Canadian startup news of the week (11/6/22)
Plus: Lightspeed and Nuvei increase revenues, see share prices drop.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Inside Google’s quiet digital health acquisition
Plus: Cerebral lays off 20 percent of its staff.
R|T: The Retail Times – Solving Shopify: lost swagger? Or “enormous opportunity ahead?”
Plus: Lightspeed promotes CRO JD St-Martin to president as leadership overhaul continues.
A|I: The AI Times – U of T gets an AI nod from Eric Schmidt
Plus: CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A brutal week for Big Tech
Plus: Meet the new Chief Twit.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple stakes its crypto claim
Plus: WonderFi swaps CEO as company plans stock trading, sports betting hedge.
Canadian startup news of the week (10/30/22)
Plus: Placing future bets on Shopify and Wealthsimple.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – How VoxNeuro takes the subjectivity out of brain health assessments
Plus: Montreal’s Inversago raises $95-million to revive failed class of weight-loss drugs.
R|T: The Retail Times – Instacart reportedly pulling IPO plans
Plus: Does Shopify have a customer retention problem?
A|I: The AI Times – Can this Element AI co-founder fix the Internet?
Plus: Google in talks to invest $200 million into Cohere.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft makes more—quiet—staff cuts
Plus: BetaKit takes over SAAS NORTH stage in November.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple achieves a Canadian FinTech first, plots new products
Plus: Mastercard to help make crypto trading easier.
Canadian startup news of the week (10/23/22)
Plus: Meet Alberta’s new innovation minister.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Is Noom doomed?
Plus: 26 Canadian tech startups added to list of firms on path to $1 billion in annual revenue.
R|T: The Retail Times – Rapid grocery apps fail to deliver
Plus: Instacart Cuts Internal Valuation Third Time.