Nicotine addiction treatment tech startup Ditch Labs acquires IP assets of French firm Enovap SAS
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Nicotine addiction treatment tech startup Ditch Labs acquires IP assets of French firm Enovap SAS

Acquisition comes nine months after Ditch Labs secured $3.25 million CAD in seed funding. Montréal-based healthtech startup Ditch Labs has acquired a portfolio of…

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Workleap expands through acquisition of US-based HR tech firm Pingboard
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Workleap expands through acquisition of US-based HR tech firm Pingboard

The acquisition comes five months after Workleap raised $125 million from CDPQ. Montréal-based Workleap, formerly GSoft, which provides software solutions aimed to improve the…

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Semantic Health acquired by US-based medical documentation firm AAPC

Semantic uses AI to help hospitals improve their medical coding, auditing, and documentation processes. Toronto artificial intelligence (AI) startup Semantic Health has been acquired…

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Private equity firm Vertu Capital acquires developer platform ActiveState
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Private equity firm Vertu Capital acquires developer platform ActiveState

Vertu closed $300 million CAD for its first private equity fund in March. Toronto-based private equity firm Vertu Capital has acquired Vancouver software company…

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Lightspeed leverages acquisitions to launch new flagship omnichannel retail platform
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Lightspeed’s stock rises as firm exceeds outlook for fiscal Q2, achieves positive EBITDA

Company takes a step towards profitability, boosts revenue guidance. Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce beat its prior revenue forecast and made progress towards profitability during the…

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Blockchain payments firm Ripple is hiring software engineers in Canada
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Blockchain payments firm Ripple is hiring software engineers in Canada

The San Francisco-based company is looking for software engineers in its Toronto office. Even in the face of 2022’s crypto downturn, San Francisco’s Ripple…

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Ripple Ventures plants flag in Vancouver as firm envisions “coast-to-coast” Fund III

With Fund III backed by RBCx and VCCI, Ripple Ventures plans to hold final close by year’s end. Toronto-based early-stage venture firm Ripple Ventures…

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WonderFi files SEC registration statement as crypto firm eyes Nasdaq listing

CEO called the move “an important first step” towards US expansion. Toronto-based cryptocurrency firm WonderFi has announced that it has filed a registration statement…

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Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran as CEO to support its evolution into biopharma firm
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Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran as CEO to support its evolution into biopharma firm

Brian O’Callaghan to lead Toronto firm as founder transitions to chief innovation officer. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) drug development startup Deep Genomics has hired…

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Horizn acquired by US conversational AI firm Inbenta BetaKit
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Horizn acquired by US conversational AI firm Inbenta BetaKit

Deal will add Horizn’s interactive product demos to Inbenta’s platform. Texas-based Inbenta has announced its acquisition of Toronto software firm Horizn, which provides easy-to-embed…

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