‘I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.’
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Ontario auditor to examine COVID-19 support for business, PPE supply in annual report
Ontario’s auditor general is set to release her annual report today, including a look at the province’s supply of personal protective equipment and its COVID-19 supports for businesses. Source: CP24 Continue reading Ontario auditor to examine COVID-19 support for business, PPE supply in annual report
Ontario to create largest hospital in Canada with Mississauga expansion: sources
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott will announce a major hospital expansion in Mississauga that will create the single largest hospital in Canada, government sources tell CP24. Source: CP24 Continue reading Ontario to create largest hospital in Canada with Mississauga expansion: sources
What We Know About the Michigan School Shooting Victims
Authorities released the names of the victims and the conditions of those who were wounded in the Michigan high school shooting. Source: New York Times Continue reading What We Know About the Michigan School Shooting Victims
South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets $5.2M to deepen European expansion
South African tech talent marketplace OfferZen is one of the beneficiaries of the growing global demand for tech workers: It confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised €4.5 million ($5.07 million) in Series A funding from South African investment company Base Capital. This is OfferZen’s first round of funding since Philip Joubert, Malan Joubert and Brett Jones founded the company in 2015. As a tech talent marketplace, OfferZen allows software developers and engineers to sign up as candidates who are then curated by OfferZen and made available to companies. The developers are live on the marketplace for four weeks, during which … Continue reading South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets $5.2M to deepen European expansion
3 Students Are Killed in Michigan School Shooting
A 15-year-old sophomore was taken into custody with a semiautomatic handgun that was bought by his father four days before the fatal shooting. Source: New York Times Continue reading 3 Students Are Killed in Michigan School Shooting
3 Killed and 8 Wounded in Michigan in Year’s Deadliest School Shooting
A sophomore shot 11 people at Oxford High School, killing three students and leaving others with critical injuries, officials said. Follow updates. Source: New York Times Continue reading 3 Killed and 8 Wounded in Michigan in Year’s Deadliest School Shooting
Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs
With key ESG reporting regulations such as the EU Taxonomy and the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) covering more than 75 percent of European companies, across the EU and the UK, the regulatory environment is evolving fast. Non-financial data, such as carbon emissions, is catching up with financial reporting burdens. And it’s not just the Environmental (“E”), it’s also social factors (“S”) and corporate governance (“G”). Now, Berlin-based Greentech startup Plan A, which recently raised a $10M Series A round – has developed a new SaaS tool to cover this ESG reporting in an automated fashion. It says its integrated … Continue reading Fresh from a $10M round, Plan A launches SaaS tool for ESG reporting aimed at startups/VCs
Tucson Moves to Fire Officer Seen Fatally Shooting Man in Wheelchair
A man who was said to have stolen a toolbox from a Walmart and flashed a knife at an employee was shot in the back and side in a confrontation captured on video, the police said. Source: New York Times Continue reading Tucson Moves to Fire Officer Seen Fatally Shooting Man in Wheelchair
Maple VC locks down $16.5 million for its second seed-stage fund by waving the Canadian flag
Maple VC is based in San Francisco, but don’t let that fool you, says its founder, Andre Charoo. The young fund, which launched in 2016 with $1.2 million in capital commitments, just closed on $16.5 million in capital commitments for a second fund that promises to almost exclusively back savvy Canadian founders, no matter where they live today and no matter what they are building, as long as tech is at the core of their startup. Says Charoo — a Toronto native who worked briefly at at the early photo-sharing app Color, spent a year helping Uber expand into Canada … Continue reading Maple VC locks down $16.5 million for its second seed-stage fund by waving the Canadian flag