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| 11.09.2026 | Shopify Rescues Tailwind CSS: AI Made It Ubiquitous While Killing Its Revenue | By Shannon Harwood
Published: Sep 11 2026, 9:19 AM EDT
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| 27.08.2026 | Timia Capital Secures $60M CAD in Venture Debt Capacity as Canadian Startup Funding Craters | By Ryan Cook
Published: Aug 27 2026, 3:59 PM EDT
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| 10.08.2026 | Primus Wrote 30 Research Papers in One Month; Google DeepMind Cited One | By Shannon Harwood
Published: Aug 10 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
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| 28.07.2026 | GrubMarket Targets $4.5B IPO After $550M Revenue Overstatement Settlement | By Collin Mercer
Published: Jul 28 2026, 1:46 PM EDT
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| 01.07.2026 | AI Cluster Timing Drift Caps GPU Use at 40%: Stathera Closes $55M Silicon Timing Round | By Eloise Jones
Published: Jul 01 2026, 12:36 PM EDT
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| 28.06.2026 | Canadarm2 Repair Spacewalk Set for June 30: ISS Robotic Arm Gets New Wrist Joint | By Roger Satterfield
Published: Jun 28 2026, 5:30 AM EDT
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| 06.01.2026 | Photonic raises $130M to scale quantum computers with entanglement-based networking
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| 16.10.2025 | Vessel Funds Receives $1.5M from CIBC Innovation Banking | Vessel Funds Inc., a Montreal, Canada-based platform that simplifies investor relations, fund reporting and compliance tasks, received USD1.5M debt facility from CIBC Innovation Banking.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate pr... |
| 21.07.2025 | Pesa Expands to UAE, Launches AED Wallet to Serve Nigerian Diaspora in Dubai | Pesa is now in Dubai
New Corridor Offers Seamless, Affordable, and Compliant Remittances to Nigeria TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, July 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pesa, a leading fintech platform renowned for its commitment to seamless and a... |
| 14.07.2025 | Freight Farms customers find a new home as vertical farming co Growcer acquires the former’s assets | Last week, Ottawa, Canada–based vertical farming company Growcer announced it had won the bid to acquire the assets of Freight Farms, a US–based company offering a similar type of container-based vertical farm.
Freight Farms ceased operatio... |
| 27.06.2025 | Bumble's Bold Move: Laying Off 30% to Rebuild for the Future | Bumble is at a crossroads. The dating app, once a shining star in the tech world, is now facing a storm. The company announced it will lay off 30% of its workforce, roughly 240 employees. This decision comes as part of a larger strategy to ... |
| 25.06.2025 | Bumble Is Laying Off 30% of Its Staff: 'Our Path Forward Is Clear' Bumble's most recent quarterly earnings report showed that revenue declined 7.7% year-over-year. | Dating app company Bumble is laying off 30% of staff, or nearly one in three employees.
In a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted earlier this week, Bumble disclosed that it was reducing its global workforce by approxima... |
| 20.06.2025 | Pesa Acquires UK’s Authoripay to Expand Global Remittance Capabilities | Cross-border financial platform, Pesa, has announced its acquisition of Authoripay, a UK-based payment service provider. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, June 20, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Toronto-based cross-border fintech, Pesa, has acquired UK... |
| 22.05.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Butternut Box fetches $100m, OroraTech raises $42m, Converge lands $22m | This week British pet-food delivery service Butternut Box fetched over $100 million, German startup OroraTech extended its Series B to scale satellite-powered wildfire detection, and London-based Converge raised funds to decarbonize concret... |
| 15.04.2025 | Toronto Tech Week Launches Calendar and Announces Homecoming Event | Toronto Tech Week, a weeklong, citywide tech initiative, will host its mainstage event, Homecoming, on June 24, 2025, at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works. The official mainstage event will gather over 1,000 in-person attendees — and thousand... |
| 10.04.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: First Water nets $43m, INTAKE raises $9.2m Series C, AgroStar bags $6.7m | This week, salmon-farming startup First Water raised $43 million, while precision fermentation company INTAKE closed a $9.2million Series C deal, and Accel India lead a $6.7 million round for ag marketplace AgroStar.
