H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canadian biotech leader Clarissa Desjardins secures the bag
Plus: Peloton is cutting 20 percent of workforce as CEO steps down.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s strategic investment to solve this supply chain mess
Plus: Massive “coffeetech” investments are giving startups a jolt.
A|I: The AI Times – Raquel Urtasun’s autonomous vehicle revolution
Plus: Toronto tech institute tracking long COVID with AI.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 7shifts staffs up
Plus: Acquirers are circling Zendesk.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/13/22)
Plus: D-Wave looks to go public.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde
Plus: Tories push Trudeau for plan to lure crypto investment.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare’s audacious acquisition
Plus: Remote patient monitoring is raking in venture funding.
R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed’s Age of Dax is over
Plus: Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.
A|I: The AI Times – Cruise cruises to deployment
Plus: DeepMind’s AlphaCode AI writes code at a competitive level.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Does Citrix + Tibco = SaaS powerhouse?
Plus: 6 reasons Meta is in trouble.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Can Koho disrupt Canadian banking before Wealthsimple disrupts them?
Plus: Coinbase adds Shopify CEO to board of directors.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/06/22)
Koho finds its flywheel.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Investors bet big on BenchSci
Plus: What stopped The Canadian Shield from supplying the PPE and tests Canada needs?
R|T: The Retail Times – How long will it take Shopify to compete with Amazon on fulfillment?
Plus: Lightspeed adds global tech entrepreneurs to its board.
A|I: The AI Times – Boeing hails an (autonomous) taxi
Plus: OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman ridicules startup fundraising process.