Neo Financial bets on embedded finance, D2C combo amid tough consumer banking market
After partnering with Intuit, Neo looks to land more embedded finance deals.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent
Plus: General Assembly sells its frozen pizza business.
How Super raised $85 million USD after rebranding from Snapcommerce
Snap, now âSuper,â raised funding from execs at Shopify, Ancestry, Substack.
Yield Exchange raises $700,000 CAD to simplify access to guaranteed investment certificates
Yield Exchange won two pitch competitions at SAAS NORTH 2022, taking home $110,000.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Lululemon’s failed attempt at becoming a tech company
Plus: Felix and Eli raise new rounds.
A|I: The AI Times – Samsung workers made a major error by using ChatGPT
Plus: Anthropicâs $5B, 4-year plan to take on OpenAI.
BetaKitâs most-read March stories show #CDNtech sector struggles continue as government innovation promises continue to lag
SVB’s collapse kicked off a month that included new layoffs, bankruptcies, and AI disruptions.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – BC researchers have an AI model that predicts cancer survival rates
Plus: Torontoâs Hypercare sole Canadian startup selected for AWS healthcare
Meet the Canadian startups participating in Y Combinatorâs Winter 2023 Demo Day
A total of 282 companies participated globally.
VCCI-backed Kensington Capital Partners secures $158 million first close for third venture fund
Kensington becomes first VCCI-supported fund of funds to announce it has closed financing.
A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman isn’t worriedâbut Yoshua Bengio is
Plus: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT.
LayerZero Labs raises $120 million at $3 billion valuation to enable more multi-blockchain apps
VCs continue to bet on long-term growth for crypto despite volatile market.
Canadian startup news of the week (4/2/23)
Plus: RenoRun files for creditor protection.
MaRS Discovery District launches new program for âhigh-growthâ Canadian companies
The program is backed by existing FedDev funding.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Magnet shareholders ignore critics, back acquisition
How 1Password plans to build a passwordless future.