H|T: The Healthtech Times – Smile Digital Health nabs $30 million Series B
Plus: Amazon expands into pharmacy.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify loses third C-Suite exec since September
Plus: Tiny Capital enters deal to go public.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe’s path to IPO
Plus: Blockstream lands $125 million.
Canadian startup news of the week (1/29/23)
Plus: Another Shopify C-suite exec departs.
A|I: The AI Times – Microsoft wants OpenAI everywhere, Google calls in reinforcements
Plus: Is Tesla’s autopilot ‘overhyped’?
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite swaps CEOs amidst third set of staff cuts
Plus: Magnet Forensics gets acquired in $1.8 billion CAD deal.
R|T: The Retail Times – Why everyone is making layoffs—except Apple
Plus: Inside the battle for the future of Amazon.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Tomi Poutanen is using AI to tackle Canadian healthcare
Plus: Teladoc Health lays off 300 staff.
F|T: The FinTech Times – A Clearco co-founder resigns as CEO, again
Plus: the end of an era for crypto’s pseudo-banks.
Canadian startup news of the week (1/22/23)
Plus: Vidyard eyes $1 billion in revenue.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Carbon Health cuts staff, closes $100M
Plus: LeanTaas and Hospital IQ join forces.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The best places to work in Canada are US SaaS companies
Plus: Supply Vision acquired for $16 million.
A|I: The AI Times – Radical strategies for AI & quantum in Canada
Plus: Scale AI cuts 20% of its workforce.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shop Pay vs. ‘Buy with Prime’ begins
Plus: TikTok Parent ByteDance’s E-Commerce Volume Surged in 2022.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Coinsquare breaks up with CoinSmart, courts WonderFi?
Plus: Nuvei enters $1.7 billion CAD deal to acquire Paya.