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Michael is a multimedia journalist working out of the U.K. and a staff writer for BetaKit.

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Acquisitions

AppDirect acquires TBI to expand offerings for technology advisors

Feb 1, 2023

AppDirect unified its advisor business under the AppDirect brand earlier this month.

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Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify loses third C-Suite exec since September

Feb 1, 2023

Plus: Tiny Capital enters deal to go public.

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FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe’s path to IPO

Jan 31, 2023

Plus: Blockstream lands $125 million.

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Reports

Tech-related roles dominate Indeed’s best jobs list in Canada for 2023

Jan 30, 2023

Data engineers still in demand despite downturn-induced layoffs.

Broken piggy bank

Canadian startup news of the week (1/29/23)

Jan 30, 2023

Plus: Another Shopify C-suite exec departs.

AI

A|I: The AI Times – Microsoft wants OpenAI everywhere, Google calls in reinforcements

Jan 27, 2023

Plus: Is Tesla’s autopilot ‘overhyped’?

SaaS

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite swaps CEOs amidst third set of staff cuts

Jan 27, 2023

Plus: Magnet Forensics gets acquired in $1.8 billion CAD deal.

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Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Why everyone is making layoffs—except Apple

Jan 26, 2023

Plus: Inside the battle for the future of Amazon.

Tomi Poutanen
Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Tomi Poutanen is using AI to tackle Canadian healthcare

Jan 25, 2023

Plus: Teladoc Health lays off 300 staff.

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FinTech

Fintech Cadence, Atlantic FinTech partner to create national reach

Jan 24, 2023

Partnership hopes to unify FinTech clusters across the country.

FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – A Clearco co-founder resigns as CEO, again

Jan 24, 2023

Plus: the end of an era for crypto’s pseudo-banks.

Magnet Forensics founder Jad Saliba and CEO Adam Belsher

Canadian startup news of the week (1/22/23)

Jan 23, 2023

Plus: Vidyard eyes $1 billion in revenue.

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Front-end, back-end, full-stack developers needed across Canada

Jan 22, 2023

Clio, Busbud, Ceridian, and Global Relay all looking to hire.

Carbon Health CEO, Eren Bali
Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Carbon Health cuts staff, closes $100M

Jan 20, 2023

Plus: LeanTaas and Hospital IQ join forces.

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SaaS

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The best places to work in Canada are US SaaS companies

Jan 20, 2023

Plus: Supply Vision acquired for $16 million.

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