On the corporate side, ... |
| 23.01.2025 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: ‘Carbon ratings’ agency BeZero Carbon raises $32m, alt-cheese maker Willicroft shuts down | Some of the biggest agrifoodtech deals of the week include London-based BeZero Carbon closing a $32 million Series C round to expand global carbon ratings services, French farm robotics startup company Aisprid raising $10.4 million, and far... |
| 10.01.2025 | The Ripple Effect of Bench's Closure: Small Businesses in Turmoil | The recent shutdown of Bench, a prominent online bookkeeping service, has sent shockwaves through the small business community. With over 11,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) relying on its services, the timing of this closure co... |
| 06.01.2025 | Bench’s shutdown disrupts 11,000+ SMBs’ operations with tax season imminent | Share
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| 14.10.2024 | She Started a Business With $300 After Getting Laid Off. It Made $300,000 in Year 1 and Became a Multimillion-Dollar Company. Bobbie Racette wanted to revamp the virtual assistance space — and provide... | Bobbie Racette, founder and CEO of virtual assistance company Virtual Gurus, didn't always have a clear sense of how her story would unfold. She didn't necessarily envision a chapter on becoming an entrepreneur — but it would turn out to be... |
| 21.08.2024 | Crypto Airdrops Ban U.S. Users, but Americans Are Claiming Tokens Anyway | Out of an abundance of legal caution, many cryptocurrency projects exclude U.S. residents from token airdrops.
U.S. crypto users – even insiders at similarly cautious projects - regularly find ways to claim tokens anyway.
This "hypocri... |
| 08.07.2024 | Винтон Серф – человек, который придумал интернет | Сегодня мы познакомимся с большим фанатом научной фантастики, хорошего вина и компьютерных технологий. С одним из «отцов интернета», соавтором TCP/IP и ряда иных разработок. Винтон Серф совсем недавно отпраздновал свой 81-й день рождения и ... |
| 15.05.2024 | Save Da Sea Secures Funds for Expansion, Proving that “Profit with Purpose” is Possible | Canadian plant-based seafood startup Save Da Sea recently secured CAD 650,000 in a seed II financing round to accelerate the US expansion of its salmon and tuna alternatives and hire additional team members at its headquarters in Victoria.
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| 15.05.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Delicious Salads, Vegan Lidl & EU Support | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a vegan salad partnership, a plant-based cheese rebrand and E... |
| 08.04.2024 | Hootsuite to acquire Talkwalker for social media analytics | Hootsuite has agreed to acquire Talkwalker to expand its social media monitoring and analytics tools.
Why it matters: The consolidation comes as brands juggle a growing number of platforms for digital marketing and seek better returns on in... |
| 07.04.2024 | Fintech representation in YC’s Demo Days is definitely shrinking | Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at just how many fintech companies made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort, how much funding slid in the first quarter, and more!
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and mo... |
| 12.03.2024 | Celebrating Diversity and Achievement in Canada’s Private Capital Industry | In an industry often characterized by its fast pace and competitive nature, it’s essential to take a moment to celebrate achievements and progress, especially when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The Canadian Venture Capital and Privat... |
| 06.03.2024 | NFT fantasy sports startup Sorare lays off 13% of staff as web3 gaming continues to sputter | Web3-enabled fantasy sports platform Sorare laid off 22 employees based in its New York office in February. The move comes as the startup wants certain teams to be concentrated at the company’s Paris headquarters to improve communication an... |
| 03.03.2024 | When startups fail, these startups clean up | Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech (formerly The Interchange)! Apologies for being out last week — a cold got the best of me, but I’m back and here to talk about the fact that shutting down startups is big business, Stripe’s new valuation, Klarn... |
| 07.02.2024 | 44 startups to bet your career on in 2024 | Premium Startups 44 startups to bet your career on in 2024
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| 02.02.2024 | Femtech Canada Officially Launches Network to Support Women’s Health Innovation | Network includes over 120 companies, industry partners, investors, accelerators.
By Isabelle Kirkwood (BetaKit)
A Canadian network focused on supporting technology companies addressing women’s health has officially launched.
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| 19.12.2023 | Inverted AI Secures $4 Million in Institutional Funding to Drive Advancements in AV/ADAS Development | Inverted AI, a leading generative AI company specializing in AV/ADAS development, proudly announces the successful completion of its institutional early stage financing round, securing over $4 million USD. The funding, spearheaded by Yaleto... |
| 25.10.2023 | Startup employees are reeling as they brace for back-to-back rounds of layoffs: 'When it happens again, you start to lose that confidence and faith in your leadership.' | Samantha Lee/Insider This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 17.10.2023 | Secondary Market for Private Securities Hiive Closes on Venture Funding | Hiive, a secondary market for private securities, has raised venture funding, setting a post-money valuation of $77 million on the Canadian startup. The company reportedly raised USD $4.2 million in a SAFE. Hiive was founded in 2021.
