After selling startup to Instacart, New School Foods founder raises $15.9 million CAD to create plant-based meat
Toronto startup’s tech can produce plant-based salmon fillets.
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Google slapped with antitrust suit
Plus: Activist investor takes big stake in Salesforce.
A|I: The AI Times – Tenstorrent swaps CEOs, DeepMind exits Edmonton
Plus: does Ottawa have the right plan to support an AI industry?
VerticalScope becomes latest public tech firm to make layoffs with 22 percent staff reduction
Cuts come after VerticalScopeâs business deteriorated in Q4.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Smile Digital Health nabs $30 million Series B
Plus: Amazon expands into pharmacy.
As Clearco and Wayflyer struggle, Paperstack secures $9 million in equity, debt to fuel pivot into e-commerce lending
Paperstack sees room to grow as larger players cut back amid economic headwinds.
OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
OpenText said it expects to cut the combined entityâs teams by 8 percent due to Micro Focus acquisition.
As Big Tech makes mass layoffs, recent Canadian startup reductions might cut deeper
PartnerStack, SSENSE, #paid, Shakepay, Venngage latest to cut staff.
Smile Digital Health secures $30 million Series B to expand AI, machine learning capabilities
LinkedIn posts indicate Smile Digital Health quietly let people go last year.
Nuula sold to Nav Technologies following collapse of Series A round
Nuula CEO: Company planned to raised $5 million but it “became impossible to close.”
R|T: The Retail Times – Why everyone is making layoffsâexcept Apple
Plus: Inside the battle for the future of Amazon.
Five Canadian programs listed among top incubators, accelerators globally
Canada is the only country with three programs named to the top ten list.
Canadian-led, New York-based AtomicJar aims to hire in Canada with $25 million USD Series A
US software testing firm hopes to build âcentre of excellenceâ in Canada.
Pender Ventures closes first half of $100 million target for second venture fund
After focusing primarily on Western Canada, Pender Ventures has its eye on other parts of Canada.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Tomi Poutanen is using AI to tackle Canadian healthcare
Plus: Teladoc Health lays off 300 staff.