Vistara Growth secures $200-million CAD initial close for fifth private credit fund
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Vistara Growth secures $200-million CAD initial close for fifth private credit fund

Vistara sees opportunity post-SVB as traditional lenders and VCs pull back. Vancouver-based Vistara Growth has raised over $200 million CAD for its latest technology-focused…

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Sid Paquette will now head RBC Ventures and RBCx
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RBCx hires former SVB Canada employees to bolster support for seed-stage and life sciences startups

RBC joins growing list of Canadian banks to add talent from now-defunct SVB Canada. The Royal Bank of Canada’s technology and innovation arm, RBCx,…

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Clearco secures new equity financing from existing investors and asset-backed facility as struggling FinTech executes complex recapitalization plan
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Clearco secures new equity financing from existing investors and asset-backed facility as struggling FinTech executes complex recapitalization plan

Inovia, Founders Circle double down on Clearco with debt buyback from SVB, $60-million USD Series D. Toronto-based FinTech startup Clearco has completed a series…

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Luge Capital full team
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Neo, Float, Cohere top startup list, Luge tops up new FinTech fund

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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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later
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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later

Plus: Desmarais family quietly reshapes a financial empire. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets

Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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VoxNeuro
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Y Combinator decides which health care startups are worth a shot

Plus: Silofit closes its doors, VoxNeuro raises $4.5M to scale brain performance. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada…

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Tenstorrent and Samsung
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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers

Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office

Plus: Uber finally makes a profit. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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Neo Financial launches secured credit card to help Canadians build credit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo Financial goes all-in on partner credit cards, US regulators worry of Binance bank run

Plus: National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…

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