Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Canadian startup news of the week (3/05/23)

Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Dapper Labs cuts another 20 percent of staff while fending off class action suit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian regulators tighten crypto rules as Dapper Labs cuts staff, faces class action

Plus: Ant profit falls 83 percent. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If…

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Canadian startup news of the week (2/26/23)

Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Dapper Labs cuts another 20 percent of staff while fending off class action suit
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Dapper Labs cuts another 20 percent of staff while fending off class action suit

The move marks Dapper Labs’ second round of layoffs since November as it contends with declining NFT sales. Vancouver-based Web3 company Dapper Labs has…

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Dapper Labs faces lawsuit claiming NBA Top Shot NFTs are securities
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Dapper Labs faces lawsuit claiming NBA Top Shot NFTs are securities

Judge denies Dapper Labs’ request to toss out proposed class action in February 22 decision. Vancouver-based Web3 company Dapper Labs is facing a lawsuit…

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Canadian Web3 Council calls on Senate to examine how to “effectively harmonize” regulatory framework for digital assets

An advocacy group for Web3 technology in Canada is calling upon the Canadian Senate to convene “a forum for an open and comprehensive discussion…

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Layoffs persist at Canadian tech companies amid bleak outlook for 2023
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Layoffs persist at Canadian tech companies amid bleak outlook for 2023

FreshBooks, Thinkific, Revelate, Bridgit among latest firms to cut staff amid downturn. More than a dozen Canadian tech companies have recently laid off employees,…

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Canadian startup news of the week (11/6/22)

Plus: Lightspeed and Nuvei increase revenues, see share prices drop. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s…

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Neo Financial joins Canada’s unicorns as Peter Thiel’s Valar triples down with $185 million round
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26 Canadian tech startups added to list of firms on path to $1 billion in annual revenue BetaKit

Another 26 Canadian tech companies are on their way towards reaching $1 billion in annual revenue, according to a data-based initiative from Kitchener-Waterloo’s Communitech….

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Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, VodaSafe among winners of BC Tech’s 2022 Technology Impact Awards
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Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, VodaSafe among winners of BC Tech’s 2022 Technology Impact Awards

A record-setting 48 finalists and 12 winners were announced at the TIAs. Dapper Labs, Hootsuite, and VodaSafe were among the award winners of the…

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