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Top Stories of the Week
Hootsuite initially agreed to ICE deal before pulling out, documents reveal(BETAKIT)
In an email obtained by BetaKit sent to all Hootsuite employees shortly after 9 pm PST on September 23, recently appointed CEO Tom Keiser stated that the company had decided to pull out of the deal it had with ICE.
Trudeau government promises wage subsidy extension, changes to CEBA, BCAP in throne speech(BETAKIT)
The Liberal government has made commitments to extending and expanding its COVID-19 relief efforts for businesses.
Shopify reveals data breach that affected "less than 200" merchants(BETAKIT)
Shopify claimed that following its investigation it determined two “rogue members” of its support team were engaged in a plot to obtain the customer transactional records of specific merchants.
MaRS in talks with University of Calgary to bring new innovation hub to Alberta(BETAKIT)
MaRS confirmed to BetaKit Wednesday that it is hoping to bring its innovation hub model to Calgary in order to help accelerate innovation in the region.
Latest Funding, Acquisitions, and Layoffs
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Shopify closes public offering at $1.91B USD (Read here)
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Clearpath Robotics raises an additional $6.6M (Read here)
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Nuvei closes initial public offering at $833M USD (Read here)
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FreshBooks acquires Facturama (Read here)
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Tiny Capital acquires majority stake in Button (Read here)
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Omnirobotic raises $6.5M (Read here)
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AppDirect closes $185M (Read here)
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University of Toronto receives $250M donation (Read here)
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Lane acquires eServus (Read here)
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Quill acquires Origins Media Haus (Read here)
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mCube acquires Kinduct (Read here)
RECOMMENDED BY BETAKIT
BC VENTURE FUNDING KEEPS PACE IN Q2 2020 AS DEAL VOLUME CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND(BETAKIT)
Tech companies in British Columbia continued to see consistent venture funding in the second quarter of 2020, despite another drop in deal volume, according to Hockeystick’s latest ecosystem report.
LILIA CEO ALYSSA ATKINS ON HOW COVID-19 CHANGED HER Y COMBINATOR DEMO DAY(BETAKIT)
As YC and other North American accelerator programs, from Google and Techstars, go fully remote, Lilia might be one of the last Canadian companies to experience an accelerator in person.
TOP HAT CEO MIKE SILAGADZE ON EDTECH’S CRAZY SCHOOL YEAR(BETAKIT)
Mike Silagadze joins for a candid conversation on the state of post-secondary education in North America, while explaining how his company went from massive fundraise to pandemic pivot in a few short months.
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