Tech Spark launches crowdfunding campaign to support tech summer camp for underrepresented youth
Tamar Huggins, the founder and executive director of Tech Spark, a Toronto-based tech and design school that aims to empower…
Today in accelerators: Volta Cohort, FounderFuel
Over the past week, two Canadian accelerators have announced the companies joining their next cohorts. Here’s the latest…
Governor General’s office announces innovation award winners
The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General has announced the six winners of the 2018 Governor General’s Innovation…
HyperGrowth: Life healthtech accelerator announces second cohort graduates
HyperGrowth: Life, a life sciences program that supports startups struggling with commercialization, has announced the five…
F|T: The FinTech Times – PayPal’s $2.2 billion iZettle acquisition
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Government invests $3 million to help people with disabilities access assistive tech
The Canadian government is providing $3 million to the Neil Squire Society to help Canadians with disabilities have better…
Canadian Women’s Network wants to give women founders Silicon Valley connections
Connection Silicon Valley, an organization that helps companies partner with Silicon Valley’s tech ecosystem, has launched…
Circle Cardiovascular Imaging raises $16 million to help physicians diagnose cardiovascular diseases
Calgary-based Circle Cardiovascular Imaging (Circle) has raised $16 million as it looks to bring its cardiovascular imaging…
Report: Canada’s gaming industry contributes $3.7 billion to economy
Two reports have dived deep into the gaming sector’s impact on the Canadian tech ecosystem. Indeed Canada has compiled…
A|I: The AI Times – Google Duplex calls
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Fiix raises $15.4 million to help businesses track equipment maintenance
Toronto-based Fiix has raised a $15.4 million ($12 million USD) Series B for its workflow software that helps companies manage…
R|T: The Retail Times – Surviving the Amazon era
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Canada maintains “C” grade in Conference Board of Canada’s innovation report card
The Conference Board of Canada has released the latest installment of its How Canada Performs: Innovation Report Card evaluating…
Report: Kik, Wealthsimple among Canada’s 50 most financially attractive tech companies
The Impact Centre at the University of Toronto has released the Narwhal List 2018, a report that highlights Canada’s…
Canadian startup news of the week (05/20/18)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…