H|T: The Healthtech Times – Grin takes a bite out of Canada
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Yr Plans partners with Sun Life on student debt repayment pilot
Canadian insurance firm Sun Life Financial has partnered with Calgary-based startup Yr Plans to give select Sun Life clients…
RBCx partners with CAN Health Network to increase Canadian medtech firms’ access to capital
With the addition of RBC as a partner, the CAN Health Network will now be able to provide Canadian medtech companies with more…
R|T: The Retail Times – Emerge bets on Battlbox
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Ontario government announces tech, standards for planned Digital ID program
The Government of Ontario has revealed the technology and standards that will underpin the province’s Digital Identity (Digital…
Cohere raises $40 million USD to make natural language processing more accessible
Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere, which provides natural language processing (NLP) models, has secured…
Creative Layer secures backing from Shopify CEO, Celtic House for personalized printing platform for Shopify creators
After selling Canvaspop in July, Ottawa’s Nazim Ahmed has already launched his next startup, Creative Layer, raising $3 million…
A|I: The AI Times – Gatik gets moving
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Michael Peters to replace Pascale Audette as CEO of Carebook
Montréal-based healthtech company Carebook Technologies has announced the appointment of Canadian healthcare executive Michael…
Facebook makes payments product available off platform, starting with US Shopify merchants
Last week, Facebook began rolling out Facebook Pay for merchants beyond its own platforms for the first time, beginning with…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Profit crunch
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Benevity beefs up staff
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Canadian startup news of the week (9/06/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
ShopperPlus secures $20 million to expand online marketplace
Québec-based startup ShopperPlus has raised $20 million CAD in Series A financing to bring its e-commerce platform and delivery…
PLATO Testing to bring Indigenous software tester training program to Victoria
Fredericton-based company PLATO Testing has announced plans to bring its program to Victoria this fall, where it hopes to help…