Tag: Canadas
Canada’s emerging fund managers get a venture lifeline
Plus: Deep Genomics brings in life sciences veteran Brian O’Callaghan as CEO. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…
Coinbase says it wants to be a long-term leader in Canada’s crypto market BetaKit
With “regulatory clarity” and a new country director, Coinbase says it’s ready to grow in Canada. American cryptocurrency giant Coinbase sees room to invest…
Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth
Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…
Impact of Canada’s H-1B visa talent grab may go well beyond 10,000 applicants
Taking aim at “broken” US visa program was “best marketing Canada has ever done”: lawyer. Seattle-based Canadian immigration lawyer Pavan Dhillon had an “incredibly…
Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project
Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue. Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, and Lightspeed are among the…
Canada’s private tech firms gather to talk AI, growth, global appeal
Steve Wozniak tells Canadian Private Technology Conference to find “reasonable ways” to deal with AI. RBC Capital Markets hosted its fourth annual Canadian Private…
Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year
Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list. Executives at public tech companies faced a challenging year in…
A|I: The AI Times – Can Québec’s Quantum Innovation Zone fill Canada’s D-Wave-sized hole?
Plus: AWS investing $100 million in generative AI center. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…
ApplyBoard co-founder launches Passage to address Canada’s skilled worker shortage with $40 million seed round
Ex-ApplyBoard CEO plans to finance skilled immigrants that meet Canada’s workforce needs through new platform. After spending seven years helping international students apply to…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canada’s latest big biotech exit
Plus: Google Lens can now search for skin conditions. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…