Spring Impact 2023
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – New Spring Impact Capital fund targets early-stage healthtech startups

Plus: AbCellera decimates staff in biotech slump. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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Shopify LV Sphere BFCM 2023
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s Black Friday-Cyber Monday breaks records

Plus: Shein officially files for US IPO. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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PASQAL, Investissement Québec launch $90-million Quantum Computing initiative
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A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is back, Microsoft grabs a board seat, OpenAI plans governance changes

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText sells off mainframe business for over $2 billion USD

Plus: MaRS IAF returns and is ready to invest. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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BetaKit x Good Future
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MaRS IAF is back, ready to invest in early-stage startups

Plus: BetaKit announces strategic partnership with Good Future. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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As crypto crashes, WonderFi closes deal to acquire another regulated crypto trading platform in Coinberry
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Apple cuts Goldman’s card, Coinbase praises Canadian crypto regulation

Plus: Willow.ca acquired by rental platform Guiker. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe….

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Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again
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Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again

Since its launch in 2008, the Toronto-based MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) has grown into one of the country’s most active early-stage venture capital…

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Cavelo secures $5-million Inovia-led seed round to help financial services firms protect their data
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Cavelo secures $5-million Inovia-led seed round to help financial services firms protect their data

With cybersecurity no longer just “a big company problem,” Cavelo eyes US expansion. Kitchener-Waterloo-based cybersecurity startup Cavelo has closed $5 million CAD in seed…

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Graphite Ventures general partners and Alberta principal
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Graphite Ventures closes $110-million Fund IV as firm builds its national presence

Graphite has added Albertan LPs and VCs, and recently invested in Montréal-based Maxa. Toronto-based Graphite Ventures has reached $110 million in the final close…

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Sampler founder and CEO Marie Chevrier standing in front of product samples her company helps brands distribute
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Sampler acquires AdMass’s tech and founders to bring AI and user-generated content to its product sampling platform

The deal marks Sampler’s second acquisition in four months. Sampler, which matches large packaged-goods firms with consumers seeking samples by mail, has acquired fellow…

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