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Top Stories of the Week
Minister Bains says extending IRAP IAP "makes a lot of sense" following anticipated CEWS extension(BETAKIT)
IRAP saw a $250 million injection from the federal government through IAP, which has now been fully committed after applications for the program opened and closed in the last weeks of April.
Wattpad notifies users, shares new details of reported data breach(BETAKIT)
Compromised data may involve email addresses, IP addresses, encrypted passwords, survey responses, and purchases.
Coinsquare CEO and president agree to step down, pay "penalties" in settlement with OSC(BETAKIT)
Coinsquare is required to find replacements for its CEO and CCO within 90 days.
MaRS officially launches program developed using federal Scale-Up Platform funding(BETAKIT)
MaRS estimated the companies could reach $7.9 billion in revenue after five years with a 20 percent annual growth rate.
Latest Funding, Acquisitions, and Layoffs
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FedDev invests $4.8M in Trent Enterprise Centre (Read here)
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City of Toronto commits $250,000 to Black Innovation Fellowship (Read here)
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Knockri raises $3M seed round (Read here)
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Vision Critical raises $26.7M in growth debt financing (Read here)
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Clutch raises $7M seed round (Read here)
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BLACK SWAN #14 – DISRUPTING STARTUP CULTURE AND WHY CANADIAN FINTECHS ARE PISSED(BETAKIT)
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