F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal
Plus: Dapper Labs makes third round of layoffs, Revolut loses $20M to theft.
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Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners
Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick.
Three game-development companies hiring in Canada
Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Amazon are hiring for their game-development teams.
SenseNet raises $1.3 million CAD for its wildfire-detecting technology
The Vancouver firm is the latest of several wildfire-detection startups that expect to see flames fan their fortunes.
Report: Canada saw over 30,000 tech workers immigrate while losing nearly 1,700 to the US
Canada largely benefits from US tech companies expanding to Canada, the report found.
MaRS, UK innovation agency team up to host eight UK startups for new AI incubator
MaRS, Innovate UK have worked together in the past to launch a manufacturing incubator.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI has a new team to fight ‘superintelligent’ AI
Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers
Plus: There’s a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production.
Well Health adds anesthesia subsidiary CarePlus Management in its latest acquisition
Well Health revised its annual revenue guidance sharply upwards after the purchase for an undisclosed sum.
Graphite Ventures secures $10 million from AEC to continue Alberta commitment
The Toronto-based VC firm recently invested in the Calgary startup WaitWell.
WaitWell closes $1.5 million to bring its queue management tech to new markets
After establishing itself in higher education, WaitWell eyes private health care.
R|T: The Retail Times – Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub sue NYC over minimum pay law
Plus: Italian food service Porta raises $10.5M to fill a General Assembly-sized hole.
After buying Cyclica and Valence, Recursion secures $50 million USD from Nvidia for AI drug discovery
The US biotech firm opened a new Canadian HQ in Toronto last month.
Formaloo raises $2.9 million CAD to help businesses build apps without any code
The startup aims to ramp up marketing efforts in Canada.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Dye & Durham accuses startup rival of ripping off its software
Plus: Vantage Circle and Eventcombo are moving HQs to Calgary.