Graphite Ventures appoints Omi Velasco as principal to lead Western Canada deals
Graphite now has local investment team members in Calgary, Waterloo, Ottawa, and Toronto.
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Canadian startup news of the week (10/23/22)
Plus: Meet Alberta’s new innovation minister.
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Plus: 26 Canadian tech startups added to list of firms on path to $1 billion in annual revenue.
Super Advisor secures $2 million to give financial advisors independence
Rhino Ventures-backed Super Advisor wants to help financial advisors strike out on their own.
Boom to bust cycles & why thereâs no Canadian techlash
The Canadian companies best adopting big-tech strategies aren’t “tech” companies.
Amid questions on progress, Canadaâs open banking lead says implementation âabsolutelyâ remains on track
Abraham Tachjian says 2021 open banking report is his âroadmap.â
26 Canadian tech startups added to list of firms on path to $1 billion in annual revenue
Communitech list points to Paper, Talent.com, Brim, Miovision, Neo, Dapper Labs.
Alberta tech CEOs sign letter claiming restrictions over “software engineer” title hampering province’s talent gains
Open letter to premier addresses âclassic example of regulator overreach.â
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Plus: Digital health funding in Q3 slides to 2019 levels.
NorthOne raises $92.1 million CAD to build new working capital, credit products
Toronto-founded NorthOne moved its HQ to New York to serve its American client base.
MaRS hosting seven UK startups in manufacturing incubation program
The program helps UK ventures gain better understanding of North American needs.
Payments Canada delays Real-Time Rail payment system launch (again)
PayTechs of Canada executive director calls process âdisappointingâ and âabsurd.â
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â TikTok pushes for growth, Elon pushes for Twitter… again
Plus: L-SPARK selects six startups for latest B2B SaaS accelerator cohort.
Startup Montréal hosts 7th annual Grande-messe startup showcase
At the event, National Bank committed $1 million to Startup Montréal.
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Plus: Truepill conducts fourth round of layoffs in 2022.