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Athennian feels growing pains as Coinbase looks to grow into a Canadian crypto leader

Plus: FinTech vertical sluggish as investors worry over economy. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Protein Industries Canada offers $10 million to help grow AI use in food sector

AI is being applied to the plant-based food industry’s efforts to satisfy ever-changing consumer demands. If it seems like artificial intelligence (AI) is in…

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Locorum raises $1.2 million to help local service businesses grow through referrals

Locorum’s platform rewards customers for hiring local service providers. Locorum, a marketing tech company based in London, Ont., has raised $1.2 million CAD in…

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Practice Better raises $27 million USD to grow client management software for wellness providers
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Practice Better raises $27 million USD to grow client management software for wellness providers

Practice Better claims to have more than 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries. Practice Better is the result of its founder, Nathalie Garcia,…

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How to grow investment in women-led startups

Women-led businesses are still underfunded, despite a multi-trillion market opportunity. Studies about gender diversity in tech startups paint a relatively grim picture: women are…

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2022 has been a “disaster” for SaaS funding, though sector continues to grow

“The bias is less towards building the innovation economy, more towards sustaining what we got.” This year has been a “disaster” for SaaS venture…

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Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots
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Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots

Avidbots will also open a new, 70,00 square foot headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo. Kitchener-Waterloo startup Avidbots has secured $70 million USD in a Series C…

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