Hive s... |
| 30.08.2023 | Loom Launches AI Upgrades To Maintain Lead In Async Communication Space | Video messaging platform Loom unveiled several generative-AI focused upgrades this week, as it aims ... [+] to stay ahead of the competition in the red-hot asynchronous communication space.Loom |
| 21.08.2023 | Как оптимально вернуть в офисы сотрудников, которые привыкли работать дома в Пандемию. HR | Канадский стартап получил более 13 миллионов долларов, чтобы сделать платформу аналитики по оптимальному размещению сотрудников в офисе.
Прблема возникла на ровном месте. После пандемии, большая часть сотрудников, привыкшая работать из дома... |
| 13.08.2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Субраманиан Вишванатан и Кулджит Чадха, соучредители Disprz
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| 09.07.2023 | GeologicalAI Secured $20M from Bill Gates' BEV to Bring Technology to Mining | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 09 July 2023, 11:07 pm
A company from Calgary, Alberta, Canada has secured a Series A funding of $20 million, with GeologicalAI obtaining a massive sum for its continued operations in its expansion in modern minin... |
| 01.07.2023 | The good and the bad about Canada's startup scene | In a fancy Toronto hotel on Wednesday, Canadian investor John Ruffolo introduced me to Martin Basiri, a young immigrant and entrepreneur who just raised $40 million in seed funding for his second startup. In 2021, his first one became one o... |
| 25.06.2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Партнеры-основатели Brighteye Бен Вирц и Александр Спиро Лацис
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| 13.06.2023 | Канадский стартап конкурент Open AI привлек 270 миллионов долларов в свой ИИ. AI | Посмотрит на этих основателей из Канады. Действительно мультикультурная страна и это дает свои преимущества.
Стартап Cohere, основанный на искусственном интеллекте (ИИ), основанный в Торонто, который конкурирует с создателем ChatGPT OpenAI,... |
| 01.06.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Neat Burger raises $18m, Debut bags $34m to expand cell-free biomanufacturing platform | This week, Neat Burger raised $18m to take its plant-based restaurant chain into new markets, synthetic biology startup Debut raised $34 million to expand its cell-free biomanufacturing platform, and biofertilizer startup Anuvia Plant Nutri... |
| 29.05.2023 | Стартап в области искусственного интеллекта (ИИ) Cognosys привлек 2 миллиона канадских долларов в ходе начального раунда... | Никак не отойти от темы ИИ. Скорее всего появятся тысячи стартапов, которые используя генеративне модели, будут делать надстройки над ними для решения конкретных задач пользователей. Вот пример канадского стартапа, который только что получи... |
| 26.05.2023 | Сложная ситуация на рынке венчурных инвестиций в Торонто. 2023 год провален. Venture. Toronto | Когда вы планируете релоцировать свой стартап в Северную Америку, и в частности в Канаду, вы точно должны понимать, что сейчас происходит с рыноком венчурного финансирования. Особенно это касается компаний на стадиии до Раунда А.
Чтобы стро... |
| 18.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: GoodLeaf Farms snags $78m, Prime Roots raises $30m, Miso Robotics gets new investment | This week, Prime Roots raised funding for its mycelium-based take on deli meats and GoodLeaf Farms raked in funding to expand across Canada. Elsewhere, restaurant-tech startup Incentivio scored new funding, a South African bank took a stake... |
| 09.05.2023 | уда перенаправили свои деньги канадские венчурные инвесторы в 2023 году. Angel. Investors. Canada. SaaS | В то время, как венчурные инвестиции в первом квартале упали по сравнению с 2022 годом, неожиданно инвесторы повернулись в сторону стартапов ранних стадий. В Канаде эта тенденция тоже есть и вот пример. Просто посмотрите, какие технолггичес... |
| 09.05.2023 | Канадский стартап 1Password ставит перед собой задачу возглавить переход от традиционных паролей к новой системе доступа... | Незаметная гнонка за лидерство, в которую вступил канадский стартап, может дать шанс компании 1Password войти в тройку мировых лидеров.
