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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/18/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: Neo’s backers, Wealthsimple’s value, and Shopify’s concerns. Read more ›

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Startupfest shares full schedule for 2024 tech festival

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/24/2024 06:00 EDT

Speakers include leaders from Shopify, Paper, BDC, Disco, Brightspark, BetaKit, and more. Read more ›

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DIGITAL invests $10.5 million across four AI projects from healthtech startups

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/24/2024 06:00 EDT

Projects from Swift Medical, RxPx, Gotcare, and AlayaCare carry a collective $26-million value. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Uber Health rolling out caregiving solution in US

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/24/2024 05:03 EDT

Plus: CloudMD to go private after acquisition spree dries liquidity. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – The Shopify exec paid more than Tobi Lütke and Harley Finkelstein

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/24/2024 04:57 EDT

Plus: Lightspeed’s Dax Dasilva sheds interim label from CEO title and puts EBITDA in the green. Read more ›

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US court overturns $40-million USD patent infringement verdict against Shopify

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 05/23/2024 16:19 EDT

Shopify calls the judgment “a significant victory in the battle against patent trolls.” Read more ›

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Federal government invests $2.5 million in Co.Labs to maintain Uniting the Prairies

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/23/2024 13:23 EDT

The funding will help stage the Uniting the Prairies conference for the next three years. Read more ›

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Daniel Vranesic of TXIO is on a mission to improve personal finance

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 2 place · 05/23/2024 07:00 EDT

The Neontra app offers a foundation for financial wellness. Read more ›

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Forma.ai’s first acquisition nets fellow Toronto sales software startup SeaMonster

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/23/2024 06:00 EDT

With SeaMonster, Forma.ai aims to help companies provide activity-based sales incentives. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – AI is jeopardizing Microsoft’s climate goals

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/23/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: OpenAI hemorrhages safety-conscious leaders, including Canadian Ilya Sutskever. Read more ›

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Conexus Venture Capital launches its second $30-million fund to back Saskatchewan tech startups

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/22/2024 20:30 EDT

Conexus Credit Union reaffirms commitment to local VC with another $15-million investment. Read more ›

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Busbud acquires South African revenue management platform Ratality

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/22/2024 15:24 EDT

The acquisition adds demand forecasting, dynamic pricing, and fleet management features to Busbud’s platform. Read more ›

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Boeing backs Québec’s new aerospace innovation zone with $240 million CAD

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/22/2024 12:54 EDT

Québec said Espace Aéro comes with $415 million in planned investment. Read more ›

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Paytm, PSP Investments alumni announce $5.25 million to build a super app for Canadian immigrants called Beacon

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/22/2024 06:00 EDT

Beacon aims to become ‘the trusted brand for immigrants to Canada.’ Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Squarespace to go private in $6.9 billion deal after hefty IPO

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/22/2024 04:59 EDT

Plus: Figma shareholders to sell at a discount in Adobe deal fallout. Read more ›

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CoLab raises $28.6-million CAD Series B to grow its team and incorporate AI

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/21/2024 14:32 EDT

CoLab CEO Adam Keating said he expects to grow the team from 86 to 125 employees by the end of the year. Read more ›

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Pesa is banking on Canadians’ sense of duty

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/21/2024 10:02 EDT

The very personal world of cross-border transactions. Read more ›

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Blossom closes $2.1 million to grow its investing social network in the US

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/21/2024 06:00 EDT

After abandoning its brokerage vision, Blossom plans to remain a social platform. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Is Canada an easy mark for international money laundering?

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/21/2024 05:30 EDT

Plus: ZayZoon returns its services to Canada after years in the US. Read more ›

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The procurement problem in Canadian healthtech

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Bianca Bharti @ BetaKit 3 place · 05/21/2024 05:00 EDT

Plus: The latest stats on Q1 startup funding. Read more ›

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Vantage points: MedEssist’s Joella Almeida on why being the ‘Shopify for Pharmacies’ is not enough

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 05/20/2024 18:59 EDT

"Federally procured and provincially distributed" healthcare alienates practitioners and creates poor patient outcomes. Read more ›

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