Tag: kim furlong
Early-stage VC funding and mega-deals carry Canada to second-largest Q2 on record
AI, cleantech stay hot as growth-stage activity keeps quiet, per CVCA’s latest report. As Canadian tech companies and investors continue to contend with tough…
CVCA: Canadian venture capital continues to fall back to pre-pandemic levels
Canadian trends are in line with the US and global results. Canadian venture capital investment continued its significant decline in Q1 2023 compared to…
R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes gets a new CEO…again
Plus: Sobeys pays more than expected for cyber-breach. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Google is flexing its health care AI muscle
Plus: PointClickCare acquires Patient Pattern. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet Forensics proxy advisors split on takeover
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Signature Bank collapse another blow to crypto
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before…
Canadian startup news of the week (3/19/23)
Plus: Québec and Alberta tech investment bucked 2022 trends. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…
CVCA CEO: Tech still needs influx of capital given possible investor pullback, even as liquidity concerns calm
Longer-term impact of SVB fallout has some in Canadian tech worried. While Kim Furlong admits that actions taken by regulators appear to have assuaged…
Canadian tech calls on feds to inject more liquidity into sector over concerns of SVB-caused “full-blown crisis”
Letter asks Government of Canada to extend bridge financing program, guarantee secured loans on SVB deposits. As the Canadian tech sector contends with the…
Despite market conditions, 2022 second-highest year on record for Canadian venture capital BetaKit
CVCA CEO: “Considering the macroeconomic conditions, the finish in 2022 was surprising.” After declining for three quarters, Canadian tech venture capital capped the year…