Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round
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Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round

The funding will be used to improve its platform and explore an expansion into other service sectors. Burnaby, British Columbia-based Fantuan has closed $40…

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Innovate BC, NRC IRAP invest $2 million into 13 BC cleantech companies

BC Fast Pilot program has invested $9.9 million into 75 projects to date. Thirteen cleantech companies based in British Columbia have received a combined…

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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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PacifiCan invests $9.9 million CAD into Innovate BC’s cleantech adoption initiative

The Integrated Marketplace links local tech companies to industry partners looking to decarbonize. The Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan) is investing $9.9…

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Canadian startup struggles continue as Silofit closes up shop, Top Hat and Fable cut staff
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Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns

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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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ora Medical gets the BDC Bump

Plus: Halifax’s 3D BioFibR secures $3.52M for automated collagen fibre manufacturing. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein

Plus: Bolt, ex-CEO Ryan Breslow face SEC probe. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple GPT”

Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs in the last five years

Plus: BC and Toronto venture funding bounced back in Q2 2023. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?

Plus: Constellation Software acquires Optimal Blue, Vitruvi acquired by Bow River Capital. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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