Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability

Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Cardata gears up with new funding, BlackBerry plots connected-car split

Plus: Qualtrics lets go of 780 workers. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify takes stake in Faire as company discourages employee side hustles

Plus: Instacart quickly loses its IPO gains. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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Neo, Float, Cohere top startup list, Luge tops up new FinTech fund

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Vendasta acquires “complementary” US sales enablement tech firm Yesware
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Saskatoon software startups Vendasta, 7shifts, Andgo Systems make layoffs

Vendasta CMO: “Every tech company right now needs to be thinking about profitable growth.” A trio of Saskatoon-based software companies have joined the growing…

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AbCellera SIF funding announcement
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AbCellera denies patent infringement, Waystar eyes $8B valuation

Plus: Truepill moves to cut share price by 90 percent. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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Shopify invests in US-based e-commerce analytics aggregator Triple Whale
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R|T: The Retail Times – TikTok to remove its Storefront integration, Instacart officially files for IPO

Plus: Hopper scores Air Canada partnership with embedded FinTech. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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A|I: The AI Times – Tiger Global’s share sale puts Cohere at a $3 billion valuation

Plus: A new Canadian generative image startup gets $22.3 million. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – BlackBerry has an interested buyer

Plus: Google faces executive turnover as the company searches for a new identity. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Better.com’s stock tanks, Ramp officially closes $300M at valuation haircut

Plus: Hopper’s embedded FinTech offerings are now half of its app revenue. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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