H|T: The Healthtech Times – Telus to buy LifeWorks for $2.3B
Plus: Residents say China used health tracker for crowd control.
R|T: The Retail Times – Swyft cuts, lightning-fast acquisitions
Plus: Rohlik bags $231M as market cools on food delivery startups.
A|I: The AI Times – Did Google discover sentient AI or an employee violation?
Plus: UWaterloo quantum experts aim to help orgs with cybersecurity.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The UWaterloo experts building quantum-safe cybersecurity
Plus: Google pays $118 million for underpaying women.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple, Coinbase, WonderFi make staff cuts
Plus: Wave CEO Kirk Simpson to step down three years after acquisition by H&R Block.
Canadian startup news of the week (6/19/22)
Plus: Inovia raises $420 million CAD for fifth early-stage venture fund.
Collision’s Paddy Cosgrave talks Shopify, tech downturns, and meaningful connections
Unpacking a sophisticated global perspective on Canadian tech.
After hiring freeze, Wealthsimple makes staff cuts
Approximately 13 percent of Wealthsimple staff are affected by the cuts.
What’s behind the explosion in acquisition entrepreneurship?
Welcome to the entrepreneurial equivalent of glamping.
Why Canadian tech founders need better mentors
Who teaches mentors how to mentor entrepreneurs?
RBCx’s Anthony Mouchantaf explains why he’s concerned about the (potential) end of VCCI
Tony Dagger told you so.
Should politicians use Twitter + Ontario’s election budget
What can a social media account tell us about our elected representatives?
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Earnings week for Q4, Thinkific, Magnet Forensics
Plus: Tailscale makes corporate VPNs as easy as ABC.
F|T: The FinTech Times – The Neo Unicorn
Plus: Applications are open for the Calgary FinTech Awards.
OMERS Ventures’ Damien Steel wants you to stop reading tech headlines
What is the value of a valuation?