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Top Stories of the Week
Ripple Ventures closes $10 million for early-stage Fund I(BETAKIT)
Ripple Ventures, a new early-stage fund based in Toronto, has launched with $10 million closed.
Uber to invest more than $200 million CAD in expanding Toronto presence(BETAKIT)
In the same week, Microsoft committed $570 million to developing its presence in Canada, and $10 million to the Cascadia Innovation Corridor.
Waterloo-based Bonfire acquired for $140 million CAD in ‘Govtech’ merger(BETAKIT)
Bonfire will merge with five other ‘Govtech’ SaaS and cloud platforms to form a new publicly traded company.
How these 14 Canadian tech companies scale-proof their engineering teams(BETAKIT)
“As our ecosystem develops, more and more Canadian companies will grapple with the challenges inherent to scaling.”
Startup Milestones
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Responsive raises $1.1 million to help wealth managers predict client behaviour (Read here)
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Q4 raises $49 million CAD Series C led by Napier Park (Read here)
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Finhaven raises $6.6 million Series A to build tokenized securities exchange (Read here)
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Integrate.ai raises $39 million CAD Series A (Read here)
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Weever Apps raises $900,000 to help manufacturers digitize paperwork (Read here)
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Hockeystick and Lazaridis Institute launch DRIVE conference (Read here)
Must Reads
Calgary converting economic downturn into tech opportunity(BETAKIT)
For the first time ever, Calgary was a top five Canadian tech market by deal volume in Q2 2018.
Ask an Investor: How should I handle VC rejection?(BETAKIT)
Your reaction to a VC pass can build or erode your reputation.
Tech productivity tips that actually work (CanCon ep. 128)
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