F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups say what’s happening in Canada is “not normal”
Plus: Abraham Tachjian says open banking work “absolutely” on track.
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Canadian startup news of the week (10/17/22)
Plus: Payments Canada delays Real-Time Rail payment system launch (again).
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Can a hackathon build ArriveCan for less than $54 million?
Plus: Digital health funding in Q3 slides to 2019 levels.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shein’s value dips, Lightspeed taps Google alum
Plus: Amazon freezes corporate hiring in retail business.
A|I: The AI Times – Gatik and Loblaw give Canadians driverless deliveries
Plus: US said to plan new limits on China’s AI and supercomputing firms.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – TikTok pushes for growth, Elon pushes for Twitter… again
Plus: L-SPARK selects six startups for latest B2B SaaS accelerator cohort.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthimple, Shakepay face class action allegations
Plus: Binance’s half a billion crypto hack.
Canadian startup news of the week (10/10/22)
Plus: Meet the Google alumn joining Lightspeed.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Instacart to deliver health goods
Plus: Truepill conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022.
R|T: The Retail Times – How Shopify breathes new life into company meetings
Plus: Instacart cuts staff, curbs hiring in run-up to IPO.
A|I: The AI Times – Darth Vader belongs to AI now
Plus: Google Ventures shelves its algorithm.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Topping LinkedIn’s top startups list
Plus: Fidelity cuts Hootsuite, ApplyBoard valuations.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Celsius CEO resigns as new reporting points to withdrawal ahead of bankruptcy
Plus: Crypto lender Voyager to sell assets.
Canadian startup news of the week (10/2/22)
Plus: Canadian tech must embrace indigenous reconciliation.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Lumira starts hedge fund to target oversold public companies
Plus: Real Ventures swaps managing partners.