Fatima Syed

Reporter

Fatima Syed was a reporter at The Logic. She was previously a reporter with National Observer, where she established the outlet’s Queen’s Park bureau with an emphasis on coverage of environmental and energy policy. She previously worked at the Toronto Star and at The Walrus, and is a National Magazine Award nominee. She contributed chapters to two anthologies published by Coach House Books, Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity and House Divided.

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Articles by Fatima Syed

Top Prospects: Leading innovators from the Class of 2020

https://thelogic.co/intelligence/top-prospects-leading-innovators-from-the-class-of-2020/

By Fatima Syed | Jun 30, 2020

A look at the 2020 rising stars from Canada’s leading computer science and engineering universities

COVID-19 roundup: Alberta bets on tech sector in post-pandemic economic recovery

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-alberta-bets-on-tech-sector-in-post-pandemic-economic-recovery/

By Fatima Syed, Catherine McIntyre and Murad Hemmadi | Jun 29, 2020

On Monday, Premier Jason Kenney announced $175 million in new money for the Alberta Enterprise Corporation, which invests in VC funds that back local startups, as well as a new Innovation Employment Grant, details of which were not immediately made available

Briefing

Thoughtexchange raises $10 million in Series B extension

https://thelogic.co/briefing/thoughtexchange-raises-10-million-in-series-b-extension/

By Fatima Syed | Jun 29, 2020

Behavox, a SoftBank-backed AI data analytics startup, is moving its global hub to Montreal

https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/behavox-a-softbank-backed-ai-data-analytics-startup-is-moving-its-global-hub-to-montreal/

By Fatima Syed | Jun 29, 2020

The company’s expansion includes plans to hire 500 people

COVID-19 roundup: Ottawa mum on companies’ CEWS use

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-ottawa-mum-on-companies-cews-use/

By Fatima Syed, Murad Hemmadi, Zane Schwartz and Catherine McIntyre | Jun 26, 2020

Ottawa doesn’t plan to reveal how much individual employers received from the federal wage-subsidy program to pay their workers during the pandemic

Briefing

ThinkData Works, a Toronto-based data-science firm, has raised $8 million

https://thelogic.co/briefing/thinkdata-works-a-toronto-based-data-science-firm-has-raised-8-million/

By Fatima Syed | Jun 26, 2020

Briefing

Facebook to label posts after Unilever, Honda and Verizon pull their ads

https://thelogic.co/briefing/facebook-to-label-posts-after-unilever-honda-and-verizon-pull-their-ads/

By Fatima Syed | Jun 26, 2020

COVID-19 roundup: RBC CEO calls on policymakers to ‘incent risk capital’

https://thelogic.co/news/covid-19-roundup-rbc-ceo-calls-on-policymakers-to-incent-risk-capital/

By Murad Hemmadi, Fatima Syed, Zane Schwartz and Catherine McIntyre | Jun 25, 2020

“We've got good risk capital in Canada, but we need external risk capital to take advantage of the new supply chains if we’re going to build new companies [and] services … in the digital world,” he told a virtual audience tuning in to the Collision from Home conference on Thursday