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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/30/2021 10:43 EDT

Ontario reveals digital strategy, plans to launch new data authority

The Government of Ontario has introduced its long-planned digital and data strategy, which includes plans to create a new provincial data authority. The strategy,... Read more ›

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/30/2021 09:51 EDT

Sonder to go public on NASDAQ through SPAC deal

Montréal-founded travel tech startup Sonder is set to go public on the NASDAQ through a merger deal with Gores Metropoulos II Inc. Sonder co-founder... Read more ›

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 04/30/2021 07:00 EDT

Here’s why M&A activity is surging in Canada’s tech sector

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to new market conditions in the Canadian tech sector that require startups to change... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/30/2021 06:00 EDT

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Virtual therapists

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 1 place · 04/29/2021 18:05 EDT

Ceridian to acquire Toronto talent intelligence startup Ideal

Ceridian has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Toronto hiring and employee management software startup Ideal. The transaction is expected to close tomorrow, on... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/29/2021 16:26 EDT

AbCellera breaks ground on new Vancouver HQ as it plans to hire hundreds

AbCellera, Canada’s most valuable biotech company, has broken ground on a new 380,000-square foot tech hub in Vancouver that is set to serve as... Read more ›

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 04/29/2021 13:13 EDT

Alberta’s innovation minister wants province to be a “dominant player” in Canadian tech

Alberta’s minister of innovation wants to make the province’s tech sector a dominant player in the Canadian innovation arena, and he believes the ecosystem... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/29/2021 12:08 EDT

Founder Institute Montréal reveals graduates from winter 2020 cohort

Founder Institute’s Montréal branch has announced the 13 startups graduating from its first completely virtual cohort. The full list of companies includes eWarren, Reinvent... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/29/2021 07:00 EDT

Farm payroll startup Labora wins SFU entrepreneurship competition

Surrey, British Columbia-based FinTech startup Labora has taken home the top prize at Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) 10th annual Venture Prize competition, coming away... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/29/2021 06:00 EDT

R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify pins new markets

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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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 18:55 EDT

Newton had an outage and now users are complaining their transactions are pending

Toronto-based cryptocurrency exchange Newton recently experienced an outage to its platform related to a cyberattack affecting its custodial partner. As a result, some users... Read more ›

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 14:50 EDT

Large deals fuelled Calgary’s healthy 2020, but Western Canada could have an early-stage funding problem

Although Calgary tech startups raised more venture funding through more deals in 2020 than in the year prior, a lack of early-stage deals could... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 12:46 EDT

Netflix chooses Toronto for Canadian headquarters

Netflix has announced plans to open its first Canadian corporate office in Toronto. The move is part of the streaming giant’s push to expand... Read more ›

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 09:45 EDT

Shopify sees 110 percent year-over-year revenue growth as e-commerce continues to boom amid pandemic

Shopify continued to see massive growth in the first quarter of 2021 with revenue, income and gross profit all significantly increasing year-over-year. Shopify’s total... Read more ›

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 08:59 EDT

Attabotics, Amii, AltaML partner to develop AI solutions for supply chains

Attabotics, a Calgary-based robotics supply chain startup, has partnered with AltaML and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) to develop new capabilities in artificial... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 07:00 EDT

Today in funding: Cape Privacy, Plooto, Lumeto, ReelData, Heirlume, Axya

Six Canadian tech startups have recently secured fresh funding rounds to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised, how much, from whom,... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/28/2021 06:00 EDT

A|I: The AI Times – Montréal’s AI map

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/27/2021 18:04 EDT

Magnet Forensics increases TSX IPO target, aiming to raise $100 million

Kitchener-Waterloo’s Magnet Forensics is now looking to raise just over $100 million CAD through its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock... Read more ›

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 04/27/2021 14:25 EDT

Shopify helped generate $307 billion in economic activity last year amid pandemic’s impact on retail

Global economic activity from merchants on Shopify reached $307 billion in 2020, according to a new report released by the company (all figures in... Read more ›

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 04/27/2021 13:01 EDT

Following IPO, Thinkific CEO sees more opportunity to scale

Vancouver-based Thinkific Labs’ co-founder and CEO Greg Smith sees a “huge opportunity” in scaling to meet the growing needs of entrepreneurs and the online... Read more ›

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