Unitus Seed Fund

CoCoPIE Secures Series A Funding: Investment in Real-Time AI Solutions for Next-Gen Results

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Thursday, August 26, 2021
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With this investment, CoCoPIE will focus on growing its customer base and investing in research & development.

Key Points: 
  • With this investment, CoCoPIE will focus on growing its customer base and investing in research & development.
  • "We are excited that Sequoia China Seed Fund continues to invest in CoCoPIE to further our goal in disrupting the AI landscape," said Dr. Yanzhi Wang, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer at CoCoPIE.
  • "This investment furthers our thesis that our software-only Compression Compilation Co-Design approach will offer new opportunities for democratizing AI capability on edge devices, while invalidating the common perception on the indispensability of special AI hardware for real-time AI on end devices.
  • CoCoPIE is the leading software that enables real-time AI for off-the-shelf mobile devices through proprietary DL compression-compilation co-design.

Government of Canada supporting Canadian cleantech companies from seed to scale-up

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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Despite COVID-19 disruptions and uncertainties, Canadian cleantech companies responded with agility, ingenuity and resilience to advance our global leadership.

Key Points: 
  • Despite COVID-19 disruptions and uncertainties, Canadian cleantech companies responded with agility, ingenuity and resilience to advance our global leadership.
  • Today, the Honourable Franois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced an investment of $19.1million in six transformative Canadian cleantech companies through Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).
  • SDTC's critical funding helps entrepreneurs develop and deploy cleantech innovations, promotes the development of a robust Canadian cleantech market and builds the economy for the post-pandemic future.
  • Visit the SDTC website to learn more about these cleantech leaders and how Canada is advancing cleantech innovations for global climate solutions.