Y Combinator graduate Terminal closes $4.2-million CAD seed round
Terminal aims to be the Plaid for telematics data in commercial trucking.
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A|I: The AI Times – Google launches its hopeful GPT-4 killerÂ
Plus: “Gentle Canadian” @BasedBeffJezos raises $14M for AI hardware startup.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Why did SaaS VC stalwart OpenView shut down?
Plus: ContactMonkey secures $55-million Series A.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple targets fourfold AUM growth, Koho targets profitabilityÂ
Plus: Brex, Block, Flinks, and Shakepay unveil new product offerings.
Cultivator has a new leader, Canadian FinTech leader has some new capital
Plus: Meet BetaKit’s new newsletter editor.
Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – New Spring Impact Capital fund targets early-stage healthtech startups
Plus: AbCellera decimates staff in biotech slump.
ContactMonkey raises $55-million Series A from Updata Partners
Toronto startup claims it is profitable and has grown 330 percent in the past three years.
Bianca Bharti joins BetaKit as newsletter editor
Former National Post reporter joins as BetaKit’s newsletter editor.
EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory
Toronto startup caters to clients like BeaverTails and Real Property Management.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s Black Friday-Cyber Monday breaks records
Plus: Shein officially files for US IPO.
As ailing WeWork reduces Canadian footprint, BDC opens new collaborative work location in Vancouver
Vancouver marks BDC Square’s third location, following Toronto and Montréal.
FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
FinChat surpassed 100,000 users within a month of its launch.
A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is back, Microsoft grabs a board seat, OpenAI plans governance changes
Plus: PASQAL commits $90 million to quantum initiative to DistriQ in Sherbrooke.
Aiming for cash-flow positive in 2024, Virtuo targets North American expansion with 2023 funding
Calgary-based proptech startup raised $3.5 million in seed financing in March.