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STÉPHANE DROUIN APPOINTED PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF ANGES QUÉBEC
MONTRÉAL, September 13, 2024 – The members of Anges Québec’s Board of Directors are delighted to announce the appointment of Stéphane Drouin as president and CEO of the organization. He will take office on September 23, 2024.
Our CEO passes the torch!
Well into the 4th year of her mandate, our CEO, Geneviève Tanguay, has decided to pass the torch and initiate her succession process, with the support of the Anges Québec Board of Directors.
A natural association for Heyday and a sizeable exit for our angels!
The Montreal start-up Heyday, a conversational artificial intelligence platform whose clients include Lacoste, Décathlon, the Cirque du Soleil, Danone, Rudsak and Jack & Jones has been acquired by another Canadian business, Hootsuite, for $60 million.
Acquisition pour 60 millions La jeune pousse montréalaise Heyday intègre Hootsuite (La Presse)
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MERCEDES s'associe à la montréalaise ALGOLUX (La Presse+.ca)
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Gallea : Après la "fintech", "l'arttech" ? (Le Devoir)
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Hexoskin : Why astronauts are wearing this Montreal company’s smart clothing (The Globe and Mail)
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oxio obtient 25 millions et attire des investisseurs étrangers (La Presse.ca)
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Boréas Named a Top Semiconductor Startup to Watch in EE Times Silicon 100 (Boreas.ca)
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Cargill, Intelia partner to enhance broiler performance through new precision management tool (Cargill.com)
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Anges Québec at the heart of the international success of the Quebec start-up Paper
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The Montreal start-up Paper recently placed itself among the fastest-growing Canadian start-ups with the announcement of the closing of a new round of financing of US$100M, led by the Silicon Valley venture capital giant IVP. After just 7 years of existence, Paper, specialized in education which offers an application that brings together students and tutors from across North America, is today accessible to over 100 U.S. school districts and helps more than 1 million children.
Moka CEO on the company’s recent acquisition by MOGO
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On May 5, our portfolio company Moka (previously known as Mylo) was acquired by MOGO, a Vancouver-based publicly-traded digital payments and financial technology company. The two companies joined forces to create the most comprehensive consumer-facing fintech company in Canada. Moka says the deal will allow them to help even more people realize their financial dreams and improve the services that they can offer to their existing customers, who can continue to use the Moka app as usual. Following this announcement, Anges Québec decided to touch base with Moka’s founder and CEO, Phil Barrar, to gather his personal account on how the journey from idea to exit happened.
Giiant Pharma inc. accroît son financement avec AQC Capital et le CQDM pour pouvoir atteindre la preuve de concept clinique (Le Lézard)
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Polystyvert annonce une ronde de financement afin de faciliter le développement d'une usine de recyclage de polystyrène à grande échelle (Cision)
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Polystyvert gets new round of financing to develop full-scale polystyrene recycling plant (Canadian Plastics)
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Spinologics: Spino Modulation vertebral body tethering device wins FDA breakthrough device designation (Mass Device)
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Ditch Labs : Arrêter de fumer pour de bon avec de l’IA (Les Affaires)
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Beneva s'associe à MedHelper pour favoriser l'adhésion de ses assurés à la prise de médicaments (Cision)
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Prix Orchidée Innovation 2021 - Nos Félicitations à Polystyvert! (CCEM.ca)
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Anges Québec awards three prizes during its 2021 Annual Rendez-vous
Montréal, June 7, 2021 – Last Thursday, Anges Québec held its most important event: The Annual Rendez-vous, presented by RBC. United virtually under the theme Ready for tomorrow, the 251 participants, members, portfolio businesses and partners of the Canadian startup ecosystem, attended conferences and discussed current issues in venture capital. The highly diversified program was led by special and internationally renowned guests, in addition to private and institutional investment funds, with offices in the rest of Canada, the United States and Europe, thus opening the doors of the world to the many guests.
