H|T: The Healthtech Times – Acorn Biolabs secures $11 million for regenerative medicine
Plus: Feds table bill with new healthtech data security rules.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Exclusive: Ex-Lightspeed CEO nabs Inovia gig
Plus: Costco building an ad business with customer data.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Certn gets investigated by privacy watchdogs
Plus: BlackBerry asks court to throw out workplace misconduct suit.
F|T: The FinTech Times – The unravelling of LoanSnap after raising $100 million
Plus: Ratehub has a new CEO.
Why aren’t Canadian VCs more “cutthroat?”
Plus: An exclusive interview with ex-Lightspeed CEO JP Chauvet on his next move.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amplitude Ventures closes $263M for second precision medicine fund
Plus: The new Alberta program looking to connect the healthtech ecosystem.
R|T: The Retail Times – Battle of food delivery apps leads to $20B in losses
Plus: Ticketmaster hack affects more than half a billion users.
A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is more powerful than ever
Plus: Can Alberta become the data centre capital of Canada?
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce’s first revenue miss in 18 years
Plus: Vista Equity writing off PluralSight after $3.5 billion acquisition.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitfarms bites back at activist takeover
Plus: Nesto eyes controlling stake in CMLS Financial.
Real-Time Rail, real-time headache
Plus: Toronto’s lead over other Canadian cities widens in startup ecosystem rankings.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healthtech startups get DIGITAL funding for AI
Plus: Once worth $2.3B, COVID-19 test maker Cue Health shutters.
R|T: The Retail Times – Gildan’s board resigns after months of boardroom battle
Plus: Shopify convinces US court to overturn 2022 patent-infringement decision.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s “whether you like it or not” philosophy
Plus: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke will help advise Meta’s AI strategy.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Newfoundland’s CoLab to go on hiring spree with Series B funding
Plus: Thinkific has too much cash. That’s a real problem.