FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
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FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform

Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to…

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Can Waze’s former CEO build a social network from scratch?

Post.News founder Noam Bardin makes a pitch to Canadians looking for news with their social media. What does it mean to build a social…

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2023 is the year ESG should drive enterprise decision-making
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2023 is the year ESG should drive enterprise decision-making

TealBook’s Stephany Lapierre shares how to implement ESG targets. Globally managed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assets may top $50 trillion by 2025, and…

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Blossom Social secures $750,000 to build “Canada’s first social brokerage”
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Blossom Social secures $750,000 to build “Canada’s first social brokerage”

Amid market downturn, CEO says community is “more important than ever” for retail investors. Investing in the stock market can be intimidating. Vancouver-based Blossom…

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“Social” healthtech startup Curatio merges with Australian medtech firm RxMx

Named RxPx, the combined entity is backed by RxMx majority shareholder Pemba Capital Partners. Vancouver healthtech startup Curatio has merged with Australian medtech…

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Canadian startup news of the week (4/17/22)
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Shopify launches YouTube Shopping integration in latest social commerce push

New Shopify partnership lets customers press play and pay on YouTube. Ottawa’s ecommerce tech giant Shopify has launched an integration with YouTube to allow…

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Potloc raises $35 million to expand social media sampling tech across North America, Europe
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Potloc raises $35 million to expand social media sampling tech across North America, Europe

The consumer research startup claims to have surveyed 36 million people globally. In the current market squeeze a lot of companies are contracting; not…

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Telus backs new social impact fund focused on community safety and wellness in Edmonton
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Telus backs new social impact fund focused on community safety and wellness in Edmonton

ScaleGood Fund to invest in grads of the Telus Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator. In partnership with the Edmonton Police Foundation, Telus has backed…

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