SoundBite Medical’s Shock Wave Technology Continues to Crack Through Severe Calcium with the Addition of its First US Site (CEO.ca)
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Giiant Pharma Inc Announced the Closing of US$11m in Seed Financing to Develop Its Precision Delivery Technology Platform in Gastroenterology (CEO.CA)
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Tactico Exit: Mogo Completes Acquisition of Leading Investing App Moka
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Laurent Pharmaceuticals Completes Patients Enrollment in Phase 2 Study of LAU-7b for the Treatment of COVID-19 (CEO.CA)
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Boréas NexusTouch sensing platform expands through new touch-based user interface (Canadian Manufacturing)
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Book launch for Réussir son premier financement by Régis Desmeules
Written by an entrepreneur for entrepreneurs, prefaced by Serge Beauchemin, this book provides advice, references, best practices, tricks to master and sharing of experiences in order to help you improve your chances of obtaining this initial and very important funding with different types of investors.
Puzzle Medical Devices : révolutionner un domaine qu’on ne connait même pas ! (Le Journal de Montréal)
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Neolegal : Explosion de l'utilisation des services juridiques en ligne depuis le début de la pandémie (Cision)
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LANDR: Two Canadian startups part of TikTok push to provide more third-party integrations (betakit)
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LocketGo : Des casiers sécurisés, la clé du succès (Le Journal de Québec)
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ODS Medical : The 20 Organizations that are Changing the Face of AI in 2021 (Cision)
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Classcraft Studios : Education Gamification Market to See Massive Growth by 2026 (Digital Journal)
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Soundbite Medical Solutions Announces FDA Approval for SoundBite® Crossing System - Peripheral (14P) (Digital Journal)
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HEYDAY : Bonjour, comment puis-je vous aider ? (La Presse)
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My Intelligent Machines Inc. Secures $5 Million in Seed Financing to Support International Sales and Growing Capabilities (Financial Post)
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Lacoste fait appel à la jeune pousse de Montréal Heyday (Le Devoir)
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La «fintech» de Montréal Moka rachetée par une entreprise de Vancouver (Le Devoir)
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Interview with Jacqueline Khayat, angel investor and Marina Massingham, CEO of Aifred Health
Women Who Dare
As part of its new Women Who Dare initiative, which aims to increase male-female diversity within its membership, Anges Québec is unveiling a series of interviews with inspiring female entrepreneurs and angel investors who have made their mark in a male-dominated field.
Immune Biosolutions : 13,4 M$ pour identifier un traitement d’immunothérapie contre la COVID-19 (La Tribune)
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MIMs : Le CHUM se tourne vers l’intelligence artificielle (Le Devoir)
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Interview with Chantal Goffoz Thieblin, angel investor and Chrissy Durcak, Founder and CEO of Dispatch Coffee
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As part of its new Women Who Dare initiative, whose goal is to increase male-female diversity within its membership, Anges Québec is unveiling a series of interviews with inspiring female entrepreneurs and angel investors who have made their mark in a male-dominated field.
Heyday AI secures $6.5M CAD seed extension to help retailers bring in-store experiences online (Desjardins Blogues)
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Hexoskin : Princess Margaret researchers are using space technology to help palliative care patients (University Health Network)
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Anges Québec launches the "Women Who Dare" initiative
Women Who Dare
A new initiative aimed at increasing male-female diversity within the largest network of angel investors in Canada.
Interview with Anouk Robillard, angel investor and Sarah Jenna, CoFounder and CEO of MIMS
Women Who Dare
As part of its new Women Who Dare initiative, whose goal is to increase male-female diversity within its membership, Anges Québec is unveiling a series of interviews with inspiring female entrepreneurs and angel investors who have made their mark in a male-dominated field.
Ecotierra développe autrement la compensation carbone (La Tribune)
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Classcraft Studios: Education Gamification Market Is Booming Worldwide (Digital Journal)
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Fastest Growing EMR Provider MEDFAR Raises Nearly $25 Million Investment Led by Walter Capital Partners (Cision)
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Aifred Health Named Top 3 Finalist in Global IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition (Cision)
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Oxio intègre l’incubateur californien Y Combinator (Le Soleil)
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Anges Québec joins Ecofuel Accelerator's Partner Fund Circle
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The Ecofuel Accelerator, a specialized and personalized accelerator in the cleantech sector, announces the creation of the Partner Funds’ Circle.
