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Rithmik Closes US$1.2M to Commercialize “AI-First” Mobile Mining Analytics

MONTREAL and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Rithmik Solutions, whose mission is building the world’s most advanced and reliable analytics for mobile mining equipment, today announced the closing of a US$1.2M investment led by Chrysalix Venture Capital and joined by Fonds Ecofuel. The funding will accelerate the commercialization of the company’s flagship product, Rithmik Asset Health Analyzer (AHA), which has been in development for the past three years and is currently undergoing real-time onsite trials in Alberta, Quebec and Zambia. Rithmik AHA applies a multi-tiered machine learning approach to increase mobile equipment uptime while reducing maintenance costs...

Ora Graphene Announces Strategic Investment to Advance Lead in Graphene Commercialization

Leader in graphene products with innovative GrapheneQ™ membrane to capitalize on increasing commercial demand worldwide. Montreal, Canada, June 15th 2021 – Ora Graphene, the world’s first commercial producer of free-standing graphene membranes, announced the closing of its $3 million Seed financing round today. The deal was led by Ecofuel Fund along with Export Development Canada (EDC), BDC Capital and certain members of New York Angels. Existing investors TandemLaunch, and BoxOne Ventures also participated in the round. In conjunction with the financing, the company was recently awarded a Sustainable Development Technology Canada grant to explore new areas of graphene applications for its...

Axya raises $1.5M seed round

Axya platform raises $1.5M seed round to connect local manufacturing networks across Ontario and Northeastern USA  MONTREAL, April 27, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - This seed round, co-led by Ecofuel and Desjardins capital with the participation of Real Ventures, will help the company expand its reach to Ontario and the Northeastern US. Previously known as GRAD4, Axya now aims to expand its platform's capabilities and grow their brand as they enter these new North American markets. [caption id="attachment_8484" align="alignnone" width="300"] Image of the marketplace listing the RFQ available to the suppliers. (CNW Group/Axya)[/caption] "In its near 2 years as a platform, Axya's goal has always been to help...

AEPONYX, Inc. Closes $10M Funding Round

Montreal, March 15, 2021 - With the growing 5G networks, such as the 5G-enabled iPhone12 and Ericsson recently announcing over 200 million global 5G subscribers, AEPONYX continues to build out its 5G product portfolio with the closing of a $10M new funding round. All previous investors supported this round, with Investissement Quebec joining as the new investor. This adds to AEPONYX’s previous $30M funding and enables the company to move faster. “We are delighted to bring innovative products to the 5G market. The creation of our integrated photonics with MEMS products enable the Telecom industry to advance their next-generation networks....