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Neo Financial’s $360-million Series D features big names, …
Nov 11, 2024 · Calgary and Winnipeg-based challenger bank Neo Financial has secured $362 million CAD in Series D financing as the FinTech scaleup looks to offer Canadians more competitive alternatives to traditional banks.. The financing, which closed last month, consists of $112 million CAD in equity and $250 million CAD in debt.
Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation | BetaKit
Nov 10, 2024 · We have a podcast double feature for you this week, featuring two different conversations from the recent Elevate FinTech stage, which was programmed by BetaKit.. Combined, I think they provide a pulse check on the state of financial innovation in Canada, and where it intersects with competition, government policy, and the nation’s underbanked.
The state of Canadian software in 2024 | BetaKit
A live recording of The BetaKit Podcast is starting to become an annual tradition at SAAS NORTH. Recorded each year on The BetaKit Keynote Stage, the live pods are often about data: last year, it was about a BDC report on the decline in Canadian entrepreneurs; this year, it’s about the state of Canadian software. “Canada is hitting above its weight.
FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to ... - BetaKit
Dec 6, 2023 · Earlier this year, Toronto-based FinTech startup Stratosphere—an investment research analytics platform led by the co-founder and co-host of The Canadian Investor Podcast (TCI)—decided to jump on the generative artificial intelligence (AI) trend.. In what FinChat co-founder and CEO Braden Dennis described as an “experimental” bid to build an AI tool for researching publicly traded ...
Lightspeed confirms strategic review of business as company …
Sep 26, 2024 · In response to recent media reports that the company is exploring a sale, Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce has confirmed that it is currently conducting “a strategic review of its business and operations.”. The payments technology company announced that it periodically undertakes such reviews “with a view to realizing its full potential.” As part of this process, Lightspeed said it ...
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An 82-acre medtech campus emerges in Vaughan | BetaKit
Oct 11, 2024 · Join Vaughan at the frontier of health innovation. Connect with Vaughan’s Economic Development team to learn more about business opportunities for MedTech innovators.. Feature image provided by Office of Communications and Economic Development (OCED) at City of Vaughan.
Shopify to become Roblox’s first platform commerce partner
Sep 6, 2024 · Shopify is set to pilot its checkout in Roblox, one of the world’s largest online games, the two companies announced today. “This will open up a massive audience of 80 million daily active, highly engaged, Roblox users, and potential customers, for creators and brands.”
Ayrton Energy raises $9.1 million CAD in bid to expand clean …
Sep 24, 2024 · Calgary-based cleantech startup Ayrton Energy has closed $9.1 million CAD ($6.7 million USD) in seed financing to advance the US expansion of its hydrogen storage solution.. The all-equity, all-primary financing round was led by Boston-based Clean Energy Ventures and the Crown corporation Business Development Bank of Canada’s investment arm, BDC Capital.