Intuit, Highline unveil 2023 cohort of joint FinTech accelerator
Toronto-based Chexy and Carbonhound among the group of startups chosen.
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Firehood hands out $100,000 in prizes as the DMZ, CVCA announce women of year awards
Apricotton, Areto Labs, PragmaClin secure $100,000 in total prize money from pitch competition.
Yaletown Partners hits $200 million final close for Innovation Growth Fund II
Yaletown saw four exits in 2022, including Tasktop, Circle Cardiovascular Imaging.
R|T: The Retail Times – The Shopify divide: manager or crafter?
Plus: Amazon pauses long awaited construction
Web3 startup Helika closes $4 million seed round led by Diagram Ventures
Diagram: “We see Helika at the forefront of a rapidly evolving industry.”
Wattpad lays off 15 percent of workforce
Interim president says cuts come despite best efforts to limit economic impact.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce’s ‘one big family’ is showing cracks. Can Slack’s new CEO hold it together?
Plus: Not the first LastPass breach
Daily Blends raises $2.7 million CAD, signs Metrolinx deal to deploy smart vending machines
Healthy vending machines are coming to public transit stations, college campuses across Canada.
Cohere among first investments from Salesforce’s new $250 million AI fund
Salesforce invests in Toronto startup as part of broader generative AI strategy.
Loopio, Reelhouse co-founders launch Barley to help make employee compensation easier, more equitable
Golden Ventures-backed Barley has raised $5.4 million CAD to date.
Adaptis secures $2 million CAD to help building owners move to net zero with AI
“Using deep tech to do deep decarbonization is really where we think the gap is.”
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bad news comes in threes for Dapper Labs
Plus: Roham on the hot seat.
Able Innovations strikes deal with Ottawa hospital for robotic patient transfer tech
Able Innovations’ robotic medical device addresses problem of patient transfers.
Semiconductor firm GaN Systems to be acquired by Infineon for $830 million USD
GaN Systems CEO says Infineon will enable company “to unleash our full potential.”
Lightspeed COO Brandon Nussey to depart in latest C-suite shakeup
The COO is the latest in a string of exec changes at Lightspeed.