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Top Stories of the Week
#ElevateToronto launches tech festival to showcase best of Canadian innovation to the world(BETAKIT)
BetaKit is proud to be a partner of Elevate Toronto!
League partners with Dialogue to launch personalized consumer health concierge(BETAKIT)
“One of the things we saw is just how complex and fragmented this is from a consumer standpoint.”
Highline BETA acquires Female Funders with goal to support 1,000 women angels by 2020(BETAKIT)
Founder Katherine Hague will continue to work with Highline to develop the program.
Startup Milestones
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Voices.com raises $18 million to scale global operations for 200,000-strong voice actor network (Read here)
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Chronometriq raises $3.5 million to expand health appointment booking platform across North America (Read here)
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Assent Compliance raises $40 million Series B round, plans to hire 100 people (Read here)
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Zoom.ai wins $100,000 grand prize at OpenText Enterprise World Pitch Contest (Read here)
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Casalova acquires MyPropertyManagers, including assets of $35 million (Read here)
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Dream Payments opens Moncton office to support growth in Canadian and US markets (Read here)
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Flashfood wins $140,000 Best in Fest prize at Startupfest (Read here)
Must Reads
#BetaKit1on1: League’s Mike Serbinis says Canada’s tech ecosystem needs more wins(BETAKIT)
In this #BetaKit1on1, League founder and CEO Mike Serbinis says “winning begets winning” for Canadian tech.
Ask an Investor: Should I hire an executive coach?(BETAKIT)
Not all executive coaches are made equal, and the best executive coaches come at a price.
CanCon Podcast Ep. 75: Patent laws, Canada is open for business + your phone bill is going up
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