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Top Stories of the Week
Shopify to open first permanent office in Vancouver, hire 1,000 employees(BETAKIT)
The Ottawa-founded e-commerce company announced on Tuesday that it plans to open what will be its first permanent office in the city.
Rangle makes second significant staff reduction in less than a year(BETAKIT)
According to statements publicly made on social media by former employees, approximately 40 Rangle employees were recently let go.
Janet Bannister named managing partner of Real Ventures(BETAKIT)
While Real will continue to be headquartered in Montréal, Bannister will lead the firm from its Toronto office.
Upside surpasses $1.27 million in charitable donations following 2019 Canadian tech exits(BETAKIT)
“This is a huge milestone as it indicates that our model works and can generate significant value for the community.”
Turo, TradeRev headline first 2020 AutoTech meetup on Feb 6th(BETAKIT)
BetaKit and TradeRev are happy to announce the first AutoTech meetup of 2020.
Startup Milestones
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Contxtful raises $2M (Read here)
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Lexop raises $1.8M (Read here)
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OpenPhone announces $2.6M round closed in 2018 (Read here)
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Terramera raises $4.6M Series B (Read here)
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Bonsai raises $4M (Read here)
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Miovision raises $120M (Read here)
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SIX SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TRENDS FOR TECH COMPANIES IN 2020(BETAKIT)
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FOUR PREDICTIONS FOR CANADIAN TECH HIRING IN 2020(BETAKIT)
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