BetaKit Podcast SAAS NORTH 2023
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Why are there 100,000 fewer Canadian entrepreneurs?

Satish Kanwar and Katy Yam join for a special episode recorded live on the BetaKit Keynote Stage at SAAS NORTH. Live from SAAS NORTH,…

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R|T: The Retail Times – WeWork cuts Canadian locations, Shein IPO targets $90B valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – WeWork cuts Canadian locations, Shein IPO targets $90B valuation

Plus: Inside Indigo’s plan to return to profitability. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Float launches new high-yield product geared toward Canadian SMBs

As other FinTech firms pull back from SMBs, Float aims to help them navigate inflation challenges. Toronto-based FinTech startup Float has launched a new…

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WonderFi-owned Bitbuy acquires customers of fellow regulated Canadian crypto exchange Bitvo
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WonderFi-owned Bitbuy acquires customers of fellow regulated Canadian crypto exchange Bitvo

The move comes a year after the collapse of Bitvo’s deal with would-be acquirer FTX. Bitbuy, a subsidiary of Toronto cryptocurrency company WonderFi, has…

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Greg Smith of Thinkific addressing team at Thinkific HQ
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Trio of Canadian tech companies show progress towards profitability in earnings this week

Thinkific hits positive EBITDA as Coveo and Mogo shrink losses. A number of publicly-traded Canadian technology companies have recently made meaningful progress on their…

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VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
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VentureLab’s latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups

Event panels survey state of play in Canada for hardware companies in medtech, AI, and other sectors. At VentureLab’s third HardTech Summit, speakers discussed…

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Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED, with potentially devastating implications for Canadian tech

Recent ruling means startups can no longer “double dip” in government assistance. Canadian organizations that collect Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) incentives may…

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Diversity gap persists in senior ranks of Canadian VC firms

BDC Capital data shows almost half of venture firms are entirely male owned. Despite year-over-year gains in the representation of women and visible minorities…

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Why Canadian SMBs are choosing managed service partners to protect against cyber threats
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Why Canadian SMBs are choosing managed service partners to protect against cyber threats

New Cisco data shows only nine percent of Canadian businesses are prepared to handle hybrid security risks. Let’s face it, the pace of business…

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Google & Nvidia are betting on this Canadian startup to boost ML model performance

Plus: Hinton and Bengio among leaders signing new AI policy letter. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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