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Shopify doubles GMV, reports record profit in third-quarter results 9 days ago – Shopify’s third-quarter financial results greatly beat analysts’ predictions as the Canadian e-commerce company more than doubled gross merchandise volume (GMV) and saw its largest...

Takara Small shares what she learned exploring small-town tech in new podcast

R|T: The Retail Times – Au revoir, Le Château

Following PBO report, Minister Bains says Superclusters have seen “enormous progress”

Federal government provides $1.3 million to Alberta Innovates for programs supporting SMBs amid COVID-19

Lendesk acquires mortgage origination platform Finmo

Silicon Valley Bank expands to Vancouver with new Western Canada lead

Faire raises $170 million USD Series E, looks to grow Kitchener-Waterloo office

BBTV closes IPO, completes buyout of RTL’s interest in company

With advisory board in place, OneEleven’s new MD shares p

Neha Khera departs 500 Startups for partner role at 2048 Ventures 6 days ago – Neha Khera, once-partner at 500 Startups, has joined US-headquartered pre-seed stage investment firm 2048 Ventures as partner. Though based in the United States, 2048...

BetaKit Live: Willful and The Canadian Shield explain how to survive and thrive in 2020

The Lord Mayor of London wants Canadian tech to know the UK is open for business

Jonah Group launches remote workplace safety tool

Federal government invests $796,000 in projects tackling pandemic-born challenges

AddÉnergie raises $53 million Series C for EV charging technology

Canada punches above its weight with AI researchers in new Element AI report

H|T: The Healthtech Times – SoftBank’s $100 million bet in health

Synex Medical raises $6.99 million CAD seed round for health monitoring technology

Facebook, Uber reveal new initiatives in support of Black

Wealthsimple set to launch new ETF for Muslim investors in 2021 5 days ago – Toronto-based Wealthsimple has revealed plans to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF), which the startup says will offer investors access to a diversified index of...

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Party house problem

Bessemer Venture Partners shares the six things every SaaS finance leader needs to know

Why 7shifts founder Jordan Boesch fired the majority of his customers

Terramera looking to build $730 million centre focused on fighting climate change through Agtech

Canada Learning Code receives $500,000 from RBC Foundation

Ontario Securities Commission to launch regulatory sandbox for startups

Canadian startup news of the week (11/01/20)

F|T: The FinTech Times – Toeing the line

Willful acquires competitor WillowBee as it prepares for exp

Lightspeed to acquire ShopKeep for $440 million USD, reports strong Q2 results 3 days ago – Montréal-based Lightspeed announced Thursday it is set to acquire ShopKeep, a New York City-based leading cloud commerce platform provider. The deal, which would be...

R|T: The Retail Times – Freshly, purchased

Following delay, federal government to reopen virtual consultations on open banking

Five cleantech startups win $15,000 at Earth Tech demo night

Today in acquisitions: Kindred Systems, DoctorCare, Rover Parking, Lex Cortex

NACO looks to push into Yukon, releases recommendations for the region

A|I: The AI Times – Solving the equation

Canadian universities offer new program to help commercialize deep tech research

Accelerator Centre expands cleantech program to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals

Government making changes to CanExport SME program

OCE to undergo rebrand, changes to governance relationship with Ontario government a day ago – The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), the non-profit which delivers much of the Government of Ontario’s economic development programming, is in for a brand...

MacroHealth raises $54 million CAD Series A to hire new talent in Vancouver

NRC IRAP, BDC look to align funding programs to support Canadian tech businesses

SkyHive, Terramera, Klue among winners of 2020 BC Technology Impact Awards

IRAP IAP funding extended with $155 million to support innovative businesses hit by COVID-19

H|T: The Healthtech Times – The $600 billion opportunity

Acceleprise GP Whitney Sales explains how to close deals during COVID

Ontario reveals investment agency in 2020 budget, as economic development ministry sees second year of cuts

With a PPE marketplace for businesses, Supply+Protect among latest startups born out of COVID-19

Toronto Founder Institute accepting applications for virtual

Global News

Facebook, Twitter will flag posts that prematurely declare victory in U.S. election 5 days ago – The moves come as social network platforms brace for what has been an unusual election cycle due to a high number of mail-in ballots that may cause a delay in final results.

‘We haven’t made a final decision’ on federal COVID-19 app, Alberta premier says 5 days ago – When asked about bringing the federal COVID-19 app to Alberta, the premier said AB Trace Together is more efficient and aligns with the province's contact-tracing system.

Expedited COVID-19 testing now available at Calgary airport, Coutts border crossing 5 days ago – The expedited test is part of a joint provincial-federal pilot project, the first of its kind in Canada, which began on Nov. 2.

Cadillac Fairview covertly collected images of 5M shoppers across Canada: privacy commissioners

What is QAnon, the conspiracy theory supporting Trump in the 2020 presidential election?

Tech leaders warn Trudeau industry in trouble if ‘prosperity plan’ not created amid COVID-19

Canada must ‘immunize’ public against misinformation before COVID-19 vaccine arrives: Tam

U.S. Justice Department to file lawsuit against Google over antitrust violations

EU launches system that will link national coronavirus tracing apps together

Nova Scotia adopts COVID ALERT app

Google News (CA)

Razer fires shot at Apple with new, sleek productivity machines - BGR a day ago

YouTuber Provides A PS5 DualSense Controller Teardown To Reveal Its Advanced Technology - TheGamer a day ago –

LG Wing Unboxing: The World's First 5G Swivel Smartphone - PhoneDog

Take-Two in talks to buy F1 studio Codemasters for $900 million - Gamesradar