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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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Federal #Budget2022 surprisingly heavy on innovation policy

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 16:53 EDT

No Canadian DARPA, SR&ED reform is coming, and our clusters are no longer super. Read more ›

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Uplinq raises $4.4 million CAD to help small business lenders make accurate decisions

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 15:42 EDT

Uplinq’s credit assessment platform provides ‘billions’ of data signals beyond traditional credit indicators. Read more ›

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Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/07/2022 15:05 EDT

Paquette will lead some 500 staff members between the two groups. Read more ›

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Eight months after the death of its founder and a lab fire, e-Zinc has bounced back with a $31 million CAD Series A

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 04/07/2022 08:59 EDT

e-Zinc has secured backing from Anzu, BDC, Toyota, and Eni to start producing its long-duration energy storage solution. Read more ›

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Cybrid secures $3.8 million CAD seed round to help challenger banks launch crypto

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/07/2022 06:01 EDT

Cybrid calls itself “the crypto banking-as-a-service provider.” Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Place your bets

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/07/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Why Stripe’s ‘Fast’ Horse is losing the one-click checkout race. Read more ›

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Fill out the Sage Intacct x BetaKit Survey for SaaS startups

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Raj Dhaliwal @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/06/2022 17:22 EDT

Survey closes on May 15th. Read more ›

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MyComply closes $5.6 million CAD to sell construction tech platform to US companies

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/06/2022 06:00 EDT

CEO calls startup’s contract with New York City its “growth hack.” Read more ›

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With new investment product, is Neo Financial’s biggest competition now Wealthsimple and Questrade, or the big banks?

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/06/2022 05:59 EDT

The Prairie FinTech has teamed up with fellow Calgary startup OneVest for Neo Invest. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – Canada gets more Meta

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 04/06/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: An ex-employee at Google's AI firm DeepMind accused the company of mishandling her complaints of sexual harassment: 'The same stories keep recurring. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s losing talent

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Amira Zubairi @ BetaKit · 04/05/2022 17:55 EDT

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before anyone else, make sure to subscribe using the form at the bottom of this page. RBC launches Reach accelerator with Highline BETA Participants will get access to office space in Toronto’s financial district, and receive an initial investment of $100,000 from Highline BETA and RBC. Venmo... Read more ›

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In effort to cut costs, CSE-listed Legible lays off over a third of its employees

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/05/2022 17:05 EDT

Legible becomes second publicly-traded Canadian tech firm to announce significant layoffs in the past week. Read more ›

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Xero appoints Chris O’Neill as company’s first chief growth officer

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/05/2022 15:07 EDT

Chris O’Neill has held leadership roles at Portage, Evernote, Google. Read more ›

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New report shares stories of the biases women entrepreneurs face raising capital

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/05/2022 12:49 EDT

“He said, ‘well, don't you just want to go get married and have babies now? Why are you fundraising?’” Read more ›

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Amid NFT boom, Liquid MarketPlace aims to turn physical sports and Pokémon cards into tokens

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/05/2022 12:45 EDT

Logan Paul-led startup joins growing list of firms using blockchain to facilitate fractional ownership of physical assets. Read more ›

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With $7.1 million in SDTC funds, Spark Microsystems aims to make wireless tech more energy efficient

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/05/2022 11:46 EDT

Spark is among seven Canadian companies that received a cumulative $27.2 million from SDTC. Read more ›

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Fintech Cadence receives $400,000 government grant to help Québec FinTechs scale

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 04/05/2022 08:59 EDT

The FinTech incubator says the money will enable it to assist 125 entrepreneurs, startups. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Tough cuts, big hopes

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

Plus: Antitrust bill targeting Amazon, Google, Apple gets support from DOJ. Read more ›

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Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 04/04/2022 17:03 EDT

Real-Time Rail system is meant to modernize Canada’s payments infrastructure when completed. Read more ›

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Can an app be medicine?

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 04/04/2022 17:01 EDT

Worried you're hallucinating? There's an app for that! Read more ›

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