S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Introhive cuts staff, Contentsquare goes mammoth
Plus: Netflix coming to Vancouver with new acquisition.
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Tech-enabled fulfillment company Darwynn closes $20 million pre-seed round
Darwynn says its facilities take up less space and costs less to operate.
Blume secures $2 million CAD to scale latte replacement product
Ex-Frank and Oak exec buys into Blume’s first institutional round.
The bottom fell out of Canadian FinTech funding in Q2 2022
Q2 2022 saw a dramatic 70 percent drop in FinTech funding YoY.
As Canadian venture funding lost steam in Q2 2022, Alberta tech continued to shine
With $268 million raised, Alberta set a new quarterly record for venture funding.
BDC partners with e-learning platform Future Capital to train 150 women for angel investing
Future Capital wants to diversify investors at the angel, LP, and syndicate level.
BC tech funding returned to pre-bull market levels in Q2 2022
BC’s Web3 startups showed promise in the second quarter.
Intelligent City puts scaffolding in place to scale sustainable building solution
Intelligent City has secured $22 million CAD from investors like BDC.
Canadian startup news of the week (7/17/22)
Plus: Meet Startup Atlantic.
Helcim, MintList, Ukko Agro among startups in third cohort of Google’s Canadian accelerator
Participants range from smart windows to dental software to agtech.
R|T: The Retail Times – Knix sells, Bruush to IPO, Tiggy halts operations
Plus: How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet.
Tata Consultancy Services, Nitro Software announce new Toronto hubs
Nitro, TCS join growing list of global firms dipping into city’s tech talent pool.
Traction Conference returns in-person with Twitter, Eventbrite, Mailchimp as speakers
Execs from Atlassian, Shopify, Twitter, 1Password were unveiled as speakers.
Solana Ventures, Twitch co-founder buy into Bravo Ready’s play-to-earn, Web3 video game
Bravo Ready has secured $3.9 million in fiat and cryptocurrency.
English digital transformation company Adaptavist picks Toronto for North American headquarters
Adaptavist wants to add up to 800 jobs and invest more than $50 million.