SoundBite Medical Solutions Announces First Use of its Novel 0.014” Active Wire to Successfully Treat Calcified Below-The-Knee CTOs (CEO.ca)
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MIMs : Innovative industry partnership using AI to improve survival rates of cancer-diagnosed patients (The Canadian Business Journal)
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Intelia : En route vers le poulailler du futur (La Terre de Chez Nous)
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Imagia to Present at Biotech Showcase(TM) Digital 2021 (CEO.ca)
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Ecotierra : Ottawa versera 55 millions pour la biodiversité des pays en développement (Radio-Canada)
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Inversago Pharma Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation from the FDA for INV-101 for the Treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome (Financial Post)
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Immune Biosolutions, ChrysaLabs : 305 000 $ pour cinq entreprises estriennes (La Tribune)
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Laurent Pharmaceuticals : National Research Council of Canada supports development of 4 COVID-19 therapeutic candidates (Government of Canada)
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AIFRED HEALTH closes $4 million seed financing to improve mental health (Cision)
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Algolux Joins PAVE to Help Raise Public Awareness of the Computer Vision Challenges Impacting Automated Driving, and the Innovative Technologies Addressing Them (Le Lézard)
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My Intelligent Machines Inc. Recognized as a Prominent and Growing Player in the North-American A.I. Sector (Financial Post)
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Inversago Pharma Continues to Rapidly Expand Its Leadership Team and Appoints Glenn D. Crater, MD, FCCP as Chief Medical Officer (Financial Post)
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Sig Num : Ghyslain Gagnon, son équipe et ses partenaires remportent le prix partenariat de l'ADRIQ (Université du Québec)
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Heyday launches Shopify App to give retailers powerful conversational AI capabilities within seconds of install (Cision)
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Marmott Energies : Démarrage d'un projet pour accélérer le déploiement de la géothermie dans les écoles du Québec (Cision)
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Ottawa biotech firm Spiderwort earns 'breakthrough' status from U.S. health regulator (Ottawa Business Journal)
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FDA grants a Breakthrough Device Designation for Spiderwort Spinal Cord Technology (Digital Journal)
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Aifred Health Awarded Prestigious Quebec Government COVID-19 Solutions Grant (Cision)
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TickSmith and Alqami Announce a Partnership to Help Alternative Data Providers Package Their Data into Products That Their Customers Can Purchase (Le Lézard)
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A Canadian first: Montreal company WILDER HARRIER launches dog food made from Asian carp (Cision)
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Dispatch Coffee : How Canadians, coffee and climate change are connected (CBC)
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GeeBee poursuit sa course (La Tribune)
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LANDR partners with Zynaptiq to bring additional Audio Manipulation Capabilities to their Platform (Le Lézard)
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Le fabricant Remorques Apogée exporte l’ingéniosité québécoise (Le Journal de Joliette)
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Hyasynth completes key commercialization milestone for cannabinoid biosynthesis, receives $2.5 million payment (Cision)
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Laurent Pharmaceuticals : COVID-19 - Le Québec Contre-Attaque (La Presse)
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Aifred Health : App helps family doctors track patients' mental health (Canadian Healthcare Technology)
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Geneviève Tanguay appointed as CEO of Anges Québec
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MONTRÉAL, October 16, 2020 – The members of the Anges Québec board of directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Geneviève Tanguay as CEO of the organization. She will assume her duties on November 2, 2020.
