Aviron scores $23.6 million CAD Series A round to make rowing fun
Toronto startup hopes to row around Peloton’s shark-infested waters.
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A|I: The AI Times – Speaking Cohere’s language
Plus: Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial-recognition practices.
Former Bench CEO Ian Crosby joins Shopify Balance as product director
The Bench co-founder described Shopify Balance as “a phenomenal product.”
Michele Romanow becomes Clearco CEO as Andrew D’Souza moves to Executive Chair
Clearco lost its CFO to Clio in January.
Co-founder Lisa Zarzeczny named Elevate CEO with in-person festival to return this fall
Randy Lennox steps down from his role as executive chair.
Operto raises $15.3 million CAD to help hosts manage short-term rentals, hotels
Operto is eyeing international expansion and new verticals like hotels.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Things at Better are getting worse
Plus: Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s widening end zone
Plus: Checking in with BC’s SaaS Unicorns.
Three Developer/Software Engineer roles available in Canada now
ResQ, CBC/Radio Canada, and Valeyo are all hiring right now.
Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough: reports
Deel report pegged Canadian rise in salaries as second fastest globally.
Signal intelligence monitoring firm Pipeline Signals raises $507,000 CAD pre-seed round
Pipeline uses LinkedIn to help sales teams with lead generation.
Roach Capital closes $6.4 million CAD for first fund from prominent VCs, Shopify execs
Golden Ventures and partners from Tiger Global and Garage Capital also invested in the Shopify alum-led fund.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canadian biotech leader Clarissa Desjardins secures the bag
Plus: Peloton is cutting 20 percent of workforce as CEO steps down.
Hubdoc co-founders back eState Planner’s $1 million seed round
Divorcemate creator Mark Harris also participated in the financing.