RHA Ventures targets $30 million for second AgTech fund
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RHA Ventures targets $30 million for second AgTech fund

The firm plans to invest up to $1 million into seed-stage startups. London, Ont.-based RHA Ventures has launched 519 Growth Fund II, its second…

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Cultivator’s AgTech accelerator startups surpass $80 million in funding since January 2022
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Cultivator’s AgTech accelerator startups surpass $80 million in funding since January 2022

Applications are open for its third cohort set to begin in March. Conexus Credit Union’s AgTech accelerator has revealed in a new report that…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – OMERS Ventures wants you to reset your expectations for healthtech investing

Plus: Pfizer Canada announces inaugural cohort of its Healthcare Hub. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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R|T: The Retail Times – How trucking startup Convoy drove itself into the ground

Plus: Post-Hopper, Expedia partners with Air Miles for new travel booking platform. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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Tenstorrent and Hyundai
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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI employee secondary values company at least $80 billion

Plus: Why Korean car makers want Tenstorrent’s AI hardware. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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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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F|T: The FinTech Times – Procurify, Hiive secure new funding to tackle spend management & secondaries

Plus: Plaid hires first CFO on road to IPO. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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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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Raquel Urtasun reunites with Uber in autonomous trucking partnership

Plus: 1Password hits $250M ARR on the back of B2B growth. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Cultivator's Jordan McFarlen
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Former Cultivator manager Jordan McFarlen joins Conexus Venture Capital as director

Jordan McFarlen is joining Conexus Venture Capital as a director after six years with the credit union’s business incubator Cultivator. “I’ll be jumping right…

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