Shopify CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux one of three execs to depart company
Three Shopify executives are set to depart their roles from the company. Jean-Michel Lemieux, the chief technology officer of Shopify, and chief talent officer…
Canadian Startup News
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How Flinks plans to beat Plaid on its own turf
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The new battlefront between Shopify and Amazon
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3 tips for SaaS founders forecasting their next fundraise
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Inovia Capital raises $450 million Growth Fund II to find another Lightspeed
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Nicoya promised additional funding from federal government to develop COVID-19 test
Kitchener-Waterloo-based healthtech startup Nicoya has announced it is set to receive more financial support and advisory services from the Government of Canada to continue…
Techstars’ Startup Weekend to focus on Canadian entrepreneurs looking to launch climate, sustainability startups
Techstars’ upcoming Startup Weekend seeks to help participants “take action” on some of today’s “toughest and most urgent” climate and sustainability-related challenges. The three-day…
OKR Financial launches $150 million fund to help early-stage startups access funding, loans, grants
Calgary-based debt and financing advisor OKR Financial has launched a $150 million fund aimed to support early-stage technology startups in Canada in accessing funding,…
A|I: The AI Times – Surveillance nation
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…
goeasy to acquire LendCare for $320 million
Toronto-based FinTech company LendCare, which offers financial services and point-of-sale solutions for businesses, is set to be acquired by financial services company goeasy for…
Content creation platform ContentFly raises $11.2 million CAD Series A round
Toronto-based ContentFly, which offers an on-demand content creation platform, has closed an $11.2 million CAD ($9 million USD) Series A round of funding. The…
Thinkific aims to raise $160 million CAD through TSX IPO
Vancouver’s Thinkific Labs is looking to raise $160 million CAD through its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). The…
Deeplite raises $7.5 million CAD seed round to optimize deep neural networks
Montréal-based Deeplite has raised $7.5 million CAD ($6 million USD) in seed funding as the startup looks to accelerate its software that optimizes deep…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Tech craze on the TSX
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the form at…
Shopify, Ledger named in new class-action lawsuit following 2020 data breach
Shopify and cryptocurrency hard wallet company Ledger have been hit with a class-action lawsuit in relation to a 2020 data breach that impacted a…
Georgian closes $1.02 billion USD alignment fund
Toronto venture capital firm Georgian Partners has closed its new Alignment Fund I, pulling in $1.02 billion USD. As reported by BetaKit in February,…
Canadian startup news of the week (4/11/21)
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…