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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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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Waabi Uber Freight trucks
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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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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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