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Ubisoft closes Winnipeg office, laying off another 65 staff

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/12/2026 17:48 EDT

French game developer continues cost-cutting measures just months after closing Halifax office. 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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Sprout.vc closes initial $10 million for second Western Canada-focused seed fund

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/03/2022 07:59 EDT

Sprout.vc aims to sow seeds for more B2B software startups to grow. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Global rules for the internet?

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 05/03/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Inside Twitter, Fears That Musk’s Views Will Revisit Past Troubles. Read more ›

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Loop Energy, Acuva, CORE Energy receive collective $13.4 million in federal cleantech funding

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 17:45 EDT

The BC cleantech companies are meant to create 169 jobs backed by this investment. Read more ›

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Innovation Guelph awarded $10 million from federal government for cleantech program

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 16:27 EDT

Businesses can receive up to $30,000 to bring tech to market. Read more ›

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Think Research posts record 438 percent revenue increase in Q4, 2021 following acquisitions

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 15:12 EDT

Think Research saw 178 percent YoY rise in revenue, nearly tripled net loss last year. Read more ›

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Cyno secures $2.3 million seed round to bolster virtual care for employees

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 12:51 EDT

Cyno users can choose between individual or group health services. Read more ›

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Nicoya acquires University of Toronto spinout LSK Technologies to bolster testing capabilities, expedite product roadmap

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/02/2022 08:59 EDT

Deal adds LSK’s “lab-in-a-box” testing platform to Nicoya’s portfolio of digital proteomics tech. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Flutterwave’s reputation falters

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: OneVest secures $5 million to help companies like Neo Financial launch wealth management products. Read more ›

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Canadian startup news of the week (5/01/22)

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 05/02/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Bonsai lays off a third of employees shortly after $21 million Series A, citing shift to growth strategy. Read more ›

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Three engineering and developer positions offering remote work

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Raj Dhaliwal @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/29/2022 17:53 EDT

Personify, Lifeworks, Shoplogix are hiring developers & engineering roles rights now. Read more ›

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Userful secures $10 million for tech that centralizes brands’ visual network

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/29/2022 16:34 EDT

NASA, Nestlé, among over a thousand companies using Userful’s visual networking platform. Read more ›

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