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Professor Larry Smith speaking

By BetaKit June 27, 2025

What I Learned: Larry Smith

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group of students on stage with a Canadian flag

By Georgia Berg June 27, 2025

Socratica’s IRL revolution is powered by the love of making

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BetaKit Town Hall: Most Ambitious

By Alex Kinsella June 26, 2025

BetaKit Town Hall showcases Canadian ambition at home and abroad

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BetaKit Most Ambitious Core Devices

By BetaKit June 26, 2025

This time, Eric Migicovsky won’t let anything get in his way

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BetaKit Most Ambitious: The Category Challengers

By Vass Bednar June 25, 2025

Building Canada requires competition

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Deep Sky Alpha

By BetaKit June 25, 2025

Phil De Luna thinks Canada is the perfect place to store the world’s carbon

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Latest

Kardium closes $340 million CAD to secure regulatory approval, expand manufacturing for atrial fibrillation heart device

Josh Scott July 2, 2025

BC medtech company gears up for targeted commercial launch later this year.

D-Wave sells $400 million USD in common shares to fund acquisitions, working capital

Madison McLauchlan July 2, 2025

Quantum computing firm joins competitors in selling stock for third time since December.

UniUni

Last-mile delivery startup UniUni to continue North American expansion with $95.4-million CAD Series D round

Alex Riehl July 2, 2025

Amid scrutiny of its labour practices, BC gig work company has raised over $200 million in about a year.

Bluesky's Aaron Rodericks at BetaKit Town Hall

What keeps Bluesky’s head of trust and safety up at night?

Douglas Soltys July 2, 2025

Aaron Rodericks is a Canadian working out of Dublin. His mission? Help the world find joy online.

Michelle Scarborough, Managing Partner, BDC Women in Tech fund

Michelle Scarborough out at BDC Capital after eight years leading women-focused funds

Madison McLauchlan June 30, 2025

Scarborough led investments through the Women in Technology Fund and Thrive Venture Fund.

daytime view of parliament building with construction out front

Canada pulls Digital Services Tax to avoid stalling US trade negotiations

Jon Fingas June 30, 2025

CVCA, academics, and business groups had urged ditching the tax to prevent US retaliation.

Nvidia acquires Canadian AI efficiency startup CentML

Alex Riehl June 30, 2025

Nvidia rival AMD also acquired Canadian AI firm Untether earlier this month.

Clio-office

Clio to acquire Spanish-American legaltech vLex for $1 billion USD

Alex Riehl June 30, 2025

vLex offers an extensive legal and regulatory database alongside an AI-powered assistant.

Rob_Ranson

The Winnipeg founder who answered a crisis

Jacqueline Loganathan June 30, 2025

Rob Ranson built a pandemic solution in three days. His latest product has NATO’s attention.

Cohere’s Aidan Gomez says acquisition is “failure”

Douglas Soltys June 30, 2025

Plus: Everything you need to know about Toronto Tech Week and BetaKit Most Ambitious.

Toronto Tech Week pickleball

Meeting people is easy at Toronto Tech Week

Kelsey Rolfe June 27, 2025

What do cold plunging and pickleball have to do with tech? We sent our Chief Fun Correspondent to find out.

Bridgit’s Mallorie Brodie explains why Canadian startups need to think globally from the start

Josh Scott June 27, 2025

Brodie unpacks Bridgit’s pivot, mitigating risk in construction, and looking up to Axonify, Knix, and Jane.

Klue office

Klue lays off 40 percent of staff as startup faces internal and external AI pressure

Josh Scott June 27, 2025

BC software firm restructures to become “AI-first” amid rising competition from DIY solutions.

LeddarTech bankruptcy filing reveals $146 million in debts to Québec, BDC, and other backers

Jon Fingas June 27, 2025

Autonomous driving firm warns that shareholders won’t recoup much value.

Larry Smith, University of Waterloo

What I Learned: Larry Smith

BetaKit June 27, 2025

Legendary University of Waterloo professor shares wisdom gained from a half-century of studying entrepreneurship.

The BetaKit Podcast

Bluesky's Aaron Rodericks at BetaKit Town Hall

BetaKit Most Ambitious: Telling the story of what's possible

Jill Earthy Web Summit Vancouver

Upper Bound 2025

x402 Payment Flow: AI Agent ↔ AP IServer ↔ Blockchain

Bluesky's Aaron Rodericks at BetaKit Town Hall

BetaKit Most Ambitious: Telling the story of what's possible

Jill Earthy Web Summit Vancouver

Upper Bound 2025

x402 Payment Flow: AI Agent ↔ AP IServer ↔ Blockchain

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What keeps Bluesky’s head of trust and safety up at night?

by Douglas Soltys

Aaron Rodericks is a Canadian working out of Dublin. His mission? Help the world find joy online.

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Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious

by Douglas Soltys

Your director’s commentary companion to BetaKit’s first-ever print issue.

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InBC’s Jill Earthy knows Canadian VC “could be healthier”

by Douglas Soltys

Provincial Crown Corp. CEO talks wake-up calls, early-stage investment, and InBC’s future fundraising plans.

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Amii CEO Cam Linke says Canada’s AI strategy requires customers

by Douglas Soltys

The head of Alberta’s AI institute talks literacy, adoption, and commercialization at Upper Bound.

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The Canadian engineer trying to fix the internet’s original sin

by Douglas Soltys

Coinbase’s Erik Reppel thinks AI, crypto, and open standards could revolutionize internet commerce.

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