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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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Lightspeed Commerce office banner

By Josh Scott September 26, 2024

Lightspeed confirms strategic review of business as company reportedly explores sale

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Vancouver skyline

By BetaKit September 24, 2024

Clio’s Jack Newton headlines BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver on Oct 22

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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.

By Aaron Anandji October 9, 2024

Real Ventures launches revamped fellowship program for founder well-being

Partner Sam Haffar leads VC firm’s latest initiative to mentor leaders.

By Alex Riehl October 8, 2024

‘AI godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton co-wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics

British-Canadian University of Toronto professor has repeatedly warned against the unchecked development of AI.

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By Madison McLauchlan October 8, 2024

Government-backed Montréal innovation hub Ax-C gets boost from private sector

Launching spring 2025, Ax-C has an additional $5.25 million CAD in support from Bell, Google, Desjardins, and FTQ.

Indiegraf cofounders

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 8, 2024

Indiegraf to expand independent news solution after raising $2.9 million CAD

“Media business in a box” offering to expand across the United States and Latin America.

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 8, 2024

Flora Fertility closes $1.5 million CAD to bring individual fertility insurance across North America

Insurtech startup led by repeat founders plans to launch in the US next year, with Canada to follow.

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 7, 2024

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

Alison Nankivell targeting 50/50 split between public and private funding “in the next few years.”

BlueCat

By Alex Riehl October 7, 2024

BlueCat Networks to acquire San Francisco-based LiveAction from Insight Partners

Insight will remain a minority investor in the network intelligence solution.

By Josh Scott October 7, 2024

Repeat founders return with $1.1 million to help AI SaaS companies launch API integrations through Unified.to

Pereira and Alexey Adamsky return with former CalendarHero colleagues and backing from LOI Venture and DevCap.

Elevate FinTech stage 2024

By Loraine Centeno October 7, 2024

Elevate FinTech speakers tout need for customer-centric innovations

Deputy Minister of Finance says “we need to recalibrate our levers” regarding banking innovation.

By Douglas Soltys October 7, 2024

Addressing the 600-pound beaver in the room

Plus: Koho’s banking roadmap (with fresh funding), GreenSky’s rarified air.

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

By Douglas Soltys October 6, 2024

Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?

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

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Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

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Harley Finkelstein Shopify president on The BetaKit Podcast

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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

Tenstorrent and Samsung

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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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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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AI roundtable: Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent (and more)

by Douglas Soltys

The BetaKit Podcast offers vantage points on AI from North American tech leaders.

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