BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
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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…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges, Intuit winds down Mint
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges, Intuit winds down Mint

Plus: BDC recommits to seed deals with $50M fund. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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Auditor General to probe SDTC following ISED-commissioned investigation
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Auditor General to probe SDTC following ISED-commissioned investigation

ISED paused new SDTC funding after third-party report uncovered conflict of interest, governance issues. The Office of the Auditor General of Canada (OAG) plans…

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Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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Despite strong 2022 for cleantech, EDC report finds Canada lags peers on R&D spending, funding, converting startups to scaleups

VC investment in Canadian cleantech jumped 63 percent in 2022 despite a tough economy. In the past few years, pandemic lockdowns, geopolitical strife, and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – A collective $29 million committed to Canadian AI healthtech integration

Plus: US mental health startup Headway raises $125 million at $1 billion valuation. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability

Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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HaiLa Technologies closes $14 million CAD strategic investment featuring Japanese manufacturer Murata Electronics
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HaiLa Technologies closes $14 million CAD strategic investment featuring Japanese manufacturer Murata Electronics

HaiLa says funding will fuel R&D for its IoT chips and solutions. HaiLa Technologies has announced that it has raised a $10.35 million USD…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Cardata gears up with new funding, BlackBerry plots connected-car split

Plus: Qualtrics lets go of 780 workers. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays

Plus: Hugging Face’s Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you…

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Abraham Tachjian, open banking lead, speaking in front of a microphone in a suit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s open banking lead extends his term as delays continue

Plus: Clearco recapitalizes, WonderFi eyes Nasdaq. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If…

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