Sixty Degree Capital closes $338 million CAD for third venture fund
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healthtech startups among targets of Sixty Degree Capital’s new $338-million CAD fund

Plus: Medtronic’s $738 million acquisition is cancelled. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to…

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Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40-million Series C round
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R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes appoints its third CEO this year

Plus: Asian food delivery service Fantuan secures $40 million. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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A|I: The AI Times – Google launches its hopeful GPT-4 killer

Plus: “Gentle Canadian” @BasedBeffJezos raises $14M for AI hardware startup. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Cultivator has a new leader, Canadian FinTech leader has some new capital

Plus: Meet BetaKit’s new newsletter editor. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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As ailing WeWork reduces Canadian footprint, BDC opens new collaborative work location in Vancouver
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As ailing WeWork reduces Canadian footprint, BDC opens new collaborative work location in Vancouver

Vancouver marks BDC Square’s third location, following Toronto and Montréal. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has opened a new BDC Square location…

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Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
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R|T: The Retail Times – How Hopper’s Fred Lalonde went from hacker to tech titan

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R|T: The Retail Times – WeWork cuts Canadian locations, Shein IPO targets $90B valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – WeWork cuts Canadian locations, Shein IPO targets $90B valuation

Plus: Inside Indigo’s plan to return to profitability. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts

Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent

Plus: General Assembly sells its frozen pizza business. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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