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Rhino Ventures leads Twig Fertility’s $8 million Series A to improve fertility experience with tech

Twig is developing a proprietary platform to optimize treatment plans and opening more clinics in Canada.

Oamo’s team features Kraken, Polygon, Figment, Eventbrite, and Morgan Stanley alumni.

Plus: Growth equity firm PSG takes a big bite out of Toronto startup Hostaway.

Interac is set to serve as exchange provider for Canada’s RTR system.

Plus: OSC advisory panel backs stronger crypto regulation.

Plus: Shopify facing $130M lawsuit for alleged attempts at slashing severance pay.

Brett Belchetz (Maple) and Alexandra Greenhill (Careteam) diagnose the failings of Canada’s health care system.

Shakepay also joins the list of regulated crypto platforms in Canada.

FemTherapeutics combines AI and 3D printing to design vaginal pessaries specific to each patient.

Plus: AbCellera and BenchSci get combined $395 million

Doormat is currently available in Ontario and plans to expand into British Columbia and Alberta.

Sources indicate PSG took majority ownership of Hostaway as part of the deal.

Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.

Signatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.