BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 3

Canada | BetaKit

By Josh Scott March 28, 2023

Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation

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RenoRun header | BetaKit

By Meagan Simpson March 28, 2023

RenoRun files for creditor protection after failed pursuit of “Hail Mary” deals to save company from insolvency

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Magnet Forensics CEO Adam Belsher and founder Jad Saliba in front of the TSX sign | BetaKit

By Josh Scott March 23, 2023

Magnet shareholders approve $1.8 billion Thoma Bravo acquisition as campaign against deal proves unsuccessful

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Canada Drives | BetaKit

By Charlize Alcaraz March 21, 2023

Canada Drives undergoing restructuring as it files for creditor protection

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SurfaceLocked | BetaKit

By Isabelle Kirkwood March 20, 2023

How 1Password plans to build a passwordless future

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LATEST NEWS

Google search

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 23, 2023<March 22, 2023

Shopify enterprise merchants can now use Google’s AI tools to improve searchability

by Charlize Alcaraz

Google Cloud’s integration increases access to Google’s search and browsing technologies.

Google Home and Amazon Echo

NewslettersMarch 23, 2023<March 22, 2023

A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI unveils GPT-4 as Google-backed Anthropic launches Claude

by Alex Riehl

Plus: How did Siri, Google, and Alexa lose their lead?

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 22, 2023<March 22, 2023

Vertu Capital closes first private equity fund with over $300 million

by Josh Scott

Led by ex-OMERS veteran Lisa Melchior, Vertu is Canada’s first woman-founded PE firm.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 22, 2023<March 29, 2023

Evol receives nearly $10 million from Canadian Economic Development to support diverse Québec entrepreneurs

by Ryan O'Connor

Diverse businesses are 70 percent more likely to break into new markets.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 22, 2023<March 22, 2023

Noze receives $1 million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to build TB- and malaria-detecting breathalyzer

by Olivia Collette

The startup’s digital odour perception platform was used during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 22, 2023<March 22, 2023

Symend reduces team by 25 percent in restructuring, four months after $54 million round

by Josh Scott

Latest cuts come after Symend laid off 13 percent of staff late last year.

Yoshua Bengio Mila

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 22, 2023<March 21, 2023

Mila, UNESCO warn against use of AI in “harmful contexts” in joint book on AI governance

by Charlize Alcaraz

Joint book addresses lack of accountability, transparency in AI training models.

Magnet Forensics office

NewslettersMarch 22, 2023<March 21, 2023

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet Forensics proxy advisors split on takeover

by Alex Riehl

Is Meta slowing down on Canadian hires post-layoffs?

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2023<March 24, 2023

Canada Drives undergoing restructuring as it files for creditor protection

by Charlize Alcaraz

“The rising costs of holding inventory…has made this specific business model no longer viable.”

Haply 1

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2023<March 21, 2023

Haply Robotics secures $4.8 million CAD seed round to develop tactile tech used for surgical training, gaming

by Olivia Collette

Funds will go towards fine-tuning Haply’s Inverse3 device.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2023<March 29, 2023

BBTV among 10 BC orgs receiving total $25.7 million from PacifiCan to help job retention amid tech layoffs

by Charlize Alcaraz

Over 500 jobs are expected to be created from the investment.

Hockeystick BC

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2023<March 21, 2023

BC suffered biggest year-over-year venture funding drop among all Canadian ecosystems in 2022

by Isabelle Kirkwood

Investment in the province’s tech startups fell by 67 percent in 2022.

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 21, 2023<March 21, 2023

FreshBooks lays off 10 percent of staff as company targets profitability

by Josh Scott

FreshBooks’ second round of layoffs since December sees third C-suite exec depart in past year.

NewslettersMarch 21, 2023<March 20, 2023

F|T: The FinTech Times – Signature Bank collapse another blow to crypto

by Alex Riehl

Plus: SVB Canada forced into liquidation, paving way for auction

Canadian Startup NewsMarch 20, 2023<March 20, 2023

Amazon won’t confirm how many Canadians impacted by forthcoming 9,000 employee layoffs

by Charles Mandel

Worldwide cuts will impact AWS, PXT, advertising, and Twitch teams.

The BetaKit Podcast

Michelle Scarborough Managing Partner BDC Women in Tech fund

Raine Maida Our Lady Peace

Dan Breznitz

Chris Neumann Panache Ventures

AI chatbots run amok

Indigo bookstore

Michelle Scarborough Managing Partner BDC Women in Tech fund

Raine Maida Our Lady Peace

Dan Breznitz

Chris Neumann Panache Ventures

AI chatbots run amok

Indigo bookstore

Podcasts

Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform

by Douglas Soltys

In late September, at a private BDC event taking place during Elevate—the same day the Crown Corporation announced its new…

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Raine Maida and Senator Deacon discuss Big Tech’s control over digital creators (and the news)

by Douglas Soltys

Big Tech controls the discovery and distribution of Canadian content. What’s a democracy to do?

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Dan Breznitz unmuzzled: Canada Innovation Corporation architect explains how we got here

by Douglas Soltys

What the CIC is missing, who might make a good CEO, and why the Crown corp. comes with carrots and sticks.

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Panache’s Chris Neumann on FounderFuel’s return and “shitty” VC behaviour

by Douglas Soltys

“Myself and every other investor I know has a long list of people we will not deal with again.”

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Generative AI will test what’s worse: biased data or user bad faith

by Douglas Soltys

Is AI ready for users willing to fuck around and find out? Are we?

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Podcasts

The Indigo hack is bad. Will AI make cyber threats worse?

by Douglas Soltys

Plurilock CEO Ian Paterson discusses the economics of AI cyber threats and Canada’s response with Bill C-26.

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