Laura Mock - Cultivator
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Cultivator has a new leader, Canadian FinTech leader has some new capital

Plus: Meet BetaKit’s new newsletter editor. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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Laura Mock - Cultivator
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Laura Mock tapped to lead Cultivator as incubator’s new director

Mock takes the reins from Jordan McFarlen, who departed in September for Conexus Venture Capital. It’s been an eventful autumn for Regina-based incubator Cultivator….

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Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean O’Connor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO
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Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean O’Connor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO

TechBrew is an Emmertech portfolio firm that builds mushroom-pickling robots. Sean O’Connor, former managing director of Conexus Venture Capital and Emmertech, has joined Salmon…

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The MedStack team at Collision Conference 2023 in Toronto.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Where Amazon’s healthcare bets are headed next

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Has the FTC taken the first step to break up Amazon?
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R|T: The Retail Times – Has the FTC taken the first step to break up Amazon?

Plus: Behind the scenes of Shopify’s Buy with Prime deal and Flexport’s ousting of CEO Dave Clark. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter…

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Rockwell Automation signs agreement to acquire Waterloo-based Clearpath Robotics
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A|I: The AI Times – Why Midjourney’s founder rejects venture capital

Plus: Rockwell Automation to acquire Clearpath Robotics. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation…

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CiteRight and fellow Canadian legaltech startup Jurisage ink deal to merge
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian legaltech duo agrees to merge, SAP nabs LeanIX in $1B+ deal

Plus: David Sacks has a new SaaS startup for other SaaS startups. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Circle is losing to Tether, Square merchants lose connectivity
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Circle is losing to Tether, Square merchants lose connectivity

Plus: Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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Sean O’Connor steps down as managing director of Conexus Venture Capital, Emmertech
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Sean O’Connor steps down as managing director of Conexus Venture Capital, Emmertech

Under O’Connor’s leadership, Conexus has helped fuel the growth of tech in Saskatchewan and across the Prairies. Sean O’Connor is stepping down as managing…

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Vivid Machines raises $5.8 million CAD to help growers virtually monitor fruit trees

Toronto startup uses imaging and AI to monitor crop production. Toronto-based agtech startup Vivid Machines, which provides monitoring technologies for the fruit supply chain,…

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