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BDC recommits to leading seed deals with new $50-million fund
Plus: The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce begins restoring headcount after slashing 10 percent of staff
Plus: Plurilock finds gains in selling safety, Databricks raises $500M. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…
Canada’s emerging fund managers get a venture lifeline
Plus: Deep Genomics brings in life sciences veteran Brian O’Callaghan as CEO. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find…
Paper cuts more staff in second round of layoffs
Another 87 “paperites” let go as EdTech startup aims for profitability. EdTech startup Paper has made another round of layoffs just slightly a month…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
Plus: Uber finally makes a profit. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…
Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…
With school districts “striving to achieve more with less,” layoffs come to Paper
The EdTech startup’s founders said the decision was not made lightly. Montreal-based EdTech startup Paper laid off 105 “paperites,” or about four percent of…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet Forensics proxy advisors split on takeover
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Canadian startup news of the week (3/19/23)
Plus: Québec and Alberta tech investment bucked 2022 trends. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…
Paper acquires literacy tool Readlee to help curb pandemic-fuelled literacy crisis among children
Readlee was created by Harvard researchers and masters teachers. The pandemic has been especially difficult for schools, causing sporadic closures and staff shortages. Not…