Recent announcements from Saskatchewan tech companies reflect activity across Regina and Saskatoon, covering software, healthtech, and SaaS innovation. These updates may help job seekers understand which companies are growing or receiving funding—and where job opportunities could emerge.
Cultivator by Conexus & Food Centre (Saskatoon/Regina)
Date: July 8–14, 2025
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre and Cultivator powered by Conexus signed an MOU to jointly support ag‑tech, food‑tech, upcycling, and agri-food entrepreneurs. Their collaboration includes referrals, shared programming, and events, strengthening the province’s ag‑tech startup pipeline. This was featured prominently during the Cohort 4 finale at Ag in Motion (July 15–17), where Cultivator showcased ag‑tech startups solving crop, pest, and sustainability challenges.
Talent implications: The accelerator supports early-stage hiring opportunities, with over four cohorts previously backing 62 companies and creating nearly 200 jobs. Emerging ag‑tech ventures might hire in areas like product development, data analysis, field pilots, and technical support.
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Ground Truth Agriculture (Regina)
Date: mid‑July (reported May but still relevant)
Regina-based Ground Truth Agriculture develops AI-driven grain grading tools (on-combine and benchtop systems using machine vision and NIRS). It has secured early-stage support from Innovation Saskatchewan’s Ag‑tech Growth Fund and is preparing to scale.
Talent implications: Expansion plans likely include hiring data engineers, AI/ML developers, hardware-focused engineers, and product development roles.
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Vendasta (Saskatoon)
Date: July 10, 2025
Vendasta named John Vars as Chief Product Officer to advance its AI-first strategy. This signals a growing internal focus on AI and automation development.
Talent implications: May expand roles for AI/data scientists, software developers, or product managers.
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WBM Technologies (Saskatoon)
Date: July 28, 2025
WBM Technologies was awarded “Partner of the Year” by Logitech in Canada, reflecting its growing profile in video collaboration and IT services.
Talent implications: Potential hiring in AV systems, IT support, and enterprise software services.
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SaskTel (Province-wide / Regina)
Date: July 4, 2025
The federal government invested $105 million in rural broadband expansion through SaskTel, targeting over 6,500 households across Saskatchewan.
Talent implications: Broadband expansion creates demand for network technicians, field engineers, and infrastructure support staff.
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LiORA (Saskatoon)
Date: August 6, 2025
LiORA raised $5.1 million in seed funding to scale its AI-driven soil remediation and environmental clean-up platform.
Talent implications: Hiring expected for software engineers, data analysts, and environmental tech roles.
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Draganfly (Saskatoon)
Date: July 30, 2025
Draganfly announced a heavy-lift drone contract with a major telecom client in the U.S., showcasing demand for its autonomous UAV systems. T
alent implications: May expand hiring for robotics engineers, field technicians, and systems project leads.
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Luxsonic (Saskatoon)
Date: July 4, 2025
Luxsonic participated in Google for Startups Accelerator: Canada and showcased its VR-based radiology platform at Demo Day.
Talent implications: Potential scaling roles in VR software development, UX design, and medical imaging.
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Offstreet (Regina)
Date: Within past six months (seed close featured, still impactful)
Offstreet, based in Regina and supported by Cultivator, secured a $2.4 million seed financing, aiming to add 10–15 jobs to its ~25-person team. The company offers license-plate-based parking validation software and intends to scale product development and sales.
Talent implications: Openings likely in software engineering, sales, customer success, and product development.
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AlchemistOne (Regina)
Date: July 8, 2025
AlchemistOne, a Regina-founded healthtech startup, launched a mindfulness-based mobile app aimed at supporting addiction and mental health recovery on iOS and Android. Over 3,500 users downloaded during beta test.
Talent implications: Future roles may emerge in mobile development, content design, product management, and ultimately AI integration as planned.
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Summary & Trends for Job Seekers
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Regina is showing up more: With both Offstreet and AlchemistOne active, Regina-based job seekers can now track startups with potential hiring.
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AI and software development continue to dominate tech hiring in both cities.
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Healthtech and SaaS are active sectors attracting early-stage investment and pilot rollout activity.
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Infrastructure expansion, including broadband projects, suggests steady need for technical craft and field operations roles.
If you’re targeting roles in AI/data, software engineering, VR, mobile health, or telecommunications in Saskatchewan, organizations like Vendasta, LiORA, Offstreet, and SaskTel are among those to watch this month.
