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Telus Corp.’s venture arm invested in a tiny company in 2017 that was working on software to enable virtual doctor-patient consultations. Two years later, Telus chief executive Darren Entwistle bought that disruptive upstart outright, and Toronto-based Akira Health became Akira by Telus Health, one offering among many at a corporation that generates annual revenue of about $15 billion.
Before you shrug at what looks like a classic big-fish-eats-little-fish story, take a closer look at the big fish.
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