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Portage is the FinTech investment arm of Power Corporation-owned Sagard. The post Portage closes fourth FinTech VC fund at $600 million USD first appeared on BetaKit.

Non-profit startup will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership. The post Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero receives $300 million backing from Canada and Germany to pursue safer AI ambitions first appeared on BetaKit.

Combined company will retain the Cohere name and become dual-headquartered in Toronto and Berlin. The post Cohere reaches terms with German peer Aleph Alpha to take on AI giants first appeared on BetaKit.

At Canada FinTech Forum, experts warn that organizations without a quantum plan are way behind. The post Why did quantum leaders sound the Q-Day alarm at a FinTech conference? first appeared on BetaKit.

CRC hopes to keep it simple as it races to space on the tailwinds of Canada’s renewed interest in the stars. The post Canada Rocket Company wants to build a sovereign alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 first appeared on BetaKit.