Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage’s reported new fund is well-positioned to scoop up discount tech startups
Posted in General

Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage’s reported new fund is well-positioned to scoop up discount tech startups

Valuations are down and Canadian companies are filling for insolvency at a 10-year high. As industry observers brace for the worst, a pair of…

Continue Reading Brookfield and Sequoia Heritage’s reported new fund is well-positioned to scoop up discount tech startups
Shopify credit card
Posted in General

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…

Continue Reading F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe to power Shopify’s new business credit card
portrait of the leadership team of That Clean Life
Posted in General

Practice Better acquires That Clean Life for a healthy-sounding eight figures

An eight-year collaboration has ended in acquisition for the two Toronto healthtech startups. Business sounds healthy over at two Toronto-based healthtech startups, Practice Better,…

Continue Reading Practice Better acquires That Clean Life for a healthy-sounding eight figures
LayerZero Labs
Posted in General

LayerZero Labs raises $120 million at $3 billion valuation to enable more multi-blockchain apps

VCs continue to bet on long-term growth for crypto despite volatile market. Vancouver-based Web3 startup LayerZero Labs is now valued at $3 billion after…

Continue Reading LayerZero Labs raises $120 million at $3 billion valuation to enable more multi-blockchain apps
Former Google ad chief’s Neeva launches its ad-free, privacy-conscious search engine in Canada
Posted in General

Former Google ad chief’s Neeva launches its ad-free, privacy-conscious search engine in Canada

Neeva, an advertising-free search engine that claims to preserve user privacy, is launching in Canada. Sridhar Ramaswamy, the ex-SVP of ads at Google, and…

Continue Reading Former Google ad chief’s Neeva launches its ad-free, privacy-conscious search engine in Canada
Shopify’s Q2 2022 growth continued to slow amid changing e-commerce market conditions
Posted in General

R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s bet didn’t pay off

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using the form at…

Continue Reading R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s bet didn’t pay off
FinTech
Posted in General

F|T: The FinTech Times – The bottom fell out of Canadian FinTech

Plus: Former Coinbase manager arrested for insider trading. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…

Continue Reading F|T: The FinTech Times – The bottom fell out of Canadian FinTech
handshake
Posted in General

PitchBook projects VC deal value to drop, deal count to stay high as market cools

VC market shifts from founder-friendly “game of winning” to “game of picking.” During a Collision 2022 presentation about the state of the VC market,…

Continue Reading PitchBook projects VC deal value to drop, deal count to stay high as market cools
blockchain
Posted in General

LayerZero Labs reaches $1 billion valuation in round backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz

Tom Brady, Justin Timberlake, crypto leaders like Dapper Labs invested in the $135 million round. Vancouver blockchain tech startup LayerZero Labs is the latest…

Continue Reading LayerZero Labs reaches $1 billion valuation in round backed by Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz