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Cultivator has a new leader, Canadian FinTech leader has some new capital

Plus: Meet BetaKit’s new newsletter editor. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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Innovate BC, NRC IRAP invest $2 million into 13 BC cleantech companies

BC Fast Pilot program has invested $9.9 million into 75 projects to date. Thirteen cleantech companies based in British Columbia have received a combined…

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PacifiCan invests $9.9 million CAD into Innovate BC’s cleantech adoption initiative

The Integrated Marketplace links local tech companies to industry partners looking to decarbonize. The Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan) is investing $9.9…

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A|I: The AI Times – Anthropic in talks to raise another $2B, a16z discussed backing Midjourney rival
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A|I: The AI Times – Anthropic in talks to raise another $2B, a16z discussed backing Midjourney rival

Plus: Samsung to manufacture chips from AI chip startup Tenstorrent. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Business getaway marketplace RetreatsAndVenues takes first prize in New Ventures BC 2023 startup competition
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Business getaway marketplace RetreatsAndVenues takes first prize in New Ventures BC 2023 startup competition

Vancouver-based startups Browse AI and Blanka came in second and third place. New Ventures BC has given out $250,000 in prize money to the…

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Over $1 million in cash available for Canadian startups in FinTech, sciences, and more

Startups can now apply for a chance to get funding from Momentum, Innovate BC, and Platform Calgary. There is $1.6 million up for grabs…

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Certn targets global expansion of background check tech with $30 million USD Series B extension from EDC
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Certn targets global expansion, Huawei builds Oracle replacement

Plus: Salesforce is working on new generative AI-driven workflow tools. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – GSK to buy Bellus Health for US$2 billion
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – GSK to buy Bellus Health for US$2 billion

Plus: GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…

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A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use
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A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use

Plus: Google combines its competing AI research units. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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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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