Amid mounting competition, Floatâs CEO believes company has what it takes to win in Canada
With army of customer evangelists, Float aims to capture Canadian market before international competitors swoop in.
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Shopify proposes governance changes to protect CEO Tobi LĂŒtkeâs voting power
Shopify also acquired influencer marketing startup Dovetale.
University of Alberta spinout DrugBank closes $9 million from Brightspark, Amplitude, Theodorus to fuel drug discovery with its data platform
DrugBank wants to âbe the shovelâ in a gold rush of new medical innovation.
Scale AI moves to scale supply chain AI startups with new funding, partnerships
Cluster partners with MaRS to support second Supply AI cohort.
CloudMD, Think Research announce changes to executive suites
Founder, CEO stepping down at CloudMD, while Think loses CFO.
Uplinq raises $4.4 million CAD to help small business lenders make accurate decisions
Uplinqâs credit assessment platform provides âbillionsâ of data signals beyond traditional credit indicators.
Eight months after a personal tragedy and a lab fire, e-Zinc has bounced back with a $31 million CAD Series A
e-Zinc has secured backing from Anzu, BDC, Toyota, and Eni to start producing its energy storage solution.
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In effort to cut costs, CSE-listed Legible lays off over a third of its employees
Legible becomes second publicly-traded Canadian tech firm to announce significant layoffs in the past week.
Xero appoints Chris OâNeill as companyâs first chief growth officer
Chris OâNeill has held leadership roles at Portage, Evernote, Google.
Amid NFT boom, Liquid MarketPlace aims to turn physical sports and Pokémon cards into tokens
Logan Paul-led startup using blockchain to facilitate fractional ownership of physical assets.
Can an app be medicine?
Worried you’re hallucinating? There’s an app for that!
Cosm Medical raises $4.7 million CAD for its custom gynecological prosthetics
Cosm wants to change the standard of care for pelvic floor disorders.
Canadian startup news of the week (4/03/22)
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