INNOVATEwest: Vancouver’s newest tech conference plays host to capital gains and local innovation debates
Inaugural event continues conversation about Vancouver’s status as a global innovation hub.
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These three US tech giants are hiring in Canada
Robinhood, Autodesk, Ripple are ramping up Canadian hires.
FreshBooks expands Stripe partnership with new embedded payments offering
FreshBooks Payments will allow businesses to invoice and collect payments in one place.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AbCellera plays the long game despite losses
Plus: The BC telemedicine company that was allegedly a “pump and dump.”
R|T: The Retail Times – Who gets a raise inside Shopify’s employee scoring system?
Plus: How Amazon has been spying on rivals.
Zafin founder and CEO joins latest slew of #CDNtech executive turnover
Martello, Boast, and Illumin have also shuffled their leadership teams since the end of March.
Boom and goConfirm launch new products from experienced #CDNtech leaders
Ex-Shopify execs spice up remote meetings, while Wave alumni launch an AI scam detector.
Interac acquires “key employees,” exclusive Canadian rights to payments personalizer Vouchr
Vouchr allows users to attach personalized multimedia notifications to money transfers.
A|I: The AI Times – This Canadian AI startup will collab with semiconductor giant Arm
Plus: There’s more in #Budget2024 beyond AI.
Forcen closes $8.35 million in funding to develop its touch-tech for robots
The round was co-led by Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital’s Deep Tech Venture Fund.
BetaKit launches new program for Innovation Leaders
More than 16 leading organizations named as partners supporting BetaKit’s journalistic mission.
AutoAlign spins off from Armilla AI, launches firewall solution for LLMs
The solution guards against AI flaws while evolving alongside LLMs.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Is Salesforce reviving the M&A market?
Plus: What you need to know in #Budget2024.
Across-the-pond acquisitions: Descartes acquires ASD, HR Path acquires GroupeX
Descartes continues its acquisition spree while GroupeX joins HR Path’s growing Canadian portfolio.
Versaterm continues acquisition spree with purchase of Integrated Computer Systems
Public safety tech firm has acquired 10 companies since 2020.