Canadian tech talks down rounds, disasters, and “recipes for failure”
Featuring interviews with luminaries from OMERS Ventures, Shopify, Coveo, Clio, Unbounce, and L-SPARK.
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R|T: The Retail Times – SkipTheDishes’ new CEO steps up to the plate
Plus: Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams.
One year after raising $6.5 million, GoodGood shuts down claiming it can’t find more money
Company says downturn has had “dramatic impact” on its rapid local commerce delivery business.
Bold Commerce swaps CEOs, bringing on PayPal, Intuit alum Peter Karpas
Karpas took the reins from Bold co-founder Yvan Boisjoli last month.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside Hopper’s key strategic relationship and $5 billion valuation
Plus: Where and why Shopify is outsourcing customer support.
Former SkipTheDishes COO Howard Migdal steps up to the plate as food delivery firm’s new CEO
Migdal vows to help the delivery platform thrive through tough times.
Canadian tech layoffs continue as tough year comes to a close
Properly, TealBook, D2L, League among latest firms to cut staff amid economic downturn.
Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s fastest growing startups lists for 2022
Annual survey of tech execs expresses concerns over access to capital, talent.
Amazon layoffs hit Canadian teams, according to LinkedIn posts
Impacted roles in Canada include Amazon Alexa’s development team.
Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots
With new robot built, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”
Louis Têtu explains how Coveo is bucking tech trends ahead of SAAS NORTH keynote
Serial entrepreneur to share hard-earned stories and predictions at SAAS NORTH.
R|T: The Retail Times – TouchBistro secures big funding amid looming recession
Plus: AirBnB records record revenue.
As demand booms and recession looms, Busbud acquires fellow Canadian travel tech startup Betterez
After partnering up for years, Busbud has brought Betterez’s back office platform for transit players in-house.
Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
Capital One became Hopper’s first B2B client in 2021 after leading its Series F round.
Market watch: Lightspeed, Nuvei increase revenues but reports lead shares to fluctuate
Lightspeed’s share price dropped after the report was tabled.