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Future Summit 2025 to host leaders from NVIDIA, AWS Canada, Alberta government, and more

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

A closer look at the sessions and power players shaping Future Summit’s inaugural gathering on Nov 18 to 20. Read more ›

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Validere acquires Clairifi to offer regulatory reporting capabilities for oil and gas firms

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/05/2022 15:35 EDT

Validere wants to drill ESG compliance into energy companies with Clairifi acquisition. Read more ›

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Playmaker acquires New York-based sports media company The Sports Drop

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/05/2022 13:23 EDT

Playmaker continues sports media acquisitions spree. Read more ›

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Shopify delivers $1.2 billion USD Deliverr deal to expand fulfillment network

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/05/2022 11:40 EDT

Deliverr marks Shopify’s largest acquisition to date. Read more ›

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Shopify’s growth continues to slow in Q1 2022 as it reaches deal to acquire Deliverr for $2.1 billion USD

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/05/2022 08:26 EDT

In the first quarter of 2022, Shopify’s revenue growth continued to slow, as the pandemic forces that have driven the rise of e-commerce start to wane. The Ottawa-based e-commerce giant also announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire San Francisco-based Deliverr for $2.1 billion USD in a cash and stock deal to expand its warehousing and logistics capabilities. In Q1 2022, Shopify’s revenue grew to $1.2 billion, representing... Read more ›

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Lightspeed leverages acquisitions to launch new flagship omnichannel retail platform

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/05/2022 06:59 EDT

Lightspeed Retail launch follows company’s recent C-Suite shakeup. Read more ›

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Boast.ai leadership transition makes Alok Tyagi CEO to scale R&D tax credit company

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/05/2022 06:01 EDT

Boast.ai co-founders Alex Popa and Lloyed Lobo will remain on the board. Read more ›

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Neo Financial joins Canada’s unicorns as Peter Thiel’s Valar triples down with $185 million round

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/05/2022 05:59 EDT

Wealthsimple had Paul Desmaris to fuel its growth; Neo has Peter Thiel. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon jabs at Shopify

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 05/05/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Shipfusion secures $51.2 million CAD to expand warehouse network to Dallas, New Jersey. Read more ›

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How do you measure culture in the remote and hybrid workplace?

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Rob Kenedi @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 18:38 EDT

Donuts are not enough. Read more ›

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CFIN, Ontario Genomics reveal winners of cumulative $900,000 for food innovation research

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 16:56 EDT

Winners aim to replicate the taste, feel, and smell of meat without any meat. Read more ›

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Boundless Life secures $2 million seed round to help families transition to digital nomad lifestyle

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 14:09 EDT

Boundless claims no competition, targeting aspiring digital nomads with children. Read more ›

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Q4 Inc. records 23 percent YoY revenue growth, halves net losses in Q1 2022 earnings

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 13:17 EDT

CEO attributes Q4’s strong Q1 to tech investments, focus on existing customers. Read more ›

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PayTic raises $2.95 million to help banks, credit unions centralize program management

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 12:24 EDT

PayTic wants to remove Excel spreadsheets from payment reconciliation. Read more ›

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Visier makes first acquisition, acquiring Yva.ai’s tech and team to expand understanding of how employees work

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 09:00 EDT

Visier plans to parlay deal into new collaboration analytics product. Read more ›

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Tailscale closes $128 million CAD Series B to scale VPN service, amass more developer evangelists

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/04/2022 08:59 EDT

Amid a sea of top-down network security solutions, Tailscale’s bottom-up approach is paying dividends. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – Lemieux hits the bench(sci)

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 05/04/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Anthropic’s quest for better, more explainable AI attracts $580M. Read more ›

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Alberta government launching internal AI lab powered by AltaML

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/03/2022 17:50 EDT

The government calls this the first public AI lab in Alberta. Read more ›

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Untether AI secures $1 million for partnership with General Motors

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/03/2022 15:41 EDT

Untether and General Motors on a mission to help cars see better using AI. Read more ›

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Pocketed co-founders pocket $25,000 prize money in pitch contest for women entrepreneurs

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/03/2022 14:52 EDT

Pocketed, which helps businesses find grants, gets granted with $25,000. Read more ›

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Innovate BC opens applications for startups to receive up to $300,000 for R&D

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/03/2022 11:40 EDT

Innovate BC’s Ignite program has awarded 34 projects with a cumulative $8.5 million. Read more ›

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