Tag: bdc capital
BDC shares more detail on $100-million Thrive Lab, including $35-million co-investment commitment
Initial phase will focus on early-stage, women-led businesses with social impact. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has officially launched its Thrive Lab…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Pharma giant Bayer moves deeper into digital health
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s birthday gift: a new class-action lawsuit
Plus: Temu is losing millions of dollars to break into the US. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…
A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning
Plus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce repositioning itself as a data company?
Plus: Growth equity firm PSG takes a big bite out of Toronto startup Hostaway. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe looks to enter the credit space
Plus: OSC advisory panel backs stronger crypto regulation. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…
Inside Canada’s new early-stage VC firm
Plus: Shopify facing $130M lawsuit for alleged attempts at slashing severance pay. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…
2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels
Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero. The 2021 venture capital (VC) funding party was short-lived, according…
Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital
As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds. Long-time Canadian technology startup investors…
Energy management startup Peak Power raises $47 million CAD to expand across US
Peak Power to expand energy storage tech as new US tax incentive drives adoption. Toronto cleantech startup Peak Power has raised $47.2 million CAD…