Customer experience platform Alida secures $60 million USD credit facility
With a new Edmonton office, Alida sets sights on the rest of North America and beyond.
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Elon had one hell of a first week at Twitter
Plus: 1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys.
Dapper Labs lays off 22 percent of staff
Vancouver tech startups Dapper and Hootsuite both made layoffs this week.
Hootsuite makes additional staff cuts following August layoffs
August cuts impacted one-third of company; latest round hit approximately 5 percent.
Report: Atlantic Canada 10th strongest blue economy startup ecosystem globally
Vancouver closely follows at 14th, with Calgary 27th, and Toronto-Waterloo 35th.
Mogo at risk of being delisted from Nasdaq for sub-$1 USD share price
The Vancouver FinTech startup has 180 days to get over $1 USD.
BC venture funding fell to a seven-quarter low in Q3 2022
Investor sentiment goes from FOMO to fussy as deal volume falls to three-year low.
Blossom Social secures $750,000 to build âCanadaâs first social brokerageâ
Amid market downturn, CEO says community is âmore important than everâ for retail investors.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple stakes its crypto claim
Plus: WonderFi swaps CEO as company plans stock trading, sports betting hedge.
Canadian startup news of the week (10/30/22)
Plus: Placing future bets on Shopify and Wealthsimple.
Float quadruples revenue YoY despite increased competition, choppy economy
CEO: âIn terms of new entrants, we’re clearly the fastest-growing and the largest.”
WonderFi swaps CEOs, plans hedge against crypto volatility with stock trading and sports betting
New CEO brings operational experience as WonderFi looks to diversify beyond crypto to find new revenue streams.
Shopify makes investment in Hong Kong startup WATIâs $23 million Series B round
WATI represents Shopifyâs first investment in a Southeast Asian firm, but not in customer relations.
Québec venture funding faced a perfect storm in Q3 2022
A flurry of headwinds pummeled QuĂ©becâs tech sector into its lowest investment quarter in three years.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Microsoft makes moreâquietâstaff cuts
Plus: BetaKit takes over SAAS NORTH stage in November.