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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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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Dapper Labs, Nesto, Certn, top Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 50 list

FinTech startups made a mark on the list of Canada’s leading technology companies. Deloitte has announced the 2023 winners of its Technology Fast 50,…

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R|T: The Retail Times – How trucking startup Convoy drove itself into the ground

Plus: Post-Hopper, Expedia partners with Air Miles for new travel booking platform. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability

Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify takes stake in Faire as company discourages employee side hustles

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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

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 – Cohere reportedly hunting for fresh funding as OpenAI passes $1B revenue pace

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