climate, […]
What Investors Are Actually Looking For: Inside Today’s FinTech Fundraising Reality
The rules of FinTech fundraising have changed and founders need to adapt fast. At Elevate Festival 2025, Laviva Mazhar, Principal at Luge Capital, and Cato Pastoll, CEO of Loop Financial, sat down for a candid conversation about what it really takes to raise capital in today’s market. Here’s what every FinTech founder needs to know. […]
YouTube at 20: How the Platform Became the Foundation for the Modern Creator Economy
Twenty years after its first upload, YouTube has evolved from a home for cat videos into the backbone of a multi-billion-dollar creator economy. At Elevate Festival 2025, YouTube Canada Head Andrew Peterson and creator Hafu Go shared insights into how the platform is shaping the future of entertainment and what comes next for creators building […]
What VCs Really Look For in 2026: Insights from Canada’s Top Investors
Four leading VCs get brutally honest about fundraising in Canada’s toughest year since 2020 The numbers don’t lie. In the first half of 2025, just $300 million was deployed across 133 Canadian pre-seed and seed-stage deals, down 16% in deal value and roughly 30% in deal count year-over-year. In the broader context, this marked the […]
