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FigBytes acquired by Irish software company AMCS in trans-atlantic ESG deal

The deal comes one year after FigBytes secured $14.5 million USD for its ESG insights platform. Ottawa-based FigBytes, which offers a sustainability insights platform,…

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Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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Despite strong 2022 for cleantech, EDC report finds Canada lags peers on R&D spending, funding, converting startups to scaleups

VC investment in Canadian cleantech jumped 63 percent in 2022 despite a tough economy. In the past few years, pandemic lockdowns, geopolitical strife, and…

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MedStack gears up to help digital health startups in Europe navigate GDPR compliance

To date, MedStack has largely operated in Canada and the US. Toronto-based healthtech startup MedStack has announced that it is compliant with Europe’s General…

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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

Plus: Benitago files for bankruptcy. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to…

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A|I: The AI Times – Can Québec’s Quantum Innovation Zone fill Canada’s D-Wave-sized hole?

Plus: AWS investing $100 million in generative AI center. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Oracle tops sales estimates as AI-frenzy spurs cloud demand
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Oracle tops sales estimates as AI-frenzy spurs cloud demand

Plus: Automotive software maker LeddarTech inks SPAC deal to go public on Nasdaq. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news…

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A|I: The AI Times – EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI as OpenAI adds ChatGPT privacy options

Plus: Ray Kurzweil weighs in on calls to pause AI development. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Klarna slows expansion, Ripple targets the EU

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you…

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