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What Coconut Software CFO Matt Petrow learned while raising a Series B

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/25/2022 07:00 EDT

Founders need a good reason for fundraising. And a good partner. Read more ›

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Eight Canadian universities land in PitchBook’s 2022 top 100 schools for founders

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/25/2022 06:00 EDT

The University of Waterloo keeps top spot for Canadian schools. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced for fraud

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/25/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes’ new CEO steps up to the plate

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/25/2022 05:00 EDT

Plus: Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams. Read more ›

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Potential Motors, Chinova Bioworks, Introhive feted at New Brunswick innovation awards ceremony

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 11/24/2022 14:54 EDT

Nine awards handed out at the first InnovateNB awards event. Read more ›

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How Acuva balances global growth with local impact to provide clean drinking water

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit · 11/24/2022 12:50 EDT

Acuva’s handheld LED-UV lights purify water around the world (and in Canada). Read more ›

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Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/24/2022 05:59 EDT

Seed-stage startups, cleantech “two biggest winners” amid slowdown. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s Fast 50

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit · 11/24/2022 05:00 EDT

Plus: Twitter employees say no to being "extremely hardcore." Read more ›

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Canadian tech hubs not immune to downturn as Communitech lays off 10 percent of workforce

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/23/2022 19:19 EDT

Innovation hub sees second significant staff reduction since 2019 provincial budget cuts. Read more ›

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OMERS Ventures’ Laura Lenz says “ego raising” is over in #CDNtech

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 11/23/2022 16:53 EDT

VC says "there's blame on both sides" for the lack of fundamentals in 2021. Read more ›

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One year after raising $6.5 million, GoodGood shuts down claiming it can’t find more money

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/23/2022 13:29 EDT

Company says downturn has had “dramatic impact” on its rapid local commerce delivery business. Read more ›

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Federal government’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund invests $58 million into 24 cleantech projects

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 11/23/2022 13:23 EDT

Volkswagen fines fuel climate projects at Canadian universities. Read more ›

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Wiseday enters Canada’s digital mortgage space with “instant” pre-approval process

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/23/2022 06:59 EDT

Wiseday is led by RenoRun, Hopper, Ssense, and Nesto alumni. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – With a new robot and fresh funding, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit · 11/23/2022 05:00 EDT

Plus: Raquel Urtasun’s Waabi gears up to hit the road. Read more ›

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How electrifying transportation could surge Ontario’s economy

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit · 11/22/2022 14:05 EDT

CITM Director calls Ontario the only place in North America that has the entire battery supply chain. Read more ›

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Acerta closes $10.4 million CAD Series B to help automakers like Nissan and GM build car parts more efficiently

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/22/2022 12:30 EDT

Acerta puts pedal to the metal and targets North American, European expansion. Read more ›

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WorkJam closes $50 million USD round co-led by Inovia, Fonds FTQ

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 11/22/2022 11:35 EDT

WorkJam's platform is geared towards supporting the frontline workforce. Read more ›

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Legal tech startup Clio advances its FinTech play with launch of payments product in Canada

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/22/2022 08:30 EDT

Clio claims to have processed over $1 billion USD in legal transactions. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Klarna slows expansion, Ripple targets the EU

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 2 place · 11/22/2022 05:59 EDT

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue. Read more ›

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L-Spark’s Leo Lax: 2022 has been a “disaster” for SaaS funding, though sector continues to grow

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 11/21/2022 17:07 EDT

“The bias is less towards building the innovation economy, more towards sustaining what we got.” Read more ›

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