Float launches new high-yield product geared toward Canadian SMBs
As other FinTech firms pull back from SMBs, Float aims to help them navigate inflation challenges.
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Slack has a new CEO, again
Plus: Google and Microsoft are fighting, again.
SR&ED stress might be around the corner for startups come tax time
Plus: Alberta’s battle over who is an ‘engineer’ hits the legislature.
Trio of Canadian tech companies show progress towards profitability in earnings this week
Thinkific hits positive EBITDA as Coveo and Mogo shrink losses.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations
Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts
Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm.
Dapper Labs, Nesto, Certn, top Deloitteâs 2023 Technology Fast 50 list
FinTech startups made a mark on the list of Canadaâs leading technology companies.
A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order
Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â John Chen retires, Hyatt brothers return with DataStealth
Plus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations.
BDC recommits to leading seed deals with new $50-million fund
Plus: The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023.
Open banking is dead, Techno-Optimists want a war
Marc Andreessen’s manifesto is flawed. But it shows a greater sense of the moment than our politicians.
RBCx hires former SVB Canada employees to bolster support for seed-stage and life sciences startups
RBC joins growing list of Canadian banks to add talent from now-defunct SVB Canada.
BDC Capital recommits to leading seed deals in startups across Canada with new $50-million fund
VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support.
Ecobee’s Stuart Lombard retires, AI “godfathers” sign new policy letter
Plus: Wealthsimple’s CCO says a “lack of political will” harming FinTech innovation.
Version One Ventures explains how to fundraise when capital is no longer a commodity
GP Angela Tran says a constrained venture capital landscape requires founders to be better storytellers.