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British Columbia moves to protect its intellectual property (IP) with new programs

The new provincial strategy hopes to help businesses navigate the complicated financial and legal aspects of IP. British Columbia is the latest province to…

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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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Volta moves to new office to further focus on hybrid support for Atlantic Canadian startups

Volta started offering virtual residency to startups in 2021. Halifax-based innovation hub Volta Labs is moving, downsizing its physical office, as it focuses on…

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Bidmii, SalonScale, Moves, TrojAI among 2023 cohort of Google’s Canadian accelerator
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Bidmii, SalonScale, Moves, TrojAI among 2023 cohort of Google’s Canadian accelerator

Previous cohort included MintList, Helcim, Fyyne. Bidmii, SalonScale, Moves, and TrojAI are part of the 12 startups participating in the latest cohort of Google’s…

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Market intelligence startup Klue moves closer to all-in-one platform vision with DoubleCheck Research acquisition
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Market intelligence startup Klue moves closer to all-in-one platform vision with DoubleCheck Research acquisition

DoubleCheck brings research insights into how companies win and lose deals. Klue, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that provides competitor and market intelligence for…

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Coinsquare moves to terminate CoinSmart acquisition deal
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Coinsquare moves to terminate CoinSmart acquisition deal

Coinsquare struck an agreement to acquire fellow Toronto-based crypto trading platform and competitor CoinSmart last fall. Now, Coinsquare wants to back out of that…

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CB Insights report says the bottom fell out of Canadian FinTech funding in Q2 2022

Q2 2022 saw a dramatic 70 percent drop in FinTech funding YoY. While Canadian FinTech funding has already reached 58 percent of 2021’s annual…

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As Apple moves to kill the password, 1Password CEO says he’s not worried
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As Apple moves to kill the password, 1Password CEO says he’s not worried

“Every time they’ve introduced something our business has gone up significantly.” At WWDC 2022, Apple demonstrated passkeys, touted as the thing that could finally…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Crypto losses mount as Canadian companies join anti-money laundering standard
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Crypto losses mount as Canadian companies join anti-money laundering standard

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Gig economy banking app Moves raises $5 million in OMERS-led seed round

Moves wants to make the gig economy work for its workers. Toronto-based FinTech startup Moves has raised a $6.39 million CAD ($5 million USD)…

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