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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify wants to give you an AI Sidekick

Plus: Sampler acquires Admass’s tech to integrate UGC and AI into platform. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners

Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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Sampler acquires AdMass’s tech and founders to bring AI and user-generated content to its product sampling platform

The deal marks Sampler’s second acquisition in four months. Sampler, which matches large packaged-goods firms with consumers seeking samples by mail, has acquired fellow…

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R|T: The Retail Times – E Inc. to delist from TSX, Sleep Country scoops up Casper’s Canadian operations

Plus: Product sampling startup Sampler acquires Abeo. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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Canadian startup news of the week (4/16/23)

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…

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Product sampling startup Sampler acquires Abeo to deepen footprint in beauty industry

Abeo has worked with beauty brands like Sephora, Glossier, Chanel. Sampler, which provides a product sampling platform for a variety of consumer packaged goods…

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New report shares stories of the biases women entrepreneurs face raising capital

“He said, ‘well, don’t you just want to go get married and have babies now? Why are you fundraising?’” That women technology entrepreneurs must…

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