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

Ubisoft closes Winnipeg office, laying off another 65 staff

French game developer continues cost-cutting measures just months after closing Halifax office. Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 12/10/2021 12:04 EDT

10Adventures, SOS WebAR take home Startup Calgary 2021 Launch Party awards

Digital travel guide startup 10Adventures and augmented reality company SOS WebAR were recently awarded with the People’s Choice and Alumni Choice awards, respectively, at... Read more ›

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Silicon Valley Bank @ BetaKit 2 place · 12/10/2021 09:06 EDT

How to (successfully) pivot your startup, from a company that did it twice

In recent years, the word “pivot” became one of the buzziest in Silicon Valley. It seemed as if every other startup had switched gears... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 12/10/2021 05:59 EDT

Cross-Border Impact Ventures launches with $30 million in commitments for women, youth-focused healthtech fund

Toronto-based Cross-Border Impact Ventures (CBIV) has secured commitments of $30 million USD in an initial close of its new Women’s and Children’s Health Technology... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/10/2021 05:50 EDT

Influitive acquires PostBeyond to expand customer advocacy platform to employees

Influitive has acquired fellow Toronto-based PostBeyond, a SaaS company focused on employee advocacy and social selling. The financial terms of this acquisition were not... Read more ›

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Cameron Chaddad @ BetaKit · 12/10/2021 05:50 EDT

Lockheed Martin partners with, invests $1.3 million in Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique

Lockheed Martin Canada has entered into a partnership with Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique (IQ) to become the newest member of its IBM Quantum... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 12/10/2021 05:30 EDT

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Best Buy buys into healthtech

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 16:23 EDT

D2L records rising revenue, net losses in first quarterly report since IPO

D2L’s latest earnings report shows the Kitchener-Waterloo-based EdTech company continues to benefit from the pandemic-fuelled shift to digital learning. In Q3, the e-learning software... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 15:02 EDT

Magnet Forensics raise $74.4 million CAD in bought deal secondary offering

Waterloo-headquartered Magnet Forensics is set to raise $74.4 million CAD in a bought deal secondary offering, selling 2.45 million subordinate voting shares priced at... Read more ›

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 13:39 EDT

Benevity acquire Swiss firm Alaya to extend global reach

Benevity is acquiring the Swiss SaaS platform Alaya for an undisclosed amount. According to Benevity management, the acquisition of Alaya helps cement its status... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 11:19 EDT

Sleep Country acquires 25 percent stake in blackout curtains manufacturer Sleepout

Major Canadian sleep retailer Sleep Country has signed an agreement to purchase a 25 percent stake in Sleepout, a Toronto-based startup specializing in portable... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 06:00 EDT

Shabodi secures $3.3 million to accelerate deployment of next-generation 5G solutions

Toronto-based Shabodi has raised $3.3 million in what it classifies as an oversubscribed seed round led by Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 12/09/2021 05:59 EDT

Whitecap Venture Partners closes $140 million Fund V to invest across Canada

Whitecap Venture Partners has secured $140 million CAD for its fifth fund, which will invest in early-stage B2B SaaS and medtech startups. For Whitecap’s... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 12/09/2021 05:30 EDT

R|T: The Retail Times – Life House looks to stop hotel bleeding

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using the form at... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/08/2021 17:23 EDT

Damon Motors secures $37.9 million CAD for its AI-backed electric motorcycles

Damon Motors has raised $37.9 million CAD ($30 million USD) in a Series B funding round led by House of Lithium and other undisclosed... Read more ›

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 12/08/2021 16:17 EDT

Nuvei shares drop amid short seller report

Payment processing company Nuvei saw its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and Nasdaq fall rapidly today as a short-seller report accused the... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 12/08/2021 12:29 EDT

NACO names Backbone Angels’ Arati Sharma 2021 Angel of the Year

Former Shopify senior leader and current founding partner of Backbone Angels Arati Sharma has been named Canada’s Angel of the Year by the National... Read more ›

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 12/08/2021 11:39 EDT

Former Shopify employees raise $8.5 million from Sequoia, Bessemer for new developer productivity startup Gadget

Ottawa-based Gadget has raised $8.5 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. The financing also saw participation from... Read more ›

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Silicon Valley Bank @ BetaKit · 12/08/2021 11:05 EDT

The metrics that show your startup is healthy

After a decade on Wall Street and two more as a venture capitalist, Mike Kwatinetz, of Azure Capital Partners, has developed an approach to... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 12/08/2021 06:59 EDT

Rebranded Nomic Bio raises $17 million to fuel development of protein-measuring platform

Nomic Bio has secured a new name and $17 million in Series A financing to support the growth of its protein-measuring platform. Nomic hopes... Read more ›

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 2 place · 12/08/2021 05:59 EDT

Alison Sunstrum, Kookai Chaimahawong to lead The51’s new AgTech fund

Women-focused investment firm The51 has brought on two venture capitalists to lead its new Food & AgTech fund. Alison Sunstrum, formerly of Builders VC... Read more ›

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