Leav secures $2.3 million in seed funding for its mobile self-checkout solution
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R|T: The Retail Times – Etsy and Bolt make cuts as revenue growth dips

Plus: Leav closes seed round for mobile self-checkout. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – BlackBerry names new CEO, ditches spinout IPO plans

Plus: Vistara Growth Fund V sets target on enterprise software companies. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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Montréal’s tech hub is in trouble, Waterloo Region goes grassroots

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Wave alumni launch digital ID verification platform Confirm
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Wave alumni launch digital ID verification platform Confirm

Kirk Simpson and Peter Carrescia raised $6.5 million to launch company in August 2022. Toronto-based identity verification Confirm officially launched its identity verification product…

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Amazon, Square launch buy now, pay later options in Canada
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Amazon won’t confirm how many Canadians impacted by forthcoming 9,000 employee layoffs

Worldwide cuts will impact AWS, PXT, advertising, and Twitch teams. Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy issued an update today that called for the e-commerce and…

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