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H|T: The Healthtech Times – CarePod wants healthcare without health workers

Plus: Medical knowledge platform Pathway raises $5M in seed funding. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Q4 Inc. joins pandemic IPOs returning private, Ambyint returns to Calgary
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Q4 Inc. joins pandemic IPOs returning private, Ambyint returns to Calgary

Plus: Slack names longtime Salesforce executive Denise Dresser as new CEO. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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Megadeal slowdown in Q3 marks three-year low for Canadian venture volume

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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InBC invests $29 million into 4AG Robotics, Clarius Mobile Health, Pender, Amplitude Ventures
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InBC invests $29 million into 4AG Robotics, Clarius Mobile Health, Pender, Amplitude Ventures

InBC Investment Corp. (InBC) has announced $29 million CAD worth of investments into two tech startups and two venture capital (VC) funds with a…

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Government of Canada launches $15 million Inclusive Women Venture Capital Initiative
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Federal government names six funds to distribute $50 million VCCI life science financing

Pender Ventures, Amplitude Ventures among recipients. The federal government has named six funds that will be responsible for doling out the $50 million slotted…

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Drug discovery startup Congruence Therapeutics closes $20 million CAD extension of Series A
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Drug discovery startup Congruence Therapeutics closes $20 million CAD extension of Series A

BDC Capital’s Thrive Venture Fund joined to lead the extension. Congruence Therapeutics has secured an additional $20 million CAD ($15 million USD) for its…

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University of Alberta spinout DrugBank closes $9 million from Brightspark, Amplitude, Theodorus to fuel drug discovery with its data platform
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University of Alberta spinout DrugBank closes $9 million from Brightspark, Amplitude, Theodorus to fuel drug discovery with its data platform

DrugBank wants to ‘be the shovel’ in a gold rush of new medical innovation. Training machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms requires…

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