Canadian startup news of the week (6/12/22)
Plus: The results are in for Tobi Lütke at Shopify.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – The 🇨🇦 company taking the pain out of patient transfer
Plus: Quebec’s medical records database still only accessible via Internet Explorer.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify finds conflict minerals in its third-party manufactured components
Plus: Amazon CEO of Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark resigns.
Hopper rolls out new FinTech products as it aims to build a “travel super app”
CEO says FinTech products make B2B play more sticky.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Sheryl Sandberg leans out
Plus: BC startups Kardium, HTEC, Kobalt, Symvivo receive cumulative $11.1 million from feds.
Clearco expands to Germany while cutting staff in Ireland
The cuts come three months after Clearco promised to hire 125 people in Ireland.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s FinTech super app is here
Plus: Pine comes out of stealth to build the “Wealthsimple for home buying”.
Canadian startup news of the week (6/5/22)
Plus: Shopify finds conflict minerals in its third-party manufactured components.
Pine comes out of stealth to build “Wealthsimple for home buying”
Pine has secured $27 million since it was founded in 2021.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – VMwares for sale… sold!
Plus: Humi closes $31 million Series B.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Crypto losses mount as Canadian companies join anti-money laundering standard
Plus: A third of Bolt’s staff checks out.
Canadian startup news of the week (5/29/22)
Plus: Wealthsimple among international group of companies joining anti-money laundering crypto standard.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Canadian-led Imply’s “multi-billion dollar opportunity.”
Plus: A timeline of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter
Canadian startup news of the week (5/23/22)
Plus: Round13 launches new Web3 fund with initial $70 million USD.
Lightspeed sees path to profitability despite posting $146.1 million loss in fiscal Q4
Lightspeed’s fourth-quarter revenue grew by 78 percent year-over-year.