What Alberta Innovates learned from sending 50 local startups to SXSW
Alberta startups go global at the world’s largest tech conference.
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What’s in #Budget2024 for Canadian tech?
All eyes in Canadian tech are on AI, open banking, cleantech, and… taxes?
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite acquisition fuels shift to intelligence
Plus: Amazon scraps Alexa Developer Rewards Program.
These global tech giants are recruiting Canadian workers
Shopify, Mastercard, Autodesk are seeking software, data engineers.
CleanBC program investigation prompts fear of provincial startup fallout from cleantech and grant experts
“The first people that lose out are the companies [that] the program was set up for.”
Harvest Ventures, New York-based IA Capital back Summit’s $3.5-million seed round
Digital insurance broker offers range of products, including to other FinTech firms.
R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed makes first cuts since Dax Dasilva’s return
Plus: Nuvei to officially go private in $6.3B deal.
Meet the Y Combinator Winter 2024 cohort startups with Canadian roots
W24 participants include Senso, DraftAid, AgentHub, GovernGPT, Datacurve, and more.
R|T: The Retail Times – Why women in retail are leaving CEO positions
Plus: Lightspeed CEO muses about privatization; Giant Tiger’s cyberattack.
Brim Financial closes $85-million Series C led by EDC to fund US expansion
FinTech firm fuels up to accelerate growth south of the border.
Startup Open House returns to its roots after acquisition by MTL NewTech
The one-day showcase is hoped to draw up to 900 attendees.
Nuvei to be acquired by US-based Advent and taken private in $6.3-billion USD deal
Nuvei will become the latest in string of publicly traded Canadian tech companies to go private.
Why Dax Dasilva thinks about taking Lightspeed private
Plus: Notman House is for sale. A startup-led effort wants to buy it back.
WonderFi responds as shareholders Kaos Capital, Mogo push for board overhaul
Kaos and Mogo want board changes. WonderFi claims Mogo wants control without paying a premium.
R|T: The Retail Times – Tobi Lutke granted a nine-figure Shopify compensation package
Plus: Sonder faces class action, Busbud continues LATAM push.