Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
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R|T: The Retail Times – How Hopper’s Fred Lalonde went from hacker to tech titan

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Shopify invests in US-based e-commerce analytics aggregator Triple Whale
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shein’s revenue surpasses Zara, Alibaba is worth about half of Tencent

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Megadeal slowdown in Q3 marks three-year low for Canadian venture volume

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Hopper-linked Deep Sky closes $57.5-million Series A to make Canada a “carbon removal capital”

Barely a year old, the Montréal cleantech startup has already amassed $75 million in total funding. Montréal-based carbon-capture startup Deep Sky has closed $57.5…

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UBC, BC Cancer researchers develop AI model to predict cancer survival rates
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Prognosis bankruptcy for Babylon, Imagia Canexia

Plus: Amazon threatened with legal action over sales of “unapproved” drugs. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Amazon strike a deal
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Amazon strike a deal

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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere reportedly hunting for fresh funding as OpenAI passes $1B revenue pace

Plus: Xanadu, TMU to develop quantum computing educational program. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Rubrik aims for IPO, SentinelOne is not for sale
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Rubrik aims for IPO, SentinelOne is not for sale

Plus: Replicon is acquired by US-based Deltek. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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With $20 million, Goldsky aims to make blockchain data easy to use
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Crypto startup loses $38.9-million wallet password, goes bankrupt

Plus: Canadian FinTech startup duo partners to bring AI-powered advice to financial advisors. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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OMERS Ventures loses VC head in latest leadership turnover

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