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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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion acquires two Canadian AI drug-discovery companies

Plus: FDA commissioner: “hard to catch up” on regulating digital health. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time
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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time

Plus: Bessemer and SoftBank bet big on AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation

Plus: Float launches a new corporate card on back of new growth. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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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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Canadian startup news of the week (5/14/23)

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Inflation blamed for decline in mental health of Canadian founders in the last year

BDC report maps impact of the economic downturn on entrepreneurs’ mental health. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has published a report that…

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RenoRun lays off 43 percent of staff to extend runway as inflation rises and consumer confidence falls
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RenoRun lays off 43 percent of staff to extend runway as inflation rises and consumer confidence falls

RenoRun founders: “The business climate we are operating in has fundamentally changed.” Montréal-based building material delivery startup RenoRun laid off 210 employees this morning—the…

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