Ex-BDC partner aims to back early-stage “AI frontier” startups with Defined Capital
Fund has closed over a third of $15-million USD target from LPs like Inovia, Band, and BC tech entrepreneurs.
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Float’s CEO on bridging the spending and software divide
Rob Khazzam has big ambitions for his business finance startup—he just doesn’t know what to build next.
R|T: The Retail Times – Thrasio raised $3 billion. Now it’s filing for bankruptcy.
Plus: US resistance has Shein eyeing UK to IPO.
Synctera secures $18.6-million Series A extension, launches new payments integration
Synctera launched its embedded banking platform for Canada in December 2023.
Canadian tech leaders headline speaker lineup for inaugural INNOVATEwest
Execs from Koho, Ada, Wealthsimple, Clio comprise speaker roster for 2024 conference.
Does corporate VC have an advantage in AI investments?
Plus: Omnirobotic reborn and Flinks moves in for the kill.
Middleware land grab: Flinks wants to kill screen-scraping and make APIs king
Montréal FinTech hopes to cement “special position” in North America’s financial ecosystem.
Finix launches integrated payments offering in Canada
US FinTech firm offers a single integration for omnichannel payment acceptance.
Four Canadian companies selected to Comcast SportsTech Accelerator
Canada lead the pack with the highest number of companies in the global cohort.
Helcim closes $27 million CAD to bring payment stack to underserved SMBs
Startup’s full-stack payment offering puts it up against FinTech giants like Stripe.
Is AI Canada’s productivity saviour?
Plus: Late-stage VC funding continues to drop, but seed-stage is Golden.
Helius raises $12.8 million CAD to help devs build blockchain apps on Solana
The Web3 startup was founded by former Coinbase and AWS software engineers.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healwell CEO dishes on evolution from clinics to AI
Plus: Newfoundland wants to be a biotech hub.
R|T: The Retail Times – Dax Dasilva returns as Lightspeed CEO, Shopify drops on strong earnings
Plus: Investors fooled by Lyft typo.
Golden Ventures closes nearly $140 million CAD for fifth seed-stage VC fund
Despite a tough market, Golden remains “long Canada” with strong support from existing LPs.