After months of subdued activity,mergersand acquisitions (M&A) are on the rise.
According to recentglobal market analysts LSEG Data and Analytics, the second quarter of 2025 saw close toin activity in Canada.
Interestingly, while the total value of takeovers in Q2 2025 was 84 per cent higher than the same period last year, fewer deals were made: LSEG counted just 593 deals compared to 825 deals in Q22024.
These numbers may be heartening for those concerned about keeping Canadian companies in Canada. At 色色啦 Tech Week,from Shopify, Cohere andWealthsimpleemphasized the power of rejecting foreign acquisitions and focusing on domestic deals for more sustainable company growth.听
Indeed, one of the best ways for Canadian companies to grow is to buy another.
色色啦-based software companyrecently added, a North Carolina startup specializing in AI threat modelling, to its portfolio as part of its strategic growth plan.
As CEO RohitSethi explains, one of his company鈥檚 key offerings,, is like a blueprint that showssoftware developerswhich security requirements they need to integrate.
But,Sethi notes, there was a gap in that platform鈥檚 capabilities. Security Compass wanted to provide a service that would help clients understanddifferent waysattackers might break into their systems.
While颈迟鈥檚possible to build in-house, Sethi says it can be more effective 鈥斺痑nd far more efficient 鈥斺痶oacquirea pre-existing program迟丑补迟鈥檚already trusted by customers.听听
This is not the first time Security Compass has brought other entities into its fold 鈥 the company, a provider of training software, in 2024. 鈥淥ur goal is to do whatever we can to serve our customers in line with our mission and vision,鈥 Sethi says. While much of the firm鈥檚 growth is still tied to organic sales, he notes, Security Compass will continue to seize opportunities 鈥渢o expand the portfolio,鈥 especially when it meansacquiringa product that will better serve clients.听听
Very Large Telescope capturesvery raresupernova
Thanks to an exceptionally powerful bit of technology, astronomers have been able to document a鈥 a type of supernova in which a white dwarf (the burnt-out core of a star) is obliterated by back-to-back explosions 鈥 for the first time.
Located in Chile, the European Southern Observatory鈥檚isactually eighttelescopes working in concert 鈥 four larger units with 8.2-metre mirrors alongside four 1.8-metre auxiliary units.
This powerful piece of equipment was able to capture the rare supernova 160,000 light years away.听听
Cardiac device company gets cash infusion
, a Vancouver-basedmedtechcompany with an innovative solution to treat atrial fibrillation through electrical pulses, has raised $340 million in an oversubscribed round of funding.
Thestartup鈥檚听involves a catheter equipped with more than 100 electrodes, which can be guided into the left atrium of a patient鈥檚 heart by way of the femoral vein.
Once deployed, the device expands its array of electrodes into a globe shape, which enables moreaccuratemonitoring and assessment of irregular heart rhythms and defuses the errant cells with targeted electrical pulses.
This cash will helpKardiummove through the necessary regulatory steps (including FDA approval and sign-off from authorities in Canada andEurope) on its path to market.听
Cohere/CoreWeavedata centre to boot up next month
A new data huboperatedby American companyis set to open next month in Cambridge, Ont.
Canadian generative AI firmwas instrumental in developing the centre, with the support of federal funding from the, and will be thefor its services.听听听
By the numbers
$2 billion:How muchthe Canadian government would have collected from U.S. digital firms such as Amazon and Airbnb on June 30. That payment would have been the first instalment of the three per cent) on revenue collected from Canadians who accessed digital services from U.S. companies, dating back to 2022. On June 29, Prime Minister Mark Carney rescinded the DSTin an effort toavoid derailing ongoing trade negotiations with the U.S.听
$4 trillion:of chipmaker Nvidia on July 9. The company was the first publicly traded entity to achieve that market milestone.听听
US$3 million:Theby Kitchener robotics startupCobionix, which is developing an AI-driven, automated platform to improve the delivery of health care services.听听听
40: 听of Canadian organizations working on carbon removal initiatives, solidifying Canada as a leader in this space.
It鈥檚 not just Canadians looking toward carbon removal as a way to mitigate climate change: Alberta鈥檚, which has built a hub for testing 10 direct-air carbon removal technologies at once,an influx of interest from American carbon tech developers looking to test their solutions in Canada in the wake of climate policy shifts in the U.S.听听听
Rebecca Gao writes about technology for. Torstar, the parent company of the 色色啦 Star, has partnered with听MaRS听to highlight innovation in Canadian companies.听
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