H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healwell CEO dishes on evolution from clinics to AI
Plus: Newfoundland wants to be a biotech hub.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Dax Dasilva returns as Lightspeed CEO, Shopify drops on strong earnings
Plus: Investors fooled by Lyft typo.
Golden Ventures closes nearly $140 million CAD for fifth seed-stage VC fund
Despite a tough market, Golden remains âlong Canadaâ with strong support from existing LPs.
Profitable payments startup ZĆ«m Rails closes $10.5-million Series A
Founded by Flinks, Versapay alums, ZĂŒm is looking to ramp its US expansion.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI debuts Sora, a hyper-realistic text-to-video generator
Plus: How Vector Institute is reversing Canadaâs AI brain drain.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Prodigyâs got a new plan, a new CFO, and a leaner team to boost growth
Plus: Itâs getting (slightly) easier to sell software.
Levr.ai closes $1-million seed round for AI-powered loan platform for small businesses
Startup serves companies that âbig banks struggle to service and tech startups often ignore.â
Love troubles? Thereâs an AI chatbot for that.
Plus: #CDNtech startups pivot and refocus in 2024.
ZayZoon, Symend, Peggy named to CIXâs top early-stage, growth startup lists
This is the first edition of the lists since Elevate acquired CIX in September 2023.
Staircase Ventures bets on Sibli as VC firm reveals first four investments
Sibli uses AI to give asset managers âinformation advantageâ when researching opportunities.
Float secures $50-million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank to expand its financial products
FinTech firm teams up with SVB again to grow its corporate credit offering.
Bank modernization software provider Zafin to be acquired by Nordic Capital
A Zafin investor said the deal represents one of the largest recent exits in the Canadian software industry.
Canadian VCs are less confident about 2024
Plus: Crypto stakeholders raise alarm on stablecoins.
Tracey Black to step down as president, CEO of Payments Canada
Payments Canada is responsible for implementing the long-awaited Real-Time Rail.
OneEleven taps Chris Greenfield as new managing director
Greenfield believes Canadian tech ecosystem is âbeyond Series A,â and itâs time to prove it.