Canadian startup news of the week (5/03/20)

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Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If you prefer this update hit your inbox every week, make sure to subscribe to the BetaKit Newsletter using the form at the bottom of this page.

Top Stories of the Week


Board communicated shutdown decision to OneEleven executive director(BETAKIT)

“We have nothing more to add and our statement speaks for itself,” an Oxford Properties spokesperson told BetaKit.


Wattpad's Allen Lau on lessons from surviving the dot-com bubble, SARS, and the financial crises(BETAKIT)

Wattpad’s co-founder and CEO provides six lessons to today’s entrepreneurs tasked with navigating COVID-19.


Canada's open banking consultations delayed until Fall "at the earliest"(BETAKIT)

Canada’s Department of Finance has delayed its consultation on open banking until the “Fall at the earliest,” BetaKit has learned.


Report: Startups could fuel the recovery of Canada's economy(BETAKIT)

The report found that innovation companies create an outsized share of new jobs and grow at a much faster rate than the overall economy.


Hamzah Nassif joins Real Ventures as second partner in Toronto(BETAKIT)

Montréal-based early-stage venture capital firm Real Ventures has appointed Hamzah Nassif as the venture capital firm’s second partner based in Toronto.


Latest Funding, Acquisitions, and Layoffs


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BLACK SWAN #7 – SCALING HEALTHCARE IN A PANDEMIC(BETAKIT)

Luke Vigeant (Inkblot Therapy) and Brett Belchetz (Maple) share how their telehealth startups changed before and after COVID-19.


BLACK SWAN #6 – EVERY STARTUP’S A HEALTHTECH STARTUP NOW(BETAKIT)

“When COVID-19 hit, I just had this clarity that I needed to go into this crisis mode of a Telehealth solution.”


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