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Acquisitions

Miovision nabs Traffic Technology Services in second acquisition this year

Mar 4, 2024

Miovision acquired traffic data collection company CJ Hensch & Associates in January.

Acquisitions

General Atlantic becomes major investor in travel perks platform Plusgrade

Mar 4, 2024

The deal values Plusgrade at over $2 billion, according to The Globe and Mail.

Stripe office entrance
FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe’s $65B valuation indicates an IPO isn’t anytime soon

Mar 4, 2024

Plus: How Flinks is building middleware for open banking.

Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Apple Vision Pro goes to the hospital

Mar 1, 2024

Plus: Abridge raises $150 million to increase the speed and accuracy of medical note-taking.

Jacob Homiller, newly-appointed CarbiCrete CEO is front and center. He is smiling. The CarbiCrete logo is on a wall in the background
Cleantech

Jacob Homiller replaces co-founder Chris Stern as CarbiCrete CEO

Feb 29, 2024

Stern says he will remain with the company as a strategic advisor.

Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Temu and Shein’s success = air freighters’ stress

Feb 29, 2024

Plus: Shopify’s green strategy gamble, DeliveryHero abandons Foodpanda sale talks.

Funding

Midjourney competitor Ideogram closes $80-million USD Series A as it launches latest text-to-image model

Feb 28, 2024

The fundraise comes just six months after its $22.3-million seed round.

SaaS

Elevated Signals raises $7.9 million CAD Series A to scale its manufacturing operations software

Feb 28, 2024

After starting in cannabis, startup looks to its original goal of tackling food security.

Funding

Canadian-founded Power closes $16.3-million CAD Series A to connect patients with clinical trials

Feb 28, 2024

Power claims over 600,000 patients used Power to discover clinical trials last year.

Funding

EdTech startup Tokidos secures $1.35 million CAD for screenless gaming console

Feb 28, 2024

Tokidos says it has more than $115,000 in pre-orders for its September launch.

AI

A|I: The AI Times – Nvidia rides the AI wave to a $2-trillion valuation

Feb 28, 2024

Plus: Yoshua Bengio calls for deepfake regulations.

SaaS

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Reddit’s power users will get first dibs on its IPO

Feb 27, 2024

Plus: Golden Ventures talks success in closing fifth seed-stage VC fund.

AI

Four Canadian companies selected to Comcast SportsTech Accelerator

Feb 26, 2024

Canada lead the pack with the highest number of companies in the global cohort.

FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – BC court upholds ban on crypto mining, Sequoia backpedals Klarna ousting

Feb 26, 2024

Plus: Capital One’s blockbuster acquisition to protect itself from FinTech.

Funding

Helika closes $10.8-million CAD Series A for Web3 gaming analytics platform 

Feb 23, 2024

Following success in North America and Europe, Helika wants to expand to the Asia-Pacific market.

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