TechTO Newsletter Archive

Three rooms. Same pressure. Here's what came up

A private dinner, a growth table, and a quantum IPO - all in one week.

HealthTech

Mar 24, 2026

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8 min read

Some startups are easier to believe in

Kindly is one of them. Here’s why founders should pay attention.

Founder Playbook

$2.36B federal IT spend. Are you on the list?

Mar 19, 2026

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8 min read

$2.36B federal IT spend. Are you on the list?

There’s $690M leaving US firms. Here’s where it’s going.

Founder Playbook

Naive ambition isn't a personality flaw. It's the strategy.

Mar 17, 2026

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8 min read

Naive ambition isn't a personality flaw. It's the strategy.

$100B+ in assets. 3M+ Canadians. It started with one founder calling every signup himself.

HealthTech

The $1B Nobody Saw Coming & The $100B Everyone Ignored

Mar 12, 2026

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10 min read

The $1B Nobody Saw Coming & The $100B Everyone Ignored

Plus: the health tech lessons no one's talking about, where to be this March and April, and partner perks you don't want to miss.

Founder Playbook

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

Are you default alive or default dead?

A tool to calculate your growth rate, Jason's take on why it matters, and four founder talks to watch at every stage.

Marketing & Growth

From 80 Rejections to $350M: Spellbook’s Next Growth Move

Mar 5, 2026

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10 min read

From 80 Rejections to $350M: Spellbook’s Next Growth Move

Inside Spellbook's US$40M move, what's happening on the West Coast, and everything coming up in the community.

Founder & Company Stories

"An idea is not really a business - as much as I wanted it to be."

Mar 3, 2026

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7 min read

"An idea is not really a business - as much as I wanted it to be."

4 founder stories at MaRS, Best Of TechTO early bird tickets, $350K in grants, a trip to Taiwan and CIX Summit

Feb 26, 2026

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8 min read

Search bars stapled to Spreadsheets

How a 20-something-old cracked sports AI + engineering at global scale, healthcare reality, and your next TechTO event

Fundraising & VC

Sold Before Writing A Single Line of Code

Feb 24, 2026

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7 min read

Sold Before Writing A Single Line of Code

4 Founder Playbooks, raising $2.1M at 23, exiting to PE-backed giants, scaling Sentry to unicorn status - plus Taalas’ $169M Nvidia challenge and global AI regulation warnings.

Founder Playbook

How 3 Canadian founders scaled to $100M+ (and what they'd do differently)

Feb 19, 2026

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6 min read

How 3 Canadian founders scaled to $100M+ (and what they'd do differently)

Capital discipline, AI-era hiring leverage, Althra Cohort 2, February-March events, and the membership advantage shaping Canada’s next wave of builders.

Canadian Tech News

Join the University of Toronto at Entrepreneurship Week March 2-6

Feb 18, 2026

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4 min read

Join the University of Toronto at Entrepreneurship Week March 2-6

Meet innovative founders, catch the live pitch competition for big prizes and more

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Three rooms. Same pressure. Here's what came up

Some startups are easier to believe in

$2.36B federal IT spend. Are you on the list?

Naive ambition isn't a personality flaw. It's the strategy.

The $1B Nobody Saw Coming & The $100B Everyone Ignored

Are you default alive or default dead?

From 80 Rejections to $350M: Spellbook’s Next Growth Move

"An idea is not really a business - as much as I wanted it to be."

Search bars stapled to Spreadsheets

Sold Before Writing A Single Line of Code

How 3 Canadian founders scaled to $100M+ (and what they'd do differently)

Join the University of Toronto at Entrepreneurship Week March 2-6

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