H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk buys Montréal’s Inversago for $1 billion
Plus: US Senator questions ethics of Google’s Med-PaLM 2.
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FinTech vertical sluggish as investors worry over economy, KPMG report says
FinTech valuations are the weakest since COVID-19 hit in the first half of 2020.
Coinbase says it wants to be a long-term leader in Canada’s crypto market
With “regulatory clarity” and a new country director, Coinbase says it’s ready to grow in Canada.
Canadian startups NLPatent, BorderlessHR, Monark accepted into Google’s Women Founders accelerator
Three startups represent Canada in a cohort of 11 North American companies.
Founders of VendorPM, Shakudo, Moment Energy among C100’s 2023 fellows
C100 also appointed PointClickCare CEO Mike Wessinger, Kijiji founder as co-chairs.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon reduces private-label operation as it battles costs, regulators
Plus: FinTech platforms are leaning more heavily on buy now, pay later.
Innerspace reveals $10-million Series A round to scale workspace utilization tech
Innerspace uses offices’ existing Wi-F infrastructures to gather occupancy data.
A|I: The AI Times – Stability AI’s lead threatened by key departures, CEO concerns
Plus: OpenAI launches webcrawler as Zoom promises it won’t use your videos to train AI tools.
AI startup Voiceflow raises $15 million USD to help companies collaborate on customer-service agents
Voiceflow says it makes it easy for AI to say to customers: “How can I help you today?”
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Only one Canadian company made Bessemer’s Cloud 100 list
Plus: Canadian SaaS companies have acquisition fever.
F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later
Plus: Desmarais family quietly reshapes a financial empire.
OMERS Ventures exits Europe while Pinegrove looks to scoop up discount startups
Plus: 1Password only Canadian company to crack 2023 Cloud 100 list.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Y Combinator decides which health care startups are worth a shot
Plus: Silofit closes its doors, VoxNeuro raises $4.5M to scale brain performance.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets
Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses.
1Password only Canadian company to crack Bessemer, Salesforce Ventures’ 2023 Cloud 100 list
OpenAI takes number one spot in list of top 100 private cloud firms.