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By Charlize Alcaraz February 2, 2023

CIBC Innovation Banking president Mark McQueen to depart for “next adventure”

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Invest Ottawa 10th anniversary party | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl February 1, 2023

Invest Ottawa’s 10th birthday party comes with over $6.6 million in funding to support Area X.O

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By Meagan Simpson January 27, 2023

As Big Tech makes mass layoffs, recent Canadian startup reductions might cut deeper

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By Josh Scott January 27, 2023

Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”

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By Kelsey Rolfe January 23, 2023

Investor liquidity issues are putting the squeeze on Canadian startups

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Shopify invests in US-based e-commerce analytics aggregator Triple Whale

by Charlize Alcaraz

Triple Whale helps Shopify merchants unify business metrics into one dashboard.

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CoinSmart to seek monetary damages from Coinsquare following collapse of acquisition deal

by Josh Scott

CoinSmart accepts deal is no more, intends to “commence legal proceedings against Coinsquare.”

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Hippoc announces $3 million to help marketers test ad campaigns using neuroscience

by Charlize Alcaraz

Hippoc’s web-based platform can predict the cognitive impact of an ad before it goes live.

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After selling startup to Instacart, New School Foods founder raises $15.9 million CAD to create plant-based meat

by Charlize Alcaraz

Toronto startup’s tech can produce plant-based salmon fillets.

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How to grow investment in women-led startups

by Stefan Palios

Women-led businesses are still underfunded, despite a multi-trillion market opportunity.

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Google slapped with antitrust suit

by Michael Edgar

Plus: Activist investor takes big stake in Salesforce.

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A|I: The AI Times – Tenstorrent swaps CEOs, DeepMind exits Edmonton

by Michael Edgar

Plus: does Ottawa have the right plan to support an AI industry?

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Lightspeed one-time net loss of $814.8 million USD sends Groundhog Day signal: six more weeks of tech winter

by Charles Mandel

Lightspeed makes slight revenue gain but faces recessionary pressures in the marketplace.

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CIBC Innovation Banking president Mark McQueen to depart for “next adventure”

by Charlize Alcaraz

McQueen joined CIBC through its acquisition of Wellington Financial in 2018.

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VerticalScope becomes latest public tech firm to make layoffs with 22 percent staff reduction

by Josh Scott

Cuts come after VerticalScope’s business deteriorated in Q4.

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Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts

by Meagan Simpson

The layoffs come four months after Ada reduced its staff by 16 percent.

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Smile Digital Health nabs $30 million Series B

by Michael Edgar

Plus: Amazon expands into pharmacy.

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Invest Ottawa’s 10th birthday party comes with over $6.6 million in funding to support Area X.O

by Alex Riehl

Invest Ottawa will use funding to create remote and simulation options for smart mobility R&D.

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Winnipeg-based Cerebra to assist with provincial sleep test backlog

by Ryan O'Connor

Contract with Manitoba will help alleviate backlog of province’s sleep study cases following pandemic.

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