В заявлении, переданном BetaKit, генеральный директор 1Password Джефф Шайнер назвал решение Google отказ... |
| 08.05.2023 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Майкл Лондон, основатель, генеральный директор Uwill
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| 28.04.2023 | Как дела с финтехами в Канаде? Есть и большие. Fintech. Canada | Как известно, в Канаде рынок фнансовых услуг монополизирован пятеркой основных банков и казалось бы им и карты в руки. Но как всегда бывает в консервативной индустрии, какие то небольшие компании создают новые финанансовые инструменты и бан... |
| 28.04.2023 | Как Канада стала пилотным рынком для новых сервисов от Reddit Twitter. Canada. Pilot market | Мы всегда напоминаем нашим клиентам, что Канада - это пилотный рынок для их продукта. Если ваш продукт сработал в Канаде, значит он сработает и в США. А с учетом более дешевого выхода на рынок, ваш стартап обойдется меньшими ресурсами. Сего... |
| 17.04.2023 | Куда летит этот Канадский Единорог? AYERZERO LABS ПРИВЛЕКАЕТ 120 МЛН ДОЛЛАРОВ ПРИ ОЦЕНКЕ 3 МЛРД ДОЛЛАРОВ | Крипта еще не умерла. Вот как инвестируется в Канаде платформа для этого рынка, которая собрала 120 миллионов от уважаемых инвесторов.
«LayerZero… создает единую экосистему, подобную Интернету, которая объединяет разработчиков каждого блокч... |
| 12.04.2023 | Where We Are Investing Now: Pivotal Personal Health | Photo by Ketut Subiyanto
Personal health is, and long has been, big business.
The US healthcare expenditure reached $4.3 trillion in 2021 and is estimated to reach $6.2 trillion by 2028. The US spent nearly 16.8% GDP on healthcare in 2019... |
| 10.04.2023 | Canadian virtual care startup Felix raises C$18M | Photo: Thomas M. Barwick/Getty Images |
| 08.04.2023 | Что такое строительная аналитика и как она использует AI. Real Tech | Стартап Mercator AI из Алгари привлек 5,1 млн канадских долларов (3,75 млн долларов США) в рамках начального раунда инвестиций, поскольку он разрабатывает свою платформу строительной аналитики для бизнес-разработчиков.
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| 20.03.2023 | Стартап из Ванкувера на коне. Trulioo - сервис проверки личности, и оценка в 2 миллиарда долларов. Personal data | Мы уже писали про эту компанию раньше (может вы пропустили эту новость), но всегда приятно похвастаться успехами канадского стартапа. Идея совершенно проста - мониторинг персональных данных в Интернет и идентификация личности, но сделала эт... |
| 21.02.2023 | 2023 data, ML and AI landscape: ChatGPT, generative AI and more | It’s been less than 18 months since we published our last MAD (Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Data) landscape, and there have been dramatic developments in that time.
When we left, the data world was booming in the wake of th... |
| 09.02.2023 | Form lays off 18 as Vancouver tech cuts continue | Photo credit: @formswim on Twitter
Local AR swim goggles outfit Form has laid off 18 employees. It’s at least the third major example of cuts for Vancouver-based companies in 2023, including Thinkific (76 employees on January 10) and Hootui... |
| 27.01.2023 | In leaked memo, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announces CTO departure and other engineering shakeups | Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand is departing the company. Shopify This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand is leaving the company, CEO Tobi Lütke announced on... |
| 23.01.2023 | Startups measuring the brain that you need to know | Companies are using biomarkers to diagnose and treat mental illness and other neurological disorders
Mental illness is considered the silent pandemic that's been overlooked since the start of COVID. The World Health Organization found the g... |
| 09.01.2023 | Vancouver tech’s uncertain future | ‘The Post’ redevelopment, the future home of thousands of Amazon workers.
