Leav secures $2.3 million in seed funding for its mobile self-checkout solution
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R|T: The Retail Times – Etsy and Bolt make cuts as revenue growth dips

Plus: Leav closes seed round for mobile self-checkout. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – BlackBerry names new CEO, ditches spinout IPO plans

Plus: Vistara Growth Fund V sets target on enterprise software companies. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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Montréal’s tech hub is in trouble, Waterloo Region goes grassroots

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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Y Combinator graduate Terminal closes $4.2-million CAD seed round
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Y Combinator graduate Terminal closes $4.2-million CAD seed round

Terminal aims to be the Plaid for telematics data in commercial trucking. Toronto-based Terminal, a trucking telematics integrations startup, has closed a $3.1-million USD…

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Meet the Y Combinator Summer 2023 cohort startups with Canadian connections

Participants include Decoda Health, Greenlite, LifestyleRX, Spine AI, Tempo Labs, Terminal, and VaultPay. Seven Canadian-affiliated tech startups are participating in Y Combinator’s Summer 2022…

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Former Global Founders Capital partner launches Northside Ventures to back pre-seed Canadian entrepreneurs across North America

Northside has secured $6.25 million USD from Inovia, Intact, Bain, Golden Ventures, and Garage Capital, among others. After spending the past few years building…

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Almost sideswiped by a Stripe acquisition, Helcim responds with new Smart Terminal

After Stripe acquired its manufacturing partner, Helcim faced delays and an increasingly competitive environment. Last week, FinTech and payment startup Helcim unveiled its latest…

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