PointsBet appoints Brooke Hilton as Head of Casino in Canada
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PointsBet appoints Brooke Hilton as Head of Casino in Canada

PointsBet, an Australian betting company, has appointed Brooke Hilton to the position of Head of Casino in Ontario. The company took this action to advance…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Is open banking in Canada dead?

Plus: How a Fintech reckoning Is rippling through a small bank in Washington. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
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BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund

VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has launched a…

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Playtech and FanDuel to promote live casino content in Canada
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Playtech and FanDuel to promote live casino content in Canada

Playtech has formed a mutually beneficial alliance with FanDuel. Through this, they will introduce an array of prime live casino content in Canada. Per the…

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Canada Growth Fund injection tops Eavor’s Series B at $182 million

The Canada Growth Fund has invested $90 million into Eavor’s funding round. Calgary-based cleantech startup Eavor’s Series B funding round now totals $182 million…

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Semiconductor firm GaN Systems to be acquired by Infineon for $830 million USD
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Compound semiconductor pioneer GaN Systems joins Infineon with close of $830-million USD acquisition

Ottawa-based chip firm GaN Systems has officially been acquired by German semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies. The $830-million USD all-cash transaction, which was first announced…

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BBTV revenue decreases seven percent, net loss increases in Q1 as COVID-19 consumer patterns shift
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Struggling BBTV to go private while BlackBerry spinout eyes June IPO

Plus: What Allen Lau learned from Wattpad’s $754-million acquisition. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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EDC report says Canada is struggling to convert startups to scaleups

Plus: Ripple Ventures plants flag in Vancouver as part of coast-to-coast Fund III. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will…

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Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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Despite strong 2022 for cleantech, EDC report finds Canada lags peers on R&D spending, funding, converting startups to scaleups

VC investment in Canadian cleantech jumped 63 percent in 2022 despite a tough economy. In the past few years, pandemic lockdowns, geopolitical strife, and…

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Blockchain payments firm Ripple is hiring software engineers in Canada
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Blockchain payments firm Ripple is hiring software engineers in Canada

The San Francisco-based company is looking for software engineers in its Toronto office. Even in the face of 2022’s crypto downturn, San Francisco’s Ripple…

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