I’m at the intersection of West Georgia and Richards, and there are giants in sight. I spot the offices of Telus and Unbounce. It’s easy to pick out Deloitte Summit, ... |
| 18.12.2022 | Обзор технологических стартапов в образовании за последнюю неделю | Основан в 2017 году, Индия. Интегрированная платформа сбора платы за обучение для образовательных учреждений, которая позволяет родителям вносить ежегодную плату за обучение гибкими ежемесячными платежами без процентов. Создали программу по... |
| 18.12.2022 | The top fintech stories of 2022 | Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll ... |
| 06.12.2022 | Fintech firm Fintel Connect raises $4.8M seed round | From left to right: Carson Lappetito of Sunwest Bank, Charles Potts of ICBA, Alana Levine and Nicky Senyard of Fintel Connect, Carey Ransom of BTV, and Wayne Miller of ICBA (Photo courtesy of Fintel Connect on PR Newswire).
Fintel Connect, ... |
| 04.12.2022 | The forecast calls for more tech news | This newsletter is just a glimpse of the amazing tech news happening in Vancouver every day. Don’t want to miss a story? Become a Vancouver Tech Journal member »
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| 01.12.2022 | Calgary tech is calling | November, we hardly knew you. That’s how I’m feeling anyway as we say goodbye to the 11th month of the year and enter December. But while 2022 is almost over, our slate of local events is not. We’ll see you a few more times before we ring i... |
| 14.11.2022 | A software engineer from India says he was fired by Meta 2 days after he moved to Canada for his job | A Meta employee said he was laid off two days after moving from India to Canada for work.
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| 29.10.2022 | HyperComply Raises Series A to “Get Rid of Security Questionnaires”
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| 25.10.2022 | Microsoft President Brad Smith is leading the vision of a connected Cascadia | Microsoft President Brad Smith interviews the company’s founder, Bill Gates, at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference. Photo: Robert Ritchie Photography.
“If there's one thing that doesn't respect the border, it's carbon,” Brad Smith,... |
| 16.10.2022 | Sim City: What the new mayor means for Vancouver tech | Have you wondered where B.C.’s smartest investors think current venture capital trends are headed? Want to know who the most interesting and fastest-growing Vancouver companies are? We’ll be answering those kinds of questions over the comin... |
| 10.10.2022 | More micromobility layoffs, digging into the Mobileye S-1 and a Rivian recall | The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive the full edition of the newsletter every weekend in your inbox. This is a shorter version of The Station newslette... |
| 18.09.2022 | $46M for Indigenous businesses | When I was a co-op student at Innovate BC, you could have told me the Technology Impact Awards were on par with The Emmys. It took me a few years, but when I attended my first TIAs last year, I got what all the fuss was about. Now you can s... |
| 12.09.2022 | Mental health companies that have raised funding so far in 2022 | Funding to mental health companies dropped 60% in Q1, as the VC environment has tightened
Last year was a great year for the mental health space, and digital health in general: companies brought in $5.5 billion globally across 324 deals, a ... |
| 06.09.2022 | Health social network Curatio merges with Australia’s RxMx to form patient experience giant | (Credit: Unsplash)
Mobile health company Curatio and Sydney-based RxMx have merged to form RxPx, a new patient management software firm for life sciences companies. The deal was financed by private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners, which ... |
| 04.09.2022 | The last companies standing in B.C.'s hottest competition | It’s the Labour Day long weekend: the annual holiday that’s not just about buying back-to-school tech deals at bargain prices, but which celebrates the achievements of Canadian workers. Join me in spending today reflecting on all the excell... |
| 28.08.2022 | The event-tech industry strikes back | When the pandemic hit in 2020, it changed everything. Nowhere was this more evident than in the events industry, which — in many ways — was compelled to reinvent itself as lockdowns shuttered in-person gatherings and entertainment.
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| 10.08.2022 | Vancouver tech layoffs, talent, and hiring companies | As the innovation economy comes under pressure, a number of local tech companies have been forced to lay off employees. Here we’re sharing details on who has let go of staff, how to reach newly-available tech talent, and which companies are... |
| 09.08.2022 | Hootsuite lays off nearly a third of its workforce as CEO tries to ‘refocus’ | Social media marketing firm Hootsuite says it has slashed its workforce by 30%.
