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Megadeal slowdown in Q3 marks three-year low for Canadian venture volume

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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Q3 2023 marked a three-year low for venture deal volume in Canada

Venture capital investment fell by 60 percent quarter-over-quarter, while seed-stage investment remained “robust.” The third quarter of 2023 marked Canada’s slowest quarter for venture…

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After a three-year pause, TechPong bounces back for 2023 return

The annual ping pong-powered charity event has raised $400,000 over six showings. Vancouver-based ping pong and fundraising event TechPong has announced it will return…

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Vietnam’s FPT and Quebec’s Mila renew three-year strategic partnership, vow to practice responsible AI

Organizations plan to collaborate on large language models and natural language processing. Vietnam-based FPT and Quebec-based Mila announced the renewal of a three-year strategic…

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Ontario innovation consortium SOSCIP shuts down as three-year federal funding ends

SOSCIP helped researchers access advanced computing platforms and technical expertise. The Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP) has shut down as its three-year…

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BC venture deal volume reached a three-year low in first quarter of 2023

Startups in BC raised $95.1 million through nine deals in Q1 2023. Macroeconomic challenges persisted in British Columbia in the first quarter of 2023,…

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