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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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Richard Lynch will replace John Chen as interim CEO as BlackBerry prepares to split company
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – John Chen retires, Hyatt brothers return with DataStealth

Plus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Databricks nabs Arcion for $100M, 1Password detects “suspicious activity”

Plus: CentML gets Google and Nvidia backing to boost ML model performance. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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After pivoting focus from sellers to buyers, Kiwiz hopes to be the Uber for car inspections
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After pivoting focus from sellers to buyers, Kiwiz hopes to be the Uber for car inspections

Kiwiz has raised $600,000 CAD in pre-seed funding. Montréal-based Kiwiz has raised $600,000 CAD in pre-seed funding for its platform that connects auto inspectors…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Inside the chaos of New York’s Airbnb ban
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R|T: The Retail Times – Inside the chaos of New York’s Airbnb ban

Plus: Flexport continues weekly cuts with 20 percent workforce reduction. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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Vendasta closes $20-million Series E to fund acquisitions, converts existing debt into equity |
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billion

Plus: Vendasta closes $20M in new funding following layoffs. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Waabi partners with Uber Freight, Instacart debuts big IPO

Plus: Shopify scores big off of Klaviyo IPO. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight
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A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight

Plus: ALL IN to showcase Canada’s AI at major conference. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 1Password hits $250M ARR on the back of B2B growth

Plus: Cisco buys Splunk, Klaviyo shares soar post-IPO. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the…

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Waabi Uber Freight trucks
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Raquel Urtasun reunites with Uber in autonomous trucking partnership

Plus: 1Password hits $250M ARR on the back of B2B growth. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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