With backing from celebrity investors and mortgage lenders, Verifast wants to improve identity, financial verification
Verifast recently closed a $3.5 million seed round.
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Three companies actively hiring right now
Personify, Aquila, and PC Financial are hiring right now.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – CVS acquires Signify Health over Amazon
Plus: FTC reviewing Amazon’s One Medical purchase.
The Rounds closes $5.1 million CAD Series A from US VC firm Panoramic Ventures
The Halifax healthtech startup provides an online collaborative network for healthcare professionals.
Startup syllabus: how Dal Innovates embraced innovation education in Atlantic Canada
Dal Innovates focuses on practical innovation education through multiple programs.
Communitech acquires Briefed.in to add data-backed insights to its repertoire
The Briefed.in deal is part of Communitech redefining its supports for startups.
Indigenous venture firm Raven Capital eyes US market as it secures $46 million for second fund
Fund II LPs include BDC Capital, Telus Pollinator Fund for Good, Vancity, Bank of America.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Meta cuts Responsible Innovation team as Instagram fined €405 million for mishandling teen data
Plus: Netflix Hunts for Cost Cuts, From Cloud Computing to Corporate Swag.
With $20 million, Goldsky aims to make blockchain data easy to use
Plaid founders Zach Perret and William Hockey invested in Goldsky.
Panache closes $100 million for second fund as firm doubles down on seed-stage startups
Early-stage firm says there’s a “good possibility” Fund II will grow.
Led by ex-Vidyard employees, HyperComply wants to get rid of security questionnaires
After closing $6.4 million USD in January, HyperComply launched a product to automate due diligence.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 1Password shuffles C-suite as Snap lays off 20% of employees
Plus: Snap lays off 20% of employees.
Adam Nanjee departs Microsoft for Startups to lead venture capital in Canada for Amazon Web Services
Nanjee previously led the launch of Microsoft for Startups in Canada.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Vitalik Buterin gives financial boost to 🇨🇦 doctors tracking carbon dioxide levels
Plus: The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize.
Supply chain analytics SaaS startup Lytica secures over $13 million in Series A round
Lytica uses AI to help companies reduce costs and mitigate risks in their supply chain.