S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Tough cuts, big hopes
Plus: Antitrust bill targeting Amazon, Google, Apple gets support from DOJ.
layoffs
Canadian startup news of the week (4/03/22)
Plus: Meta to hire up to 2,500 workers in Canada, open engineering hub to build metaverse.
Following 2021 losses, Thinkific to lay off 100 employees
Layoffs to impact one-fifth of Thinkific’s 499-person team.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/27/22)
Plus: How NFTs might change music and gaming.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/20/22)
Inside the province-wide push to make BC a global leader in cleantech
F|T: The FinTech Times – Portage secures a boatload
Plus: A year after launch, Backbone Angels is closing gaps felt by underrepresented founders.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/13/22)
Why Clio and Trulioo are choosing M&A over IPO.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/06/22)
Plus: Ukraine, soonicorns, Canadian tech vibe check.
R|T: The Retail Times – Carvana revs up
Plus: Former Bench CEO Ian Crosby joins Shopify Balance.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce wants Traction on Demand
Plus: Hopper continues acquisition spree with Parisian airline travel tech Smooss.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/27/22)
Clearco swaps CEOs; Hopper continues acquisition spree; ApplyBoard eyes IPO.
Aviron scores $23.6 million CAD Series A round to make rowing fun
Toronto startup hopes to row around Peloton’s shark-infested waters.
Busbud closes $14 million CAD, acquires Recorrido to fuel Latin American expansion
Chilean energy firm COPEC’s venture arm led the round.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Things at Better are getting worse
Plus: Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/21/22)
Plus: Allen Lau drafts a new plan for Wattpad.