Canadian startup news of the week (3/27/22)
Plus: How NFTs might change music and gaming.
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2022 Narwhal List tracks Canada’s unicorn explosion
With a rising number of Canadian unicorns, Narwhal List shifts focus to fast-scaling companies.
Larger rounds, US dollars fuelled Canadian tech’s record-shattering 2021
US investment firms outnumbered Canadian investment firms in Series A, B, C deals.
RoofBundle secures $500,000, support from construction players to fuel launch of roofing software solution
Construction vet David Peters has set out to help other contractors run their businesses.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Microsoft joins the MedMe party
Plus: Ottawa-based Fullscript acquires Emerson Ecologics to bring integrative medicine into the mainstream.
WonderFi clears regulatory hurdles, set to close acquisition of registered crypto marketplace Bitbuy
CEOs think deal could mark step towards crypto consolidation, DeFi regulation.
Avast acquires SecureKey Technologies as it bulks up its digital identity business
With the acquisition, Avast may have the world’s largest concentration of digital ID experts.
Executive shakeup at Lightspeed with CFO shifted to COO, and two new hires
The changes follow Dax Dasilva’s move from CEO to executive chair, in February.
BetaKit Live: How NFTs might change music and gaming on March 29th
Can NFTs mean more than Apes for music fans and gamers?
Mogo launches venture arm following mixed Q4 with record revenue, large net loss
Mogo attributes most of loss to drop in value of Coinsquare warrants.
Live shopping marketplace ShopThing secures $10 million Series A round
ShopThing lets you shop for things via someone else’s live stream.
With the spotlight shining on Canadian tech, Kanata Ventures wants international startups to become part of the story
How trips to São Paulo, London, and Hong Kong sold Kanata Ventures on Canada.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The Pepsi to Indeed’s Coke
Plus: Virtual Gurus closes $8.4 million amid US demand for diversity-focused virtual assistants.
IntelliCulture closes $1.7 million Emmertech-led seed round to scale farm management platform
With beachhead in wineries, IntelliCulture wants cherries, apples, and tree nuts, too.