Laura Mock - Cultivator
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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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Semiconductor firm GaN Systems to be acquired by Infineon for $830 million USD
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Compound semiconductor pioneer GaN Systems joins Infineon with close of $830-million USD acquisition

Ottawa-based chip firm GaN Systems has officially been acquired by German semiconductor giant Infineon Technologies. The $830-million USD all-cash transaction, which was first announced…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Pharma giant Bayer moves deeper into digital health

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using the form at the…

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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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A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning

Plus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce repositioning itself as a data company?
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce repositioning itself as a data company?

Plus: Growth equity firm PSG takes a big bite out of Toronto startup Hostaway. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe looks to enter the credit space

Plus: OSC advisory panel backs stronger crypto regulation. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…

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CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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Inside Canada’s new early-stage VC firm

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Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds. Long-time Canadian technology startup investors…

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Toronto and Waterloo Region venture funding fell short in first quarter of 2023

Toronto’s venture funding dropped 94 percent year-over-year. Venture funding in Toronto and the Waterloo Region had a particularly sluggish start to 2023, with startups…

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