F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple’s growth stalls, Robinhood’s retail investors flee
Plus: Kirk Simpson, Peter Carrescia team up with an idea to disrupt the digital identity space.
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Scale Without Borders wants to bring Canada’s immigrant tech community together in November summit
Last year’s summit spanned three days and saw 1,000 registrants.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Making your baby cry… for science
Plus: Could the Theranos that was promised come from Sudbury?
RenoRun lays off 12 percent of staff, pauses geographic expansion amid uncertainty surrounding consumer spending
CEO: “There’s just a level of uncertainty right across the board.”
Kirk Simpson, Peter Carrescia team up to raise $6.5 million CAD with an idea to disrupt the digital identity space
OMERS, Wittington, and Round13 have all backed Qui Identity.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s bet didn’t pay off
Plus: Has the scooter boom finally gone bust?
A|I: The AI Times – DeepMind cracks biology’s biggest problem
Plus: Google Is Selling Advanced AI to Israel, Documents Reveal.
Unbounce lays off 20 percent of staff as part of “larger company restructuring”
Unbounce CEO said cuts were necessary to support the company’s purpose and strategy.
ZayZoon raises $25.5 million to expand its earned wage access business across the US
ZayZoon’s earned wage access model never caught on in Canada, but took off south of the border.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft stays rosy, Meta drops
Plus: Ex-Tungle, Foko employees pivot new startup to take on Evernote.
Spring Activator launches Women-led Impact Investor Challenge with Telus Pollinator Fund
The previous edition of the fund focused on healthcare, naming UVX Inc. as the winner.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Clearco, Coinsquare cut staff as Portage launches new late-stage fund
Plus: Caisse needs to explain its risky bet on crypto lender Celsius.
Three Developer/Engineer/IT-related jobs available now
Manifest Climate, Valeyo, and TalentMinded are hiring right now.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amazon is buying into primary care with One Medical acquisition
Plus: Digital health investment is just cooling off after a scorching year.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify presses play on YouTube, Lightspeed pairs well with OpenTable
Plus: Unreserved files $25 million lawsuit against real estate associations.