oldephartte(in training): 20 June - Technology - BetaKit / Global News / Google (CA)

BetaKit

Faire secures $260 million Series F round, claims $7 billion valuation 10 days ago – Kitchener-Waterloo and San Francisco-based retail startup Faire has secured $260 million USD in Series F financing, as it looks to build on a year... The post Faire secures $260 million Series F round, claims $7 billion valuation first appeared on BetaKit.
Today in funding: Smart Skin, Andes STR, Croptimistic, DeFi Ventures
R|T: The Retail Times – The kids are high on Depop
WELL Health Technologies to acquire MyHealth for up to $266.3 million CAD
Amazon to add 1,800 Canadian tech, corporate jobs this year as part of broader hiring plans
Kepler raises $72.6 million CAD as the firm looks to grow network, expand to US
CIBC Innovation Banking looks to fuel Canadian tech rocketship as ecosystem soars
Ontario government commits $100 million to new tech fund of funds
Nurosene goes public on Canadian Stock Exchange, securing $9.2 million
Pinterest looking for new Canada country manager

3 companies hiring in Montréal right now 9 days ago – A recent report shows that Montréal caught up to Toronto as Canada’s leading tech ecosystem in 2020. The explosion in financing has Montréal companies... The post 3 companies hiring in Montréal right now first appeared on BetaKit.
Despite pandemic challenges, new business creation in Canada was strong over the last year
Today in funding: Data Sentinel, AltaML, Commit
Kovo HealthTech lists on TSX Venture Exchange
Shopify, Affirm open access to buy now, pay later service for US merchants
H|T: The Healthtech Times – The monetization of meditation
Q4 looks to raise $150 million CAD through IPO
Canada’s privacy commissioner says RCMP use of Clearview AI’s tech violated privacy law
Nesto secures $76 million to scale digital mortgage solution
Today in acquisitions: OSF Digital, Brüush, Pluribus, Semio

One year after joining RBC, Sid Paquette reveals his plans to disrupt innovation banking with RBCx 5 days ago – More than a year after joining the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Sid Paquette is finally ready to reveal the details behind his newly-constructed... The post One year after joining RBC, Sid Paquette reveals his plans to disrupt innovation banking with RBCx first appeared on BetaKit.
SkyWatch raises $21 million CAD Series B as private sector satellite interest skyrockets
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The latest Canadian unicorn
AbCellera secondary deal sees senior leaders sell 11.9 million shares
Shopify reportedly invests in Stripe, bringing total stake to over $350 million
With third acquisition, holding company PlanetCorp is looking to win big with AI, 5G, blockchain
F|T: The FinTech Times – Massive momentum & mega rounds
Canadian startup news of the week (6/13/21)
Why Heirlume wants to become the GoDaddy of trademark registration
Growth investor Carter Griffin on why the best SaaS compan

Amplitude Ventures’ precision health fund exceeds $200 million target following final close 3 days ago – Montréal-headquartered healthtech investment firm Amplitude Ventures has completed the final close of its precision health-focused fund. The firm declined to disclose its final close... The post Amplitude Ventures’ precision health fund exceeds $200 million target following final close first appe...
Lynsey Thornton latest Shopify leader to depart company
Alberta organizations launch database for tech startup ecosystem
After nearly doubling revenue during pandemic, Introhive raises $121.3 million CAD
Clearco adds chief growth officer to lead international expansion efforts
A|I: The AI Times – Raquel Urtasun’s life mission
Shop Pay to be offered to non-Shopify merchants on Facebook, Google
Employee wellness software firm LifeSpeak files for TSX IPO
VerticalScope upsizes IPO to $125 million, begins trading on TSX
ApplyBoard raises $375 million CAD Series D at $4 billion

Google sister company Verily set to expand to Kitchener-Waterloo 2 days ago – Another American tech firm has set its sights on a Canadian expansion. San-Francisco-based medical device company Verily Life Sciences plans to open a new... The post Google sister company Verily set to expand to Kitchener-Waterloo first appeared on BetaKit.
Today in hires: Snapcommerce, Properly, RenoRun, Notch
H|T: The Healthtech Times – A vision for virtual care
Conexus launching new accelerator, venture fund to strengthen Saskatchewan’s AgTech ecosystem
Two US startups with Canadian roots, Moonshot and Nylas, secure combined $280 million
Today in acquisitions: Modern Campus, Kovo HealthTech, OSF Digital, DeFi Technologies, Bubblebox
Dfuse rebrands, secures $73.5 million CAD grant to develop blockchain infrastructure project
Google reveals first Canadian Cloud Accelerator cohort
Browze announces $15.2 million CAD Series A round for factory-to-consumer e-commerce platform
R|T: The Retail Times – Growing at Lightspeed

Global News

JBS Canada beef processing plant in Brooks resumes production after cyberattack 18 days ago – The JBS Canada beef processing plant in the southern Alberta town of Brooks employs more than 2,800 people. It's been years since I lived in Medicine Hat, but full size buses ran from there to the plant with shift workers as a routine measure.