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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Vitalik Buterin gives financial boost to 🇨🇦 doctors tracking carbon dioxide levels

Plus: The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize.

Presenters include executives from Shopify, Unbounce, Hootsuite, Wattpad.

The market exit comes less than a year after Clearco began expanding its international operations.

SureBright has integrated its insurance and warranty solution with Shopify vendors.

Plus: How GrowthX found product-market fit across Canada’s accelerators.

Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale.

Plus: Bank of Canada’s Ron Morrow says FinTechs “need to be ready”.

Plus: Framework Venture Partners secures $100 million USD first close for second fund.

Companies are working to weather challenging market conditions.

FinTech companies ride out a turbulent market.

KinHR marks Wagepoint’s second acquisition after securing $10 million from PSG.

Ledn co-founder eyes M&A, anticipates more crypto lending regulation amid crash.

Barbara Dirks, Jim Texier, Mike Dobbins join for Fund II, target $250M final close.

Sandpiper sees “huge … and untapped opportunity” to back more women entrepreneurs amid market downturn.

ZayZoon’s earned wage access model never caught on in Canada, but took off south of the border.