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Hopper to power travel portal for Brazilian digital banking giant Nubank

Hopper brought travel booking to Uber UK and is now targeting Nubank’s 80 million customers. Montréal-based travel booking startup Hopper is partnering with Nubank,…

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Shopify invests in US-based e-commerce analytics aggregator Triple Whale
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s birthday gift: a new class-action lawsuit

Plus: Temu is losing millions of dollars to break into the US. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

Plus: Attabotics sues Canadian Tire over warehouse fire. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Absolute Software sold to Crosspoint for $657 million

Plus: Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings

“Flights on Uber” will be available to UK users this summer. Montréal-based startup Hopper has struck a deal with Uber, allowing people in the…

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Hopper co-founders launch new carbon capture startup, Deep Sky, with $10 million in funding

Deep Sky aims to scale carbon removal. The co-founders of Montréal-founded travel app Hopper have set out on a new venture to build large…

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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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OMERS Ventures enters 2023 with new playbook as firm looks to launch fifth fund this year

Unified global investment team the latest change in OV’s evolution. In late 2018, following the departure of founding CEO John Ruffolo, then-managing partner Damien…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced for fraud

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T…

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R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes’ new CEO steps up to the plate

Plus: Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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