S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Following reports of grooming, WattPad turns off DMs
Plus: An active week of SaaS acquisitions.
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Geoffrey Hinton, Raquel Urtasun, Aidan Gomez set to speak at Collision 2024
Collision will return to Toronto for the fourth year June 17 to 20.
Pendium Health wins $10,000 at OCIâs DiscoveryX Conference
DiscoveryX returned to Torontoâs Enercare Centre this month after a four-year hiatus.
F|T: The FinTech Times – UK law enforcement can now seize crypto before an arrest
Plus: Zafinâs founder headlines latest slew of #CDNtech CEO turnover.
Earth Day has us asking questions about cleantech tax credits
Plus: Canada risks falling behind in AI race.
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.
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 âpump and dump.â
R|T: The Retail Times – Who gets a raise inside Shopifyâs 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 âkey employees,â 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 Capitalâs Deep Tech Venture Fund.