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F|T: The FinTech Times – Better.com’s stock tanks, Ramp officially closes $300M at valuation haircut

Plus: Hopper’s embedded FinTech offerings are now half of its app revenue. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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Early-stage VC funding and mega-deals carry Canada to second-largest Q2 on record

AI, cleantech stay hot as growth-stage activity keeps quiet, per CVCA’s latest report. As Canadian tech companies and investors continue to contend with tough…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – FTC signals tougher rules for health companies’ use of data

Plus: MCI OneHealth divests five Calgary clinics to Well Health for $2 million. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify touts checkout conversion rates, ranks merchants

Plus: Lightspeed Commerce recovers from tough third quarter. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Mayor Tory’s departure, competing bids, and financial pressure on province and feds place Collision’s future in Canada in doubt
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Canadian startup news of the week (5/22/23)

Plus: Sam Altman says this Canadian city should be the next AI hub. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will…

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CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels
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CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels

Canadian trends are in line with the US and global results. Canadian venture capital investment continued its significant decline in Q1 2023 compared to…

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R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes gets a new CEO…again

Plus: Sobeys pays more than expected for cyber-breach. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Google is flexing its health care AI muscle

Plus: PointClickCare acquires Patient Pattern. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T…

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI unveils GPT-4 as Google-backed Anthropic launches Claude

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet Forensics proxy advisors split on takeover

The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the form at…

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