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.
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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.
From seed to fork: building better food systems through impact investing
Sustainable food is about access and environmental impact.
Coinsquare lays off 24 percent of staff amid turbulent crypto market, shifted focus to regulation
The cuts follow hiring sprees that took place across the crypto space last year.
Real estate auction platform Unreserved files $25 million lawsuit against real estate associations
Startup claims defamation and interference in Unreserved’s economic interests.
Shopify launches YouTube Shopping integration in latest social commerce push
New Shopify partnership lets customers press play and pay on YouTube.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Microsoft layoffs, Google hiring slowdown, Uber broke laws
Plus: Uber sued by more than 500 female passengers over sexual assault complaints.
Financial rates comparison platform Ratehub receives âmajorâ investment from Novacap
Novacap buys into financial education platform Ratehub amid increasing mortgage rates.
Ada opens machine learning centre in Israel, hires CPO
Israelâs growing AI market pulls in a Canadian unicorn.
The DMZ, GroundBreak Ventures launch new proptech incubator program
Participating startups will receive $25,000 and 60 hours of mentorship.
As crypto crashes, WonderFi closes deal to acquire another regulated crypto trading platform in Coinberry
CEO describes collapse of unregulated crypto lenders as WonderFiâs âthesis playing out in real time.â
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Byjuâs, Tencent, ByteDance hit with layoffs
Plus: Avanade, Nautical Commerce, Twilio, Dealpath plot Canadian expansions.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Klarna and Stripe’s valuations drop, Three Arrows in free-fall
Plus: Coinbase providing âGeo Tracking Dataâ to ICE.
Inside Anthony Lacaveraâs fight for Freedom Mobile
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Startups providing abortion access seeking funding
Plus: DOT Mind Unlock wins #CollisionConf 2022 startup pitch competition.