Payments Canada announces global firm Tata Consultancy Services will lead the integration of the Real-Time Rail system
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The two Canadian cities rising in Startup Genome’s global ecosystem rankings

Plus: Real-Time Rail delays are an unmitigated disaster. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

Plus: Attabotics sues Canadian Tire over warehouse fire. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion acquires two Canadian AI drug-discovery companies

Plus: FDA commissioner: “hard to catch up” on regulating digital health. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time
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A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time

Plus: Bessemer and SoftBank bet big on AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance set to leave Canada in face of new regulation

Plus: Float launches a new corporate card on back of new growth. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Absolute Software sold to Crosspoint for $657 million

Plus: Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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Canadian startup news of the week (5/14/23)

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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Toronto and Waterloo Region venture funding fell short in first quarter of 2023

Toronto’s venture funding dropped 94 percent year-over-year. Venture funding in Toronto and the Waterloo Region had a particularly sluggish start to 2023, with startups…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – CAN Health Network expanding… across Canada

Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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A|I: The AI Times – Embark Trucks explores liquidation, AI beer invades Alberta

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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