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R|T: The Retail Times – Groupon to focus on ‘mission critical activities’ following staff cuts

Plus: Alibaba reduced workforce by nearly 10,000 in three months.

The Thornhill startup serves over 5,000 yoga studios, dance studios, and other wellness centres.

Morrow expects the Bank will begin registering payments service providers in 2024.

Two investors from BDC Capital have left the Crown corporation to join Canadian venture capital firms.

Plus: HR tech startup Humi acquires SaaS scheduling startup Ameego.

Yamaha Motor Ventures backs Canvass again after its initial investment in 2020.

The pre-accelerator has $3.7 million in provincial and federal backing.

Phoenix Fire’s LPs now include the co-founders of Thinkific and Odaia.

Humi customers include Tim Hortons, Boston Pizza, and Moxies.

Plus: Meta’s chatbot won’t stop talking about itself.

Evidence Partners caters to more than 60% of the world’s largest pharma, medical device companies.

CIBC pens data access agreement with Utah-based MX.

D-Wave’s stock price jumped as much as 30 percent on opening day.

Ray Newal, who has led firms in Canada and India, will spearhead C100’s international expansion efforts.

Barbara Dirks, Jim Texier, Mike Dobbins join for Fund II, target $250M final close.