•  Joining the small group of women who serve as presidents of publicly-traded companies, Michelle Zatlyn has added President to her current title of Co-Founder and COO of Cloudfare. Michelle is also a C100 Charter Member and C100’s 2019 Icon of Canadian Entrepreneurship award recipient.
• 🤝 Darwin AI, part of this year’s 48Hrs in the Valley cohort, raised a new round led by Honeywell Ventures.
•  Learn the latest on Wittington Ventures‘ investments, an extension of the Weston family’s holding company and C100 Corporate Partner. The Logic wrote an article discussing their latest moves and interviewing Jim Orlando, Managing Parter, and Megh Gupta, Partner. (ps this is paywalled to the Logic subscribers).
• 🤝 Borrowell, a 48Hrs Alumni, is set to to acquire Refresh Financial to help more Canadians gain access to affordable credit.
•  An article that might be of interest to Canadian entrepreneurs: 6 Reasons Canada’s tech entrepreneurs can feel confident about the future. Written by Thomas Park, VP of Operations and Strategy, at BDC Capital, a C100 Foundational Partner.
•  Toronto-based telemedecine startup MindBeacon Holdings Inc. made their debut on the TSX last Friday.
• 🤝 Big media moves! WarnerMedia completed its acquisition of Ottawa-based software company You.i TV,  for more than US$100-million. You.i Engine One technology will help deploy HBO Max direct-to-consumer’s offering to a number of platforms in markets worldwide.
• ♀️Calling all Canadian woman-led technology company in California, check out this 3-day virtual program hosted by BDC Capital. Applications are due Jan 4
•  Vancouver-based biotech company AbCellera saw their stock price increase 185% on their NASDAQ debut. AbCellera worked with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly & Co. to develop a drug to treat mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms.

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