S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Ex-Salesforce VP claims company lied about data platform capabilities
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Ex-Salesforce VP claims company lied about data platform capabilities

Plus: Athennian navigates scaleup growing pains with layoffs, leadership changes. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…

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Carbon Engineering sold to US oil and gas company Occidental for $1.1 billion

Squamish cleantech startup latest to be attracted by US green tax credits, incentives. Squamish, BC-based cleantech startup Carbon Engineering has entered into a definitive…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Only one Canadian company made Bessemer’s Cloud 100 list

Plus: Canadian SaaS companies have acquisition fever. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys
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1Password only Canadian company to crack Bessemer, Salesforce Ventures’ 2023 Cloud 100 list

OpenAI takes number one spot in list of top 100 private cloud firms. Toronto-based 1Password is the only Canadian startup featured in this year’s…

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DeFi company Wellfield inks deal to acquire crypto custodian Brane Trust
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DeFi company Wellfield inks deal to acquire crypto custodian Brane Trust

Canadian crypto consolidation continues with Toronto, Ottawa firms set to join forces. Toronto’s Wellfield Technologies, operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinmama, has reached a…

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Tobi Lütke Shopify
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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…

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Char Technologies Thorold hub
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Leading steel company ArcelorMittal SA invests $6.6 million in Char Technologies’ decarbonization tech

Char Technologies only Canadian company to receive investment from ArcelorMittal SA’ s XCarb Innovation Fund. Char Technologies has received a $6.6 million CAD strategic…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Canadian-founded company behind Instant Pot files for bankruptcy
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R|T: The Retail Times – Canadian-founded company behind Instant Pot files for bankruptcy

Plus: Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada). The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech…

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Dapper Labs makes investment in Web3 gaming company GameOn

GameOn is powering Karateka, a game for collecting digital fighters. Vancouver-based Web3 game developer GameOn has raised $1.7 million in funding from Lightning Capital…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce repositioning itself as a data company?
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce repositioning itself as a data company?

Plus: Growth equity firm PSG takes a big bite out of Toronto startup Hostaway. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS…

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