ODS Medical : Lazaridis Institute’s ScaleUp Program accepts largest cohort of tech companies (WLU.ca)
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Oneka : Des ingénieurs qui repoussent les limites de la science (Le Devoir)
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Hexoskin : Smart Clothing Market is Booming WorldWide - AMA Publishes Global Market Report (SB Wire)
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Laurent Pharmaceuticals: Cystic Fibrosis Pipeline Insight Report 2020 - ResearchandMarkets (Digital Journal)
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HALEO : Plus de deux millions de travailleurs canadiens auront désormais accès à un programme novateur pour améliorer leur sommeil (Cision)
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Boréas Technologies décrétée «startup de l’année» aux Mercuriades (La Voix de l'Est)
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Inversago Pharma Initiates Clinical Trials, with a Phase 1 study of INV-101, the Company’s Lead Peripheral CB1 Blocker (CEO.CA)
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SportLogiq : Les leaders de la croissance 2020 pensent déjà à demain (L'actualité)
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Hyasynth first to market with CBD in global race to commercialize cannabinoids produced using microbial biosynthesis (Cision)
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Algolux launches Next-Generation of Eos Embedded Perception Software for ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles (Le Lézard)
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Hexoskin : ResearchAndMarkets.com publishes Global Smart Clothing Market Forecast to 2027 with Covid-19 impact and analysis (Digital Journal)
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Cobalt: Next Generation Audio and Video technologies and the future of broadcast and streaming - webinars (Le Lézard)
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Odotech: Radiant Insights' publishes Global Digital Nose Technology Market Research Report 2019-2023 (Digital Journal)
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Eocycle Technologies : Le privé aussi est allumé (Les Affaires)
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Inversago Pharma Closes US$35M Series B Financing Round and Expands Board of Directors (Digital Journal)
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Stratuscent Unveils World's First Intelligent Air Quality Monitor of Harmful Airborne Volatiles (Digital Journal)
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ODS Medical, Inc. clôture une nouvelle ronde de financement pour soutenir davantage le développement de produits et la diversification des applications (Cision)
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Dispatch Coffee raises $1.26M seed round to fuel a new approach to doing coffee at home (Cision)
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SeamlessMD raises $4M Series A financing round to expand digital patient engagement leadership (Le Lézard)
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Wilder Harrier : Pitou et Minou aussi mangent local (La Presse+)
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Neolegal : Pourquoi votre cabinet a besoin d'une plateforme juridique (Droit-Inc)
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Departure of François Gilbert as CEO of Anges Québec
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Montreal, August 17, 2020 – The board of directors of Anges Québec announces the departure of François Gilbert as CEO of Anges Québec.
Studyo : Cinq applications mobiles qui facilitent la rentrée scolaire de toute la famille (Journal Métro)
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Immune Biosolutions : COVID 19 - L'espoir des anticorps monoclonaux (Québec Science)
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Moka : How Montreal fintech Moka is moving into France (Strategy)
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A new Director of Membership and Partnerships and a new Executive Assistant join our team
Dispatch Coffee : Reopening Canada: The economy survived the crash, but making it thrive again will depend on all of us (Financial Post)
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Contxtful : Québecor lance sa plateforme publicitaire libre-service (Le Journal de Québec)
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Imagia en partenariat avec Illumina pour augmenter les perspectives de découvertes en combinant génomique et données cliniques (Cision)
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Netlift : Courbes hasardeuses sur le chemin du covoiturage (Le Devoir)
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Polystyvert : Six Canadian companies make World Economic Forum's annual list of tech pioneers (CTV News)
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MIMs : L’innovation en santé : investissons maintenant pour faire face aux crises de demain (La Presse+)
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Gorendezvous : Un gala réinventé et déjà 1000 adoptions en 2020: de bonnes nouvelles pour la SPAM (Le Nouvelliste)
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Panache Ventures : Ottawa's GoFor aims to deliver on growth forecast thanks to the 9.8$M seed round (Ottawa Business Journal)
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VidCruiter : The Top Video Interview Software Vendors According to the FeaturedCustomers Summer 2020 Customer Success Report Rankings (Le Lézard)
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TickSmith wins the Best Software Solution for FRTB (Le Lézard)
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SportlogiQ : Et le trophée Vézina est remis à... (RDS)
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Medyx : Une entreprise de Longueuil derrière une application pour faciliter la vie des médecins (Le Courrier du Sud)
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Medyx lève 860 K$ pour adapter son application et sa plateforme mobile de facturation médicale (Le Lien)
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Anges Québec awards honours at Rendez-vous Annuel 2020
Montréal, June 10, 2020 — On June 4, Anges Québec honoured three award winners at Rendez-vous Annuel 2020, presented by RBC and Investissement Québec, which exceptionally took the form of a virtual ceremony this year.