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TransCrypts co-founders Ali Zaheer and Zain Zaidi standing and smiling

Alumus Ali Zaheer’s TransCrypts secures $2.4 million, uses blockchain to help Ukrainian refugees

April 03, 2023

U of T Computer Science graduate Ali Zaheer is the co-founder of TransCrypts, a startup helping Ukrainian healthcare organizations and refugees access medical records securely with blockchain technology. Recently, TransCrypts is expanding to help those impacted by earthquakes in Turkey.

Akanksha and Alexandra smiling

A&S Alumna launch Mind-Easy, a health platform focused on cultural competence

March 17, 2023

Founders Akanksha Shelat and Alexandra Assouad prioritizes cultural competence for Mind-Easy, providing knowledge and tools in more than 100 languages, dialects, and accents.

Pavla Bobosikova and WFHomie colleague smiling together

Alumna Pavla Bobosikova’s startup WFHomie acquired by GoCo to become all-in-one HR platform

February 17, 2023

Employee experience startup WFHomie has been acquired by Houston-based HR management platform GoCo.io.

“It’s just a super-nice environment where it feels like a win-win,” says Pavla Bobosikova, co-founder and CEO.

Dan Breznitz

Munk Prof. Dan Breznitz in MIT Technology Review: 2022’s Seismic Shift in US Tech Policy Will Change How We Innovate

January 20, 2023

The U.S federal government’s willingness to embrace hawkish industrial policy is at least providing a chance to rethink the role the state plays in innovation. “It’s not just an opportunity—it’s a necessity,” says Dan Breznitz, the Peter J.

Amanda Hall smiling in front of a Summit Nanotech standing sign

Alumna Amanda Hall and Summit Nanotech receives $67M in funding to accelerate cleantech

January 19, 2023

Summit Nanotech, which uses advanced nanomaterial in a process to extract lithium from brine water, will announce Wednesday it has closed a US$50 million (C$67 million) fundraising round, led by Vancouver-based Evok Innovations and BDC Capital.

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A&S Alumnae Nuha Siddiqui and Kritika Tyagi leading alternatives to plastics

January 19, 2023

Young, growing companies are working to meet the challenge of the single-use plastic ban, the Toronto Star reports, and University of Toronto-accelerated startups Erthos is among those leading the way.

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Waabi, founded by CS Prof Raquel Urtasun, secures investment from Volvo

January 19, 2023

Volvo AB’s venture capital arm has invested an undisclosed amount in Toronto autonomous-vehicle startup Waabi Innovation Inc.

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Xanadu closes $100M Series C, quantum computing firm becomes Canada’s latest unicorn

November 09, 2022

Xanadu wants to bring the first commercially available quantum computers to market.

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Co-founded by A&S alumnae, Arbre takes home third-place at Startup Canada Global Competition

October 26, 2022

U of T startup Arbre has won 3rd place in the 2022 Startup Global Pitch Competition. The co-founders will be taking home $10,000 (+ exclusive in-kind support) to use on growing their business, and going global.

ChainSafe team members

Co-founded by Hatcher Lipton (HBA 2017), ChainSafe closes $25.7M funding to build blockchain-agnostic Web3 tools

October 18, 2022

ChainSafe, which provides Web3 tools and services, was launched in early 2017 after its founding team met at an Ethereum meetup in Toronto.

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