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$86-million Series D extension has Koho targeting growth and profitability

Canadian challenger bank reaches one million users, $100-million run rate.

EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory

Toronto startup caters to clients like BeaverTails and Real Property Management.

FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform

FinChat surpassed 100,000 users within a month of its launch.

A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is back, Microsoft grabs a board seat, OpenAI plans governance changes

Plus: PASQAL commits $90 million to quantum initiative to DistriQ in Sherbrooke.

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText sells off mainframe business for over $2 billion USD

Plus: MaRS IAF returns and is ready to invest.

Montréal FinTech firms target payments with latest offerings

Both Flinks and Shakepay reveal new payment services for businesses and consumers.

F|T: The FinTech Times – Apple cuts Goldman’s card, Coinbase praises Canadian crypto regulation

Plus: Willow.ca acquired by rental platform Guiker.

MaRS IAF is back, ready to invest in early-stage startups

Plus: BetaKit announces strategic partnership with Good Future.

InBC leads $13.5-million financing round for ThoughtExchange

The startup claims its revenues have grown fivefold in the last five years.

Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again

With new hires, managing director says IAF has achieved “critical mass.”

R|T: The Retail Times – How Hopper’s Fred Lalonde went from hacker to tech titan 

Plus: AI-powered marketing platform Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD seed round.

Spring Impact Capital launches $20-million fund to back cleantech, healthtech startups

New impact fund sprung out of Spring to focus on “human and planetary health.”

F|T: The FinTech Times – Feds make new open banking promises to positive reception 

Plus: Kraken in SEC’s sights as Binance founder Changpeng Zhao steps down, pleads guilty.

Active Impact launches $120-million third cleantech fund, Feds release Fall Economic Statement

Plus: OV 3.0: What does the future hold for OMERS Ventures?

Co.Labs hires Broad Street Bulls, Rhino Ventures alum Jonathan Lipoth as executive director

Saskatchewan incubator believes it’s found its next “long-term leader.”