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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs last year

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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Venture funding in Toronto, British Columbia rebounds in second quarter of 2023

Capital converges on a select few winners as Toronto and BC megadeals make a comeback. Following a sluggish start to the year, two of…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

Plus: Attabotics sues Canadian Tire over warehouse fire. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion acquires two Canadian AI drug-discovery companies

Plus: FDA commissioner: “hard to catch up” on regulating digital health. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time
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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time

Plus: Bessemer and SoftBank bet big on AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation

Plus: Float launches a new corporate card on back of new growth. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Absolute Software sold to Crosspoint for $657 million

Plus: Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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Canadian startup news of the week (5/14/23)

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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BC venture deal volume reached a three-year low in first quarter of 2023

Startups in BC raised $95.1 million through nine deals in Q1 2023. Macroeconomic challenges persisted in British Columbia in the first quarter of 2023,…

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Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet shareholders ignore critics, back acquisition

How 1Password plans to build a passwordless future. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the…

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