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BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver Jack Newton Clio

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 23, 2024

“Intensely patriotic” Jack Newton shares practical approach to scaling Clio at BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver

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Brightspark Ventures banner | BetaKit

By Josh Scott October 23, 2024

Brightspark closes latest early-stage VC fund at $100 million, appoints new BC partner

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Minister Champagne at Toronto Global Forum banner | BetaKit

By Josh Scott October 21, 2024

Champagne, Conservatives point fingers as Canadian cleantech startups suffer continued SDTC funding delays

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Freshbooks

By Alex Riehl October 18, 2024

Inside FreshBooks’ struggle to reach profitability

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Information Venture Partners banner | BetaKit

By Josh Scott October 16, 2024

Information VP forgoes fourth fund in favour of SPV-style investing

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LATEST

By Alex Riehl October 29, 2024

Shopify combines its financial solutions into one dashboard

Canadian merchants can currently use two of Shopify’s five Finance offerings.

By Alex Riehl October 28, 2024

Invest Nova Scotia has recovered most of stolen funds following summer scam

Justice Department helped return majority of $573,000 lost to email breach and phishing attack.

Revyl YC

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 28, 2024

Canadian-founded, YC-backed Revyl closes $1.5 million CAD to help companies catch bugs with AI

Uber experiment leads to bug-solving spinout built to replicate end-user testing.

By Douglas Soltys October 28, 2024

Canadian tech’s lost generation

Plus: VC departures, political mudslinging, and a new centaur startup.

BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver, Jack Newton Clio

By Douglas Soltys October 27, 2024

Clio’s Jack Newton can build another Shopify without building like Shopify

Practical patriotism is cool now.

BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver

By James Matthews October 27, 2024

BC tech leaders look to reconnect at BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver

A pulse check with local leaders on BC tech and where it goes next.

The BetaKit Quiz

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 25, 2024

The BetaKit Quiz, Oct. 25, 2024

Political mudslinging, zombie startups, and Clio’s CEO gets candid. Test your knowledge of #CDNtech news.

Montreal

By Amanda Kavanagh October 25, 2024

Québecʼs tech ecosystem is now valued close to $95 billion CAD. Here’s who’s likely to hire soon

For talented job seekers in Québec, the opportunities are heating up.

Chris Neumann, Panache Ventures

By Josh Scott October 25, 2024

Panache Ventures partner Chris Neumann to depart VC firm, Sarah Willson promoted to principal

Partner Patrick Lor to lead Panache’s efforts in Western Canada going forward.

By Madison McLauchlan October 25, 2024

Montréal healthtech startup with transatlantic ties raises $43 million CAD for RNA-based cancer immunotherapies

Investissement Québec and Fonds FTQ supported Epitopea’s pre-Series A round.

By Alex Riehl October 25, 2024

CABHI and EnvisAGE unveil funding programs for Canadian AgeTech startups

EnvisAGE dispensed $5 million to 16 projects while CABHI opened applications for a new accelerator program.

By Josh Scott October 25, 2024

Parachute closes $1.5 million to help struggling Canadians improve their financial health

Decades after filing for bankruptcy, Bruce Hodges aims to give Canadians another option.

ocean-unsplash

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 25, 2024

Planetary Technologies secures $15.8-million CAD Series A to alkalize the oceans and fight climate change

Startup’s platform claims to to enhance the ocean’s ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Moment Energy

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 24, 2024

Moment Energy secures $28.1 million CAD from US Department of Energy to establish gigafactory in Texas

New facility is expected to produce one gigawatt hour annually, enough to power over 750,000 homes.

Budget2024 AI announcement

By Alex Riehl October 24, 2024

Applications open for federal SMB programs aimed at AI adoption

The $300 million programs are part of the 2024 federal budget’s $2.4 billion AI package.

CANADIAN TECH JOBS

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BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver, Jack Newton Clio

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Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

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Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver, Jack Newton Clio

Google

ALL IN 2024 panel

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

Podcasts

Clio’s Jack Newton can build another Shopify without building like Shopify

by Douglas Soltys

Practical patriotism is cool now.

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Does Canada have the leverage to regulate Big Tech?

by Douglas Soltys

Google is a monopolist. We spoke with a former Google Canada exec about what should happen next.

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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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