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Elevate reveals speakers, content tracks ahead of 2024 tech festival

Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/30/2024 05:55 EDT

Kara Swisher, Dax Dasilva, Amber Mac set to take the stage this year. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Gildan’s board resigns after months of boardroom battle

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/30/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Shopify convinces US court to overturn 2022 patent-infringement decision. Read more ›

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Toronto’s lead over other Canadian cities continues to widen in new startup ecosystem rankings

Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 05/30/2024 04:00 EDT

Canada retains fourth place in global rankings, but slips further from the three leading nations. Read more ›

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Genesys, Longbow and others recognized for big exits at 2024 CVCA awards

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/29/2024 16:33 EDT

CVCA also named the Global Dealmaker, Lifetime Legacy, Community Leadership, and Regional Impact award recipients. Read more ›

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BCV leads second round in Relay Financial, as SMB-focused FinTech closes $44-million CAD Series B

Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/29/2024 08:10 EDT

Startup targets profitability and $100-million USD run rate by end of 2025. Read more ›

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Accelerate Fund III backs Care Group as it looks to expand mental healthcare platform into new markets

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/29/2024 06:00 EDT

The startup is looking to expand across Canada and the United States starting later this year. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s “whether you like it or not” philosophy

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/29/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Shopify's Tobi Lütke will help advise Meta's AI strategy. Read more ›

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Clarius Mobile Health partners with Novartis to deploy ultrasound scanners to Canadian rheumatologists

Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 05/28/2024 15:19 EDT

Clarius’ handheld device will be used to support the early detection of psoriatic arthritis. Read more ›

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Riot Platforms publicly discloses rejected $950-million USD proposal to acquire Bitfarms

Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 05/28/2024 13:36 EDT

Riot says decision prompted by allegations in former Bitfarms CEO's lawsuit with company. Read more ›

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Amplitude Ventures closes $263 million for second precision medicine VC fund

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/28/2024 13:35 EDT

Amplitude has already made four investments from Fund II. Read more ›

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Ecosystem Spotlight: Alberta tech is striking gold

Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/28/2024 09:23 EDT

CIBC Innovation Banking’s Joe Timlin on the province that’s punching above its weight. Read more ›

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Fading 2023 VC performance underscores Canadian tech market’s “vulnerability,” BDC reports

Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/28/2024 06:00 EDT

Down rounds rose from seven percent in 2022 to 31 percent last year. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Newfoundland’s CoLab to go on hiring spree with Series B funding

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/28/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Thinkific has too much cash. That’s a real problem. Read more ›

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CIFAR, CABHI among recipients of more than $850 million in federal science and research funding

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/27/2024 16:36 EDT

Two dozen third-party science and research organizations are being backed by the new Strategic Science Fund. Read more ›

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Artemis closes $2 million CAD to improve data quality for analytics and AI

Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/27/2024 06:00 EDT

Indigenous-led Vancouver startup aims to automate data cleanup with AI agents. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Bench and Shopify alumni get $11M to launch “Stripe for accounting”

Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/27/2024 05:15 EDT

Plus: Neo Financial credit products will now report to Equifax. Read more ›

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Google has a glue problem

Bianca Bharti @ BetaKit · 05/27/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Xanadu wants another $200 million. Read more ›

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Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook is raising another $200 million to build a quantum data centre

Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/24/2024 16:07 EDT

Recently on The BetaKit Podcast, we spoke with a German immigrant who has been fairly critical of Canada’s approach to innovation; he asked specifically for more courage and ambition. Today, we’re speaking with the Australian immigrant behind Canada’s quantum unicorn, Xanadu. His take? The vibes are good! “We’ve been offered or at least suggested, ‘Why don’t you move your headquarters to the US?’ The only way we’ll move our headquarters... Read more ›

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