Canadian startup news of the week (2/13/22)
Plus: D-Wave looks to go public.
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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.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bench’s CEO gets benched
Plus: Wealthsimple founder says Canada should ‘plant a flag’ in crypto.
Canadian startup news of the week (1/30/22)
Why Canadian tech is finally accessing the global talent market.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A bumpy ride for Peloton
Plus: Zymeworks stock hits three-year low.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s sinking shares
Plus: What Sonder can teach the hospitality industry.