Shopify launches ‘Collabs’ to directly connect creators with merchants
The program lets creators monetize and give merchants a new sales channel.
Markets
Market watch: Q4 Inc., E Inc., Goeasy Ltd., BBTV Holdings Inc.
Companies are working to weather challenging market conditions.
CloudMD appoints new CEO, CFO in latest exec switchup
CloudMD’s new CEO was formerly the company’s president and global head.
Market watch: Nuvei, Propel, Payfare, and Mogo
FinTech companies ride out a turbulent market.
Market watch: Well Health, Magnet Forensics, Dialogue Health, and Thinkific Labs
Gains and losses aren’t about the verticals, but rather the companies.
D-Wave lists on New York Stock Exchange following close of SPAC deal
D-Wave’s stock price jumped as much as 30 percent on opening day.
Lightspeed’s revenues increase even as its losses widen in fiscal first quarter for 2023
Lightspeed’s results were better than expected.
BC securities regulator alleges Blok Technologies, former execs misrepresented share sale in 2018
BCSC claims Blok violated the Securities Act.
Shopify’s Q2 2022 growth continued to slow amid changing e-commerce market conditions
The results come one day after a 10 percent, company-wide reduction in staff.
Mark McQueen thinks it’s a great time to have a chequebook
The President of CIBC Innovation Banking is not concerned about the current tech downturn.
Lightspeed expands systems integration with OpenTable
Lightspeed gives OpenTable a seat in its growing reservation platform network.
Shopify launches YouTube Shopping integration in latest social commerce push
New Shopify partnership lets customers press play and pay on YouTube.
Electric toothbrush startup Bruush files to go public on Nasdaq with $17.25 million IPO
Bruush agreed to pay Kevin Hart a fresh $1.5 million to be a celebrity endorser.
PitchBook projects VC deal value to drop, deal count to stay high as market cools
VC market shifts from founder-friendly “game of winning” to “game of picking.”
BBTV reduces workforce by 14 percent following revenue decline in Q1
Layoffs continue to sweep Canada’s tech sector.