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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups dominate Fast 50, former NYSE president in talks to reboot FTX

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/13/2023 05:30 EDT

Plus: Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED. Read more ›

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SR&ED stress might be around the corner for startups come tax time

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/13/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Alberta's battle over who is an 'engineer' hits the legislature. Read more ›

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Buffer’s Chief Product Officer on how it connects a fractured internet

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 11/12/2023 18:57 EDT

The post-social media era requires a headless ecommerce equivalent for content. The post Buffer’s Chief Product Officer on how it connects a fractured internet first appeared on BetaKit. Read more ›

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Trio of Canadian tech companies show progress towards profitability in earnings this week

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/10/2023 18:05 EDT

Thinkific hits positive EBITDA as Coveo and Mogo shrink losses. Read more ›

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Tokens.com slashes headcount by 40 percent in push to cut costs

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/10/2023 15:07 EDT

Web3 firm is also exploring a potential sale of business segments. Read more ›

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These three Fast 500 companies are hiring software engineers in Canada

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/10/2023 13:49 EDT

The Fast 500 lists North America’s fastest growing tech companies… and many are hiring. Read more ›

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Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED, with potentially devastating implications for Canadian tech

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Jared Lindzon @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/10/2023 06:11 EDT

Recent ruling means startups can no longer “double dip” in government assistance. Read more ›

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VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/10/2023 06:00 EDT

Event panels survey state of play in Canada for hardware companies in medtech, AI, and other sectors. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/10/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care. Read more ›

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Acuva, Brickeye, Intelligent City feature in Foresight’s top 50 cleantech ventures list

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 11/09/2023 14:39 EDT

Ventures on the accelerator’s 2021, 2022 lists have collectively raised over $1.67 billion. Read more ›

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Recharge Véhicule Électrique raises over $7 million to expand at-home EV charging

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/09/2023 14:35 EDT

RVE’s president says the funding will help free up 4,000 megawatts of power from the grid. Read more ›

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Report: Diversity gap persists in senior ranks of Canadian VC firms

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/09/2023 06:02 EDT

BDC Capital data shows almost half of venture firms are entirely male owned. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/09/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm. Read more ›

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Acton Capital closes $240-million USD Fund VI to invest in tech startups across Canada and Europe

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 11/08/2023 17:22 EDT

Acton’s Canadian portfolio has included Chef’s Plate, Clio, Knix Wear, Maple, and Mobify. Read more ›

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Dapper Labs, Nesto, Certn, top Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 50 list

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/08/2023 16:48 EDT

FinTech startups made a mark on the list of Canada’s leading technology companies. Read more ›

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Quantum startup Photonic raises $137 million CAD, strikes strategic partnership with Microsoft

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/08/2023 13:56 EDT

Photonic has an “audacious” five-year plan to build a fault-tolerant quantum computing platform. Read more ›

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Cavelo secures $5-million Inovia-led seed round to help financial services firms protect their data

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/08/2023 09:00 EDT

With cybersecurity no longer just “a big company problem,” Cavelo eyes US expansion. Read more ›

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ChargeLab taps Newlab, Flipp alums Shaun Stewart and Patrick Smith to leadership team

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/08/2023 06:02 EDT

Stewart will serve as ChargeLab’s new president, while Smith has joined as VP engineering. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 11/08/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic. Read more ›

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NGen commits $19 million to 12 new AI manufacturing projects

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/07/2023 17:02 EDT

Industry contributions bring the total value of the projects to $55 million. Read more ›

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