S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Squarespace to go private in $6.9 billion deal after hefty IPO
Plus: Figma shareholders to sell at a discount in Adobe deal fallout.
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Is Canada an easy mark for international money laundering?
Plus: ZayZoon returns its services to Canada after years in the US.
The procurement problem in Canadian healthtech
Plus: The latest stats on Q1 startup funding.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Neuralink encounters its first problem in a human patient
Plus: Oracle’s $28-billion Cerner healthtech acquisition is losing clients.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify posts surprise Q1 loss, Lululemon under “greenwashing” investigation
Plus: What Tobi Lütke said at the BetaKit Town Hall.
A|I: The AI Times – The Toronto startup using quantum chemistry to clean the world’s water
Plus: Vector awards $2 million in AI scholarships for top Ontario graduate students.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – How investment banks are helping Canva and Figma stay private
Plus: Ottawa’s Kinaxis to make staff cuts as profits rise.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple begins offering mortgages with Pine partnership
Plus: Binance caught in anti-money laundering crosshairs.
What comes next for Canadian tech?
Plus: Wealthsimple partners with the Wealthsimple of mortgages.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Walmart ditches telehealth and cyberattack paralyzes Canadian pharmacy chain
Plus: Ottawa firm acquires mental health platform for first responders.
R|T: The Retail Times – South Korean retail unicorn to set roots in Toronto
Plus: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke headlines BetaKit Town Hall.
A|I: The AI Times – Why Nvidia’s CEO handpicked this U of T professor
Plus: A mysterious “gpt-2” chatbot came online and vanished just as quickly.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Bill Gates still the real brains behind Microsoft?
Plus: 1Password’s new product looks to secure unmanaged devices.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Jack Dorsey’s Block investigated by US federal prosecutors
Plus: Binance CEO sentenced to four months.
Meet the economist calling for a culture shift in Canada’s innovation economy
Plus: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke to headline BetaKit Town Hall.