Canadian startup news of the week (12/4/22)
Plus: The 50 “most investable” Canadian cleantech firms.
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Dissecting the anatomy of a Canadian tech seed round with Two Small Fish, Calico & Wavy
Eva Lau says don’t value your round based upon your ARR when fundraising.
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down.
A|I: The AI Times – Unpacking 10 years of AI funding
Plus: Are we running out of data to train language AI?
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Can at-home nursing alleviate hospital crowding?
Plus: Will Sextech survive the tech downturn?
Cross-border payments startup Buckzy takes the smart money in downscaled $19.5 million CAD Series A
In challenging market, Buckzy opts for smaller round to hit escape velocity in 2023.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What’s old is new again: Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny
Plus: Google employees have a bad feeling mass layoffs are coming.
ApplyBoard cuts back customer experience department
Layoffs impact six percent of ApplyBoard’s workforce.
Canadian startup news of the week (11/27/22)
Plus: CVCA notes more decline in Canadian venture funding.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced for fraud
Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue.
R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes’ new CEO steps up to the plate
Plus: Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams.
Potential Motors, Chinova Bioworks, Introhive feted at New Brunswick innovation awards ceremony
Nine awards handed out at the first InnovateNB awards event.
Canadian tech venture funding continued to fall in Q3 2022, CVCA reports
Seed-stage startups, cleantech “two biggest winners” amid slowdown.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s Fast 50
Plus: Twitter employees say no to being “extremely hardcore.”
Canadian tech hubs not immune to downturn as Communitech lays off 10 percent of workforce
Innovation hub sees second significant staff reduction since 2019 provincial budget cuts.