Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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Early-stage VC funding and mega-deals carry Canada to second-largest Q2 on record

AI, cleantech stay hot as growth-stage activity keeps quiet, per CVCA’s latest report. As Canadian tech companies and investors continue to contend with tough…

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Long-time VP and product leader Satish Kanwar departs Shopify
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify adds new merchant tools, loses long-time VP

Plus: Shein makes an aggressive pitch to woo US Amazon sellers. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada…

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a device for testing blood on a desk it resembles a desktop computer in shape and size
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Turnstone Biologics goes public, Dialogue Health to be acquired

Plus: Vital Bioscience reveals desktop blood tester with big backers. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite

Plus: Yoshua Bengio issues stark warning to U.S. Senate. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Shopify posts positive revenues in Q2 2023 for third quarter running

Ottawa e-commerce giant posts higher losses, but GMV grows. Shopify made gains for the third quarter running, defying the indifferent markets still rattling investors….

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText’s acquisition of Micro Focus spurs IP and patent questions

Plus: Solink secures $60 million to scale cloud-based video surveillance service. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe to power Shopify’s new business credit card

Plus: How the partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs soured. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…

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Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
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Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth

Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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