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Luge Capital, Pender Ventures hire in Alberta following investments from AEC

Luge adds investor Chelsea Gillett from The51, Pender adds associate Jacob Grainger from Plug and Play.

Canadian tech talent is shaping Intuit’s most ambitious tech projects.

Funding will be used to broaden product suite and attract talent.

Plus: Big acquisition week for 1Password, Humi, and Carbon6.

A cleantech crisis? More centaurs? No more VCCI? FinTech IPOs? Quantum leaps? Let’s dig in.

First Québec-based crypto exchange to earn investment dealer status.

Plus: Bench had a crazier holiday break than your startup.

Bench acquired by Employer.com three days after abrupt Dec. 27 closure.

Pending transaction follows Payfare’s share price plummet and strategic review in September.

Canadian founders on their habits, bets, and banned buzzwords for 2025.

Canadian VCs on their habits, bets, and banned buzzwords for 2025.

Plus: Check your SR&ED history for a potential post-holiday windfall.

Following unsuccessful bid for SVB Canada’s assets, Round13 wants to target underfunded startups with TIMIA.

FinTech startup not yet confident about generative AI in customer-facing products.

Feds up FCAC commitment but push open banking rollout to 2026, with several legislative hurdles to overcome.