S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside Mozilla’s bid to enter the metaverse
Plus: Applyboard lays off customer experience employees.
FigBytes secures $14.5 million USD in venture funding and debt
FigBytes’ funding comes as some countries are mandating ESG reporting.
F|T: The FinTech Times – BlockFi bankruptcy, Buckzy takes the smart money, the Kraken is re-leashed
Plus: FTX collapse hits Gadze Finance.
Top Hat acquires STEM EdTech startup Aktiv Learning
Aktiv is Top Hat’s fifth acquisition, and its first outside of publishing.
Canadian startup news of the week (12/4/22)
Plus: The 50 “most investable” Canadian cleantech firms.
A|I: The AI Times – Turing tested: ChatGPT is craaaazy
Plus: Private AI secures $10.7 million.
R|T: The Retail Times – GoodGood shuts down down as funding tightens
Plus: Amazon India’s food delivery shuts down.
A|I: The AI Times – Unpacking 10 years of AI funding
Plus: Are we running out of data to train language AI?
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Can at-home nursing alleviate hospital crowding?
Plus: Will Sextech survive the tech downturn?
Produce8 lands $6 million in seed funding to improve digital-first team productivity
Startup believes addressing burnout is the answer to a trillion-dollar question.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What’s old is new again: Microsoft faces antitrust scrutiny
Plus: Google employees have a bad feeling mass layoffs are coming.
ApplyBoard cuts back customer experience department
Layoffs impact six percent of ApplyBoard’s workforce.
UgoWork closes $22.8 million Series B to help expand the use of lithium-ion batteries in Fortune 500
Canada ranks second in Bloomberg’s lithium supply chain ranking.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian crypto leaders want “consequences” after FTX fall
Plus: Pipe on the hunt for a new CEO.
Canadian startup news of the week (11/27/22)
Plus: CVCA notes more decline in Canadian venture funding.