Canadian startup news of the week (7/24/22)
Plus: Shopify presses play on YouTube, Lightspeed pairs well with OpenTable.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare valuation tops $5 billion USD
Plus: Peloton competitor Tonal cuts 35% of workforce.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside Amazon’s strategy to shield its profits from Canadian taxes
Plus: Shopify completes acquisition of Deliverr.
A|I: The AI Times – Inside Apple’s struggle to build a self-driving car
Plus: Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy announces he’s leaving the company.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft layoffs, Google hiring slowdown, Uber broke laws
Plus: Uber sued by more than 500 female passengers over sexual assault complaints.
F|T: The FinTech Times – A Caisse of bankruptcy
Plus: Stripe cuts internal valuation by 28 percent.
Canadian startup news of the week (7/17/22)
Plus: Meet Startup Atlantic.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Theranos exec Sunny Balwani found guilty of fraud
Plus: Medical billing startup Cedar cuts 24% of workforce as market constricts.
R|T: The Retail Times – Knix sells, Bruush to IPO, Tiggy halts operations
Plus: How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet.
A|I: The AI Times – It’s never been more important to address diversity in AI
Plus: Why business is booming for military AI startups.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Twitter v. Musk
Plus: Highflying cyber firms cut staff after raising hundreds of millions of dollars.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Vena customers allege SOC compliance falsehoods
Plus: Voyager account holders likely won’t get all their crypto back.
Canadian startup news of the week (7/10/22)
Plus: How to prepare for founder parental leave.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Period, fertility apps could be weaponized in post-Roe world
Plus: Judge rules Apple Watch infringed AliveCor’s ECG patent, setting up potential U.S. import ban.
R|T: The Retail Times – Clutch, StockX, Weee! cut staff, WanderJaunt closes, Enjoy files for bankruptcy
Plus: Tablz closes $3.2 million CAD to bring premium seating to the restaurant industry.