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Prairie Robotics secures $690,000 CAD to identify recycling contaminants 10 days ago – Regina-based cleantech startup Prairie Robotics has secured $690,000 CAD in seed funding to support its Internet of Things (IoT)-based recycling solution. The all-equity round... The post Prairie Robotics secures $690,000 CAD to identify recycling contaminants first appeared on BetaKit.
Great Hill Partners acquires majority stake in Auvik Networks for $312 million CAD
R|T: The Retail Times – WeCommerce is hungry for more Shopify
Wealthsimple rolls out fractional shares trading in Canada, US companies
Raine Maida actually found a good use for Blockchain
Microsoft, AltaML among partners in new University of Waterloo student training program
A|I: The AI Times – Scrutinizing facial recognition tech
Today in funding: Oneka, Rootly, Convergence.Tech, Bird&Be, Rithmik, Scatr, Sonero
Miovision acquires Traffop to expand traffic management software platform
Canvaspop acquired by HIG Capital-owned Circle Graphics

F|T: The FinTech Times – Smart corporate cards for Canada 6 days ago – Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before... The post F|T: The FinTech Times – Smart corporate cards for Canada first appeared on BetaKit.
Think Research to acquire BioPharma Services for $44.6 million
New report shows Montréal relies too much on the megadeal to compete with other Canadian tech hubs
B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy to launch in fall with $105 million in funding
RBC joins as financial anchor partner for new Kanata tech hub
Shopify launches new, centralized chat product for merchants
H|T: The Healthtech Times – The Theranos trial
Latest CBRE report shows Canada has some of the fastest-growing tech talent pools in North America
Swift Medical secures $44 million CAD in Series B financing
Happin raises $1.2 million to fuel growth of its hybrid event

Brokrete secures $2.7 million CAD, launches e-commerce platform for construction suppliers 5 days ago – As part of the launch of its new e-commerce platform for suppliers in the construction industry, Toronto-based startup Brokrete has announced the close of... The post Brokrete secures $2.7 million CAD, launches e-commerce platform for construction suppliers first appeared on BetaKit.
Coinsquare brings on Tradelogiq exec, Martin Piszel, as CEO
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Auvik’s aggressive growth
Today in funding: FansUnite, 7Gen, GHGSat, Visualping, Alpha, Spaceful
Following string of exits, Rhino Ventures expands focus across Canada for third fund
Oxio secures $25 million CAD to accelerate Canadian expansion
Accenture acquires Toronto consulting firm Cloudworks
How vulnerable is Canada to cyberattacks?
Three startup jobs available in Halifax right now
Canadian startup news of the week (7/18/21)

BetaKit Live: The future of virtual care on July 27 4 days ago – COVID-19 has been a catalyst for change across sectors, but has specifically prompted a Canadian healthtech boom. Nowhere has that been more clear than... The post BetaKit Live: The future of virtual care on July 27 first appeared on BetaKit.
Portage FinTech SPAC boosts IPO target to $240 million USD, begins trading on Nasdaq
Shopify invests in US-based Loop’s $65 million round
Salesforce completes acquisition of Slack
Clearco launches new partnership recommendation service as part of push to serve founders “beyond capital”
WELL Health launches venture arm, announces investment in Bright
A|I: The AI Times – A new vision for Algolux
Properly closes $44 million CAD Series B from key strategics, US investors to tackle Canadian real estate market
What to do when over 300,000 people count on your old code for their pension
Intel-backed Untether AI raises $125 million, adds CPPIB,

Boast.AI’s Lloyed Lobo shares the true cost of entrepreneurship a day ago – I couldn’t get Lloyed Lobo to sit still. The co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction Conference wouldn’t stay in front of his mic for this...
Toronto-based Mommy Monitor selected for Google’s Black Founders accelerator
Paystone secures $30 million from Crédit Mutuel Equity as part of plan to expand beyond North America
FrontFundr secures funding through FrontFundr, a crowdfunding platform
H|T: The Healthtech Times – The telehealth party is “winding down”
RBC launching Calgary Innovation Hub, with plans to hire 300 employees
Technical debt: the other innovator’s dilemma
Funding roundup: Conquest Planning, Amphy, XCO, OceanSync
Today in acquisitions: Paymi, EchoLotto, EssayJack, Company Capital, Allocadia, Pluribus
R|T: The Retail Times – Foodee increases its footprint

Global News

White House blames YouTube, Facebook for spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation 2 days ago – The Biden administration's broad concern is that platforms like Facebook and YouTube are "either lying to us and hiding the ball, or they're not taking it seriously.

U.S. senators want social media to be held liable for spreading health misinformation 3 days ago – The legislation would require internet platforms to take down health and vaccine-related misinformation during public health emergencies or be held liable for that failure.

( Thou shalt not threaten government monopoly on lying to the public : 21st Century Political Initiative to Protect the Narrative .........http://moellerlit.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/2/4/10248653/1984_--_newspeak_dictionary.pdf

blackwhite-The ability to accept whatever "truth" the party puts out, no matter how absurd it may be. Orwell described it as "...loyal willingness to say black is white when party discipline demands this. It also means the ability to believethat black is white, and more, to knowblack is white, and forget that one has ever believed the contrary.")

Global outage affecting websites of airlines, banks, tech firms now fixed 3 days ago – Websites of Delta Air Lines, Costco Wholesale Corp , American Express and Home Depot were down, displaying domain name system (DNS) service errors.

Zoom looks past pandemic with $14.7B deal to buy Five9

Canada joins U.S. in blaming China for Microsoft hack earlier this year

Journalists, activists targeted by Israel-based tech firm’s spy

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