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[Freightos in Reuters] Online freight firm Freightos raises $25 million in funding led by GE

Freightos, an online marketplace for international shipping, said on Wednesday it raised $25 million in funding led by GE Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $50 million. “This capital raise will help to continue Freightos’ rapid expansion,” said Zvi Schreiber, founder and chief executive of Freightos, which has headquarters in Jerusalem and an R&D center in Ramallah. Read more on Reuters...

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[Influitive in Impact Centre] The Narwhal List

In 2014, Brent Holliday of the Vancouver-based Garibaldi Capital Advisors began referring to Canadian technology companies that had reached a valuation of $1 billion or above as Narwhals, a playful reference to US Unicorns. He published data sets showing the most valuable Canadian tech firms in his Narwhal Club and also identified emerging Narwhals. Since the list produced by Brent Holiday had not been kept up to date, he graciously allowed us to use the term he originated. As a result, we are pleased to publish an updated Narwhal List with the top 50 Canadian companies in terms of Financial Velocity (Table 2). Read more on Impact Centre here, page 6, table...

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[Wave in Impact Centre] The Narwhal List

In 2014, Brent Holliday of the Vancouver-based Garibaldi Capital Advisors began referring to Canadian technology companies that had reached a valuation of $1 billion or above as Narwhals, a playful reference to US Unicorns. He published data sets showing the most valuable Canadian tech firms in his Narwhal Club and also identified emerging Narwhals. Since the list produced by Brent Holiday had not been kept up to date, he graciously allowed us to use the term he originated. As a result, we are pleased to publish an updated Narwhal List with the top 50 Canadian companies in terms of Financial Velocity (Table 2). Read more on Impact Centre here, on page 6, table...

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