“We need to refocus our strategies to drive efficiency, growth and financial sustainability,” CEO Tom Keiser said in a statement sent to TechCrunch. The company... |
| 01.08.2022 | 👀 Why Softbank, Snap and Mitsubishi are coming to town | Hey, it’s William. I hope you’re using this extra day to relax. I know I will be… mostly. I’ll be catching up on emails (probably from some of you) before watching a bunch of Netflix or TikTok videos later. Anyway, although the week ahead i... |
| 22.07.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: String Bio raises $20m, SVG heads south with $50m agtech fund | Indian biotech company String Bio landed Series B funding this week and announced plans to turn methane into alternative protein. California’s SVG Ventures announced a new fund specifically supporting the ag sectors in Australia and New Zea... |
| 03.07.2022 | 😳 $40M in fuel | Morning friends. I spent this long weekend in Coquitlam, and the Canada Day fireworks display at Lafarge Lake was fantastic. It was sooo good that I’ve already put it in my calendar for next year. Now, as to what’s on my agenda for this mon... |
| 18.06.2022 | Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary explains why he's buying the dip in bitcoin and ether — and says the collapse of risky tokens will help the crypto market in the long run | In an exclusive interview with Insider, Kevin O'Leary broke down how he's approaching the crypto bear market.
The "Shark Tank" investor said the market correction hasn't yet seen a defining moment.
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| 15.06.2022 | Wealthsimple, valued at $4B last year, joins the fintech layoffs list | Canadian fintech giant Wealthsimple, which was valued at $4 billion as of last year, is laying off 159 people — or about 13% of its staff.
The Toronto-based company has been a leader in the realm of democratizing financial products for cons... |
| 01.06.2022 | Boldstart Ventures has two new funds to plug into teams with an idea and little else | Boldstart Ventures, a seed- and early-stage venture firm that markets itself as a “day one partner for developer-first, crypto-infrastructure and SaaS founders,” has closed on two new funds roughly 14 months after announcing its last two fu... |
| 29.05.2022 | 🚜 The future of your food | Good morning and welcome to an agritech-heavy issue of the Sunday Briefing. But first, here’s a sample of the upcoming activities from our new events calendar:
Tuesday, May 31: Vancouver Tech Morning Coffee
Wednesday: June 1: Starting and B... |
| 09.05.2022 | Canadian Neo Financial’s $185M CAD fund raise signals confidence in neobanks | The news: Canada-based digital bank Neo Financial raised $185 million CAD ($147.6 million) in a funding round, per PYMNTS.
More on this: In addition to the funding, Neo Financial announced it has reached 1 million users. The digital bank of... |
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| 05.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Zepto bags $200m, Stanford launches climate change school | This week, Indian “instant delivery” e-grocer Zepto got closer to unicorn status with its Series D fundraise, while Colombia’s RobinFood raised funds to expand its ghost kitchen network across Latin America. Elsewhere, cultivated leather st... |
| 01.05.2022 | The newest member of the three comma club | Good morning! It’s William. I’m back from Mexico. And after drinking ~70 margaritas, I’m reading for some … coffee. Will you join me for some this Tuesday? If you’re new to this, here’s a tip: Every Tuesday, the Vancouver tech community mee... |
| 27.04.2022 | Untraceable Events Announces ETHToronto Hackathon Alongside Canada’s Largest Cryptocurrency Event, Blockchain Futurist Conference | We are excited to see the ideas and projects that come from this year’s event and the impact they have on the future.
TORONTO (PRWEB) April 27, 2022
Untraceable Events announces ETHToronto Hackathon on August 8-10, 2022 as part of the fourt... |
| 24.04.2022 | Can a company from PoCo change the world? | Good morning! While Will is away sipping margaritas poolside, I’m… well, I was going to say I’m slugging it out in this horrid rain, but it’s actually nice right now and promises to stay that way for most of the weekend. And then it gets ba... |
| 13.04.2022 | Hootsuite Appoints Former Mailchimp Exec as CPO | Vancouver-based Hootsuite has appointed Natalia Williams as chief product officer (CPO). Prior to joining Hootsuite, Williams worked at Mailchimp as the email marketing company’s CPO. Before that, she spent almost a decade at Bloomingdales,... |
| 10.04.2022 | It's big time for the Littles NFT project | Good morning! This week we’re looking forward to hosting VTJ Talks: Bootstrapping Startups & Secrets in partnership with Segev LLP and TIMIA Capital at The Home Key co-working space. Although it’s now sold-out, there’s a chance we’ll re... |
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| 24.03.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: African startups Apollo, Wasoko & ThriveAgric close big-ticket rounds | This has been a watershed week for African agrifoodtech, with a string of startups from the continent closing eight and nine-figure US dollar rounds over the past few days. Kenya’s Wasoko and Apollo Agriculture raised $125 million and $40 m... |
