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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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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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Meta, Google quietly cut staff, Trulioo exits small biz

Plus: BDC commits half a billion dollars to invest in Canadian women-led startups and funds. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major…

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Andgo Systems raises $5.6 million to make employee absence management easier

Andgo said it has added new major healthcare organizations as customers. Saskatoon-based SaaS startup Andgo Systems (formerly NC SmartCall) has raised a $5.6 million…

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