Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
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AI, cleantech stay hot as mega-deals carry Canada to second-largest Q2 on record

Plus: MindBridge founder Solon Angel joins Fresh Founders as managing partner. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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With HQ half a world away, how do Xero’s Canadian hubs stay connected?

How Xero connects Toronto to Wellington and all points in between. Even with the power of the internet, making business decisions across continents is…

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GrowerIQ closes $3 million seed round to help cannabis producers stay compliant
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GrowerIQ closes $3 million seed round to help cannabis producers stay compliant

Cannabis ERP platform sees room to help growers meet “high” regulatory burden. As GrowerIQ founder and CEO Andrew Wilson puts it, the compliance burden…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale

Plus: Canadian tech companies continue to hire despite downturn. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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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,…

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