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F|T: The FinTech Times – Signature Bank collapse another blow to crypto
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before…
Canadian startup news of the week (3/19/23)
Plus: Québec and Alberta tech investment bucked 2022 trends. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…
CVCA CEO: Tech still needs influx of capital given possible investor pullback, even as liquidity concerns calm
Longer-term impact of SVB fallout has some in Canadian tech worried. While Kim Furlong admits that actions taken by regulators appear to have assuaged…
Canadian tech calls on feds to inject more liquidity into sector over concerns of SVB-caused “full-blown crisis”
Letter asks Government of Canada to extend bridge financing program, guarantee secured loans on SVB deposits. As the Canadian tech sector contends with the…
Firehood hands out $100,000 in prizes as the DMZ, CVCA announce women of year awards
Apricotton, Areto Labs, PragmaClin secure $100,000 in total prize money from pitch competition. The DMZ and the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association…
Ten things worth reading on International Women’s Day
Read, share, and amplify. International Women’s Day focuses on highlighting the accomplishments of women, as well as the challenges that they face. Those challenges…
Despite market conditions, 2022 second-highest year on record for Canadian venture capital BetaKit
CVCA CEO: “Considering the macroeconomic conditions, the finish in 2022 was surprising.” After declining for three quarters, Canadian tech venture capital capped the year…
How to grow investment in women-led startups
Women-led businesses are still underfunded, despite a multi-trillion market opportunity. Studies about gender diversity in tech startups paint a relatively grim picture: women are…
Year in review: Kim Furlong talks VCCI and what comes next for Canadian venture
Furlong: “These programs are an anomaly in what the government pushes out. There’s no reason why they should ever disappear.” Kim Furlong kind of…
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….