Tag: matt roberts
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Inside Canada’s new early-stage VC firm
Plus: Shopify facing $130M lawsuit for alleged attempts at slashing severance pay. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…
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…
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…