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You wish you failed like Airtable

$11.7B to $2.25B. Seed still made 28x. The pundits got it wrong.

Canadian Tech News

Aug 11, 2026

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5 min read

Taalas sold to AMD in three years

$219M raised. $30M spent. 24 people. One exit.

Canadian Tech News

Aug 6, 2026

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6 min read

Pointed at everything, sold to nobody

Foreign firms hold 14% of the assets here and do 40% of the R&D. Do the math.

Fundraising & VC

Aug 4, 2026

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3 min read

Intact backed it. Terminal built it.

One salesperson. Fortune 500 customers. A $20M USD Series A.

Fundraising & VC

Jul 30, 2026

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4 min read

You’re using AI wrong in your raise

The deck is the worst place to point it. Here’s the right one.

Marketing & Growth

Where are the Canadian startup billboards?

Jul 28, 2026

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6 min read

Where are the Canadian startup billboards?

SF startups spend roughly 10x what Toronto’s do on OOH. Here's Why.

Fundraising & VC

Jul 24, 2026

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4 min read

Your idea isn't risky enough

45 companies crossed $10B USD valuation in the last 4 years. None of them were Canadian.

Fundraising & VC

Jul 21, 2026

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5 min read

Stop the panic: Canadian seed rounds look normal compared to US

At seed, Canadian founders raise the same-sized cheque even if it takes longer to raise.

Alex Norman

Canadian Tech News

TouchBistro sold. Toast is worth 180x more.

Jul 16, 2026

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5 min read

TouchBistro sold. Toast is worth 180x more.

Three companies bet on the restaurant. Only one won the market - here's why.

FinTech

Jul 14, 2026

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5 min read

A wedge is nothing without a vision

Float went from corporate card to a ~$548M valuation in a few years. Plus: four founders, four problems nobody wanted, from last Monday night.

Canadian Tech News

Jul 9, 2026

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3 min read

Canada leads NATO at exactly one thing

The defence money is real. Four takes on what it means for builders.

FinTech

Jul 3, 2026

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6 min read

He went door to door to build a bank

Plus: why Canadian fintech's "76% crash" is a mirage - and Yoseph West live on Monday

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Archive

You wish you failed like Airtable

Taalas sold to AMD in three years

Pointed at everything, sold to nobody

Intact backed it. Terminal built it.

You’re using AI wrong in your raise

Where are the Canadian startup billboards?

Your idea isn't risky enough

Stop the panic: Canadian seed rounds look normal compared to US

TouchBistro sold. Toast is worth 180x more.

A wedge is nothing without a vision

Canada leads NATO at exactly one thing

He went door to door to build a bank

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