Amara Chen writes Canadian Startups about Canadian startups and business-building changes for Canadian readers.
Canadian Startups — Funding conversations are stronger when founders can show what customers actually did, not only what they said. This issue offers a low-cost way to test the riskiest demand assumption before turning capital into code.
Canadian Startups — H1 2026 funding is available but more concentrated, with U.S. investors supplying a larger share and fewer international participants. Founders can use the data to separate market signals from company-specific forecasts and verify funding, program, and exit assumptions.