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Thin Air Labs secures $20 million in initial close of Prairie-focused venture fund

The Prairie tech firm has targeted $100 million for first fund.

Plus: AI Is New but Not Immune From Old Rules, Bank Regulators Say.

It’s still the Tobi Lütke show at Shopify.

Ratehub, Juno College alum-led Kruzee gears up for launch with $500,000.

Plus: BC startups Kardium, HTEC, Kobalt, Symvivo receive cumulative $11.1 million from feds.

Who teaches mentors how to mentor entrepreneurs?

Nasdaq’s last Canadian acquisition was Verafin for $2.75 billion USD.

The pendulum swings back to the private market.

Plus: Shopify takes heat from ISS over plan to give CEO more power.

What’s “better than a bank?” Mike Katchen thinks it’s a super app.

Is the Bill C-11 clamouring a “grassroots lobbying effort” or Big Tech machinations against regulation?

Plus: Canadian org launches app to expedite refugees’ arrival into Canada.

Plus: The alarmingly accurate face search engine anyone can use.

Inossem aims to help Canadian mid-sized businesses with business automation.

Manzil’s mandate is “to bring a digital Islamic financial institution to Canada.”