F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian FinTech investment drops to pandemic lows
Plus: PayPal gets new CEO, Coinbase looks to be long-term leader in Canada.
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Athennian feels growing pains as Coinbase looks to grow into a Canadian crypto leader
Plus: FinTech vertical sluggish as investors worry over economy.
Horizn acquired by US conversational AI firm Inbenta
Deal will add Horizn’s interactive product demos to Inbenta’s platform.
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.
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.