The untold story of Recon Instruments’ impact on the Vancouver tech scene
In Vancouver, the past year has seen the acceleration of a rapidly maturing tech industry. Since last December, the upstart…
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A|I: The AI Times – Anatomy of an AI IPO
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Shopify merchants generate record $6.3 billion USD in sales during Black Friday, Cyber Monday
During 2021’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, Shopify merchants collectively generated $6.3 billion USD in sales worldwide,…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite IPO plans now a 2022 resolution
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Survey suggests progress, room for improvement on equitable compensation for women in venture capital
Canadian Women in VC has released its third annual survey, which paints a picture of gender-based compensation across roles…
Canadian startup news of the week (11/28/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Another Canadian open banking boondoggle
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Pitchbook names four Canadian universities in 2021 list of top 50 colleges for founders
Four Canadian universities make 2021 Pitchbook list of top 50 colleges for founders Financial data and software company Pitchbook…
Tech4SickKids e-auction raises $50,000 towards $25 million goal to modernize SickKids hospital
Tech4SickKids, a grassroots campaign to raise $25 million for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), raised $50,000…
Constellation Software launches $200 million venture fund to find potential acquisitions
Constellation Software Inc. has launched a $200 million CAD venture capital fund, called VMS Ventures, saying it will finance…
WELL Health raises $70 million of target $500 million from bought deal offering
Vancouver-based WELL Health Technologies has raised $70 million from a bought deal offering of convertible debentures. In a…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – MindBeacon melds with CloudMD
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Hootsuite eyes 2022 as “window has closed” for new Canadian tech IPOs
While Hootsuite’s IPO dreams might not be dashed, they are delayed, as a frigid public market response to tech IPOs has…
Anatomy of an IPO: How Coveo prepared to take itself public
It was back in mid-October, immediately after Coveo acquired English commerce intelligence company Qubit, that the Canadian…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…