R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent

Plus: General Assembly sells its frozen pizza business. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Online vehicle retailer E Inc. to delist from TSX citing limited trading volumes
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R|T: The Retail Times – E Inc. to delist from TSX, Sleep Country scoops up Casper’s Canadian operations

Plus: Product sampling startup Sampler acquires Abeo. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – With more layoffs coming, Meta is facing a morale crisis

Plus: AutoLeap gears up for growth with $40 million CAD Series B. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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Canadian startup news of the week (4/16/23)

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Clutch cuts staff to extend runway, citing market conditions
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Layoffs spread to Clutch, Canada Drives as online auto marketplaces gear down

Clutch cut approximately 65 percent of its staff. As Canada’s tech layoffs continue apace, the on-demand used car industry is facing its own crunch….

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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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Hootsuite restructuring, laying off 30 percent of employees
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite restructuring spells massive layoffs

Plus: HR tech startup Humi acquires SaaS scheduling startup Ameego. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…

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As other lenders collapse, Ledn bets conservative approach will help startup survive crypto winter
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Vitalik Buterin at the crypto cabana

Plus: Biggest Africa Startup Battles Multiple Allegations in IPO Runup. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…

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Q4 Inc. records 23 percent YoY revenue growth, halves net losses in Q1 2022 earnings
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Q4 Inc., E Inc., Goeasy Ltd., BBTV Holdings Inc.

Companies are working to weather challenging market conditions. As technology companies continued to roll out second quarter earnings, it’s increasingly apparent that no one…

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