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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Eli raises $5 million to make at-home hormone testing for women more accessible

“It will allow us to build a large-scale dataset of daily hormone levels for the first time in history.” Montréal-based healthtech startup Eli, which…

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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 revenue jumps but beware Amazon’s Trojan horse

Plus: Proposed regulations for Retail Payment Activities Act open for public comment. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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Doctor-backed Clinify secures $1.5 million to help digitize African medical records
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Clinify’s mission to digitize African medical records

Plus: How Canada opened the door to for-profit virtual care. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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A|I: The AI Times – Is Canada facing an AI talent drain?

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Bank of Canada’s Ron Morrow: “it is your one chance to shape the regime.”

Plus: Stripe’s attempt to raise $55 billion. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe….

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Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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Canadian startup news of the week (2/20/23)

Plus: a $700 million new commitment to innovation clusters. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Real Ventures partners with Panache, Inovia to relaunch FounderFuel accelerator
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Real Ventures partners with Panache, Inovia to relaunch FounderFuel accelerator

Longstanding venture-backed startup program goes national with hybrid approach. Real Ventures-led venture-backed startup accelerator FounderFuel is returning this spring for the first time in…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – CVS acquires Signify Health over Amazon

Plus: FTC reviewing Amazon’s One Medical purchase. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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Canadian startup news of the week (4/17/22)
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify swaps key execs amid financial downturn

Plus: Microsoft invests in Travis Kalanick’s CloudKitchens startup. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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