Tag: Waterloo
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon’s belt-tightening is causing concerns
Plus: Uber rumoured to spin off freight division. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Qualtrics shopping for a private offer
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe looks to raise another $6 billion
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…
Canadian startup news of the week (3/12/23)
Plus: Ten things worth reading on International Women’s Day. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…
Dwindling tech deal volume remained a thorn in the Waterloo Region’s side in 2022
Venture funding in Waterloo Region dipped from 2021 peak, but still surpassed pre-bull market years. The Waterloo Region saw a continued decline in venture…
University of Waterloo leading consortium for 5G innovation that includes Rogers, BlackBerry
BlackBerry, Rogers, Rockport Networks among industry partners taking part. The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo) is leading a new $1.5 million CAD multi-partner consortium for…
ApplyBoard cuts back customer experience department
Layoffs impact six percent of ApplyBoard’s workforce. Waterloo Region EdTech startup ApplyBoard announced that it has laid off six percent of its approximately 1500…
Eight Canadian universities land in PitchBook’s 2022 top 100 schools for founders
The University of Waterloo keeps top spot for Canadian schools. Four Canadian schools were named among the top 50 in a recent PitchBook ranking…
Waterloo Region venture deal volume continued to slump in Q3 2022
Early-stage deals were nowhere to be found. So what comes next? With only three deals closed, venture deal volume in the Waterloo Region reached…
With only four deals closed, Q2 2022 was Waterloo Region’s least active funding quarter in three years
Only another Faire megadeal rescued Waterloo Region from its lowest investment quarter in a year. Another Faire megadeal may have beefed up the Waterloo…