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Top Stories of the Week
Wealthsimple takes service to another FinTech hub with UK expansion(BETAKIT)
Toby Triebel, who previously co-founded online lending platform Spotcap, will lead Wealthsimple’s UK business.
Wattpad wants to boost its emerging products focus with new residency program(BETAKIT)
Wattpad is opening up a three-month residency program for teams outside of the company.
League kicks off US expansion with plans for massive $100M USD round by 2018(BETAKIT)
League plans to be in the top 10 US metro areas by summer 2018.
As Travis Kalanick resigns, Canadian co-founder Garrett Camp says Uber was too focused on growth(BETAKIT)
Investors pushed Kalanick to resign.
Startup Milestones
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Hubdoc raises $6 million to remove the administration from accounting (Read here)
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Logojoy raises $900,000 seed round to stay ahead of design automation space (Read here)
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Finn.ai wins Capgemini’s $50,000 entrepreneurship and innovation award (Read here)
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Mindbridge raises $4.3 million with goal to IPO within five years (Read here)
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Mylo acquires Tactex Asset Management, including asset book of $110 million (Read here)
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Payfirma launches white label payments platform for financial institutions (Read here)
Must Reads
#BetaKit1on1: Real Ventures’ Janet Bannister shares the most important thing Canadian companies should focus on(BETAKIT)
“I think the most important thing in order to be a scale up and to be the next unicorn is how do you scale your sales and marketing?” said Bannister.
Ask an Investor: what questions should I ask a PR agency before hiring them?(BETAKIT)
Working with a PR agency on a launch or as part of an ongoing strategy can have great benefits to your startup.
CanCon Podcast Ep. 72: E3 + Uber fail + Canada’s tech ‘moment’
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