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Vancouver BC

By BetaKit October 15, 2024

Meet the BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver speakers

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MaRS

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 7, 2024

MaRS CEO lays out reset business model as innovation hub makes more cuts

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Wealthsimple CEO Michael Katchen

By Douglas Soltys October 6, 2024

Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?

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GreenSky team

By Josh Scott October 1, 2024

GreenSky’s $15-million first close of Fund VI puts VC firm in rare company

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Indigenous Tech Circle

By Loraine Centeno September 30, 2024

“It used to be lonely being Indigenous in tech” How one tech founder’s question led to a community of hundreds

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hardtech

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 15, 2024

Untether AI, Tenstorrent headline ventureLAB’s 2024 HardTech Summit

HardTech Summit takes place November 6 and 7 at the Toronto Marriott Markham.

BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver

By BetaKit October 15, 2024

Meet the BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver speakers

Leaders from AbCellera, Maskwa Investments, Jane App, and Topic Flow to take the stage October 22.

Deck startup founders

By Madison McLauchlan October 15, 2024

Flinks co-founders trade open banking for open utility with new startup Deck

Latest API endeavour garners $6.2 million CAD in funding from Golden, Luge, & Better Tomorrow Ventures.

By Douglas Soltys October 15, 2024

Canada’s AI godfather takes a shot at Sam Altman

Plus: Think you know 🇨🇦 tech? Take the quiz.

ALL IN 2024 panel

By Douglas Soltys October 14, 2024

Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?

Mappedin, BrainBox AI, Airudi, and Videns Analytics founders offer a frank evaluation of market opportunities.

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 11, 2024

The BetaKit Quiz, Oct. 11, 2024

GreenSky achievements, Nobel godfathers, and a 600-pound beaver. Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news.

Fall

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 11, 2024

Fall job alert: Here are three tech companies hiring in Canada

Ripple Labs, Koru, and Vaco all on the hunt for Canadian tech talent.

York University Nursing Simulation Lab

By Jacqueline Loganathan October 11, 2024

An 82-acre medtech campus emerges in Vaughan

“A truly unique opportunity for innovators.”

A cow looking at the camera under a blue sky

By Josh Scott October 11, 2024

Feds announce $4 million for Atlantic Canada tech startups through ACOA

Eight of the 10 startups are Nova Scotia-based, including Milk Moovement and UpBeing.

Lakhveer Jajj - Moselle

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 11, 2024

Moselle secures $2.1 million CAD to help brands manage their inventory with AI

Highline Beta spinout wants to tackle a $1.77-trillion problem faced by consumer brands.

Live Events

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 10, 2024

atVenu secures $130 million USD to fuel expansion into new live events markets

Sole investor Sixth Street Growth also participated in Clio’s $1.24-billion CAD Series F round earlier this year.

Rivercity Innovations

By Alex Riehl October 10, 2024

Rivercity Innovations freshens up with $2 million CAD to further expand cold chain monitoring around the world

Round marks first major investment by StepChange, a growth capital firm targeting Western Canada.

betakit_ca

By Siri Agrell October 10, 2024

Do you own your .CA domain? BetaKit didn’t

As algorithms and consumer behaviours shift, locking down your Canadian domain is more important than ever.

By Josh Scott October 10, 2024

Diagram Ventures beats target to close first ClimateTech Fund at $80 million

Sagard-backed firm will apply FinTech-honed venture builder model to cleantech.

Uber Toronto Tech Hub

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 10, 2024

Toronto delivers for Uber’s tech team

Uber’s Canadian engineering hub is creating global products with the agility of a startup.

CANADIAN TECH JOBS

The BetaKit Podcast

ALL IN 2024 panel

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

Gymtrack

Harley Finkelstein Shopify president on The BetaKit Podcast

ALL IN 2024 panel

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

Gymtrack

Harley Finkelstein Shopify president on The BetaKit Podcast

Podcasts

Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?

by Douglas Soltys

Mappedin, BrainBox AI, Airudi, and Videns Analytics founders offer a frank evaluation of market opportunities.

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Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?

by Douglas Soltys

Ten years in, Wealthsimple is profitable with $50 billion in AUA. What comes next?

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What Canada can learn from AI use in South Africa

by Douglas Soltys

Raesetje Sefala explains how DAIR is analyzing impacts of South African apartheid with AI.

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Evolving Canada’s AI strategy with CIFAR’s Elissa Strome

by Douglas Soltys

With phase three of its strategy on the horizon, can CIFAR keep up with AI’s pace of change?

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Podcasts

Pablo Srugo wanted to be “insanely rich.” It killed his startup.

by Douglas Soltys

Now a VC, Gymtrack’s one-time COO cautions founders against becoming their own worst hypebeast.

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Harley Finkelstein wants Canadian entrepreneurs to ignore the “bullshit”

by Douglas Soltys

Shopify president cautions against doom-and-gloom narratives and founder mental traps.

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