Tag Archives: Startup Files

Vancouver based startup Metaspectral, a remote sensing software company, has been accepted into the Venture Catalyst Space at the University of South Australia’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC).

When the 5th year of the Creative Destruction Lab’s Space Stream started last fall it had expanded beyond its original hub in Toronto to include Paris and Atlanta. Multiple sources have since provided us with additional details.

NorthStar Earth & Space, a commercial space-based situational awareness startup based in Montreal, announced it had closed its Series C round of funding having raised $47M (US$35M) from an international group of investors.  

Canadian company Celestial Growth made its public debut today (Dec. 22), listing on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) as a new pathway for Canadian companies to seek funding as they grow. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

This is part 7 of my 6 part series on An Entrepreneurial Space.  Yes, you read that right.  I started this series with six parts in mind talking about the various "players" in the world of Entrepreneurial Space.  By the end of the last part, though, I felt like a bit more was needed to bring the whole summarizes together.  And since the last article …

After a year and a half of quiet research and development, Toronto-based STELLS has just emerged from stealth. They’re promising to resolve a potentially major problem with operations on the Moon in the years ahead: powering equipment (especially rovers) in the shadow of lunar craters.

This is part 6 of my series on An Entrepreneurial Space.  If you have not read the previous parts, I would suggest that you might want to do so before starting on this one as they will provide some much-needed context. In the previous articles we have talked about The Journey that the Founders of space companies make and some of the characters they encounter …

Edmonton-based Space Engine Systems (SES) will be exploring the possibility of providing hypersonic organ transportation, according to an SES press release from earlier this week.

Toronto Law firm Aird & Berlis LLP has created a new space-focused task force. The Toronto corporate law firm has been practicing for over a hundred years, developing a strong reputation in the corporate finance space. It has even recently seen a senior partner, Angela Swan, receive the Order of Canada.

Vancouver based startup Metaspectral has raised $4.7M in its seed round for its AI cloud-based software Fusion platform that can analyze hyperspectral data in real-time.