Ray Walia knows it’s Vancouver tech’s moment to lose
If you’re familiar with the Vancouver tech scene, then you know (or know of) today’s guest: Ray Walia. Walia is an investor and entrepreneur,…
SkyWatch raises $21 million CAD Series B as private sector satellite interest skyrockets
Waterloo-based space tech startup SkyWatch Space Applications has raised a $21 million CAD ($17.2 million USD) Series B round after interest in the company’s…
Why Heirlume wants to become the GoDaddy of trademark registration
While this isn’t a Black Swan episode, I still might scare the pants off some entrepreneurs. “It’s hearing those stories of small business owners…
How Neo Financial plans to take on the Big Five banks from Calgary
Recently, BetaKit dropped a deep dive into the slow and troubled rollout of Open Banking in Canada. It caused… quite the response, leading to…
How Canadian tech companies go public
The last time I checked in with a podcast programming update, it was March of last year, I was self-isolating at home, and explaining…
Fill out the BetaKit x Cisco Startup Survey
It has been an eventful 15 months for Canadian startups. Across the country COVID-19 has had a tangible impact, accelerating business for some while…
BetaKit Live: The Canadian Tech Moment on May 27th
Following the launch of BetaKit’s Letter from the Editor comes the first monthly BetaKit Live streamed exclusively for BetaKit Patreon supporters at the All-Access…
Canadian tech is having a moment. How best to seize it?
One cloudy Tuesday in April, a Canadian VC logged on to BetaKit and had his mind blown. The reason for the cranial contusion was…
Why banks and VCs are optimistic about 2021
Canada’s VCs are exhausted. It takes a lot of energy to deploy so much capital. This week on the podcast we have Matt Golden…
The startup powering pandemic food deliveries explains the rise of ghost kitchens
We’ve all found a new delivery favourite during the pandemic. But is your new favourite restaurant… real? “We’ve seen a lot of restaurants developing…
Why won’t the Ontario government help BookJane vaccinate the province?
I’m not going to lie: this will be a frustrating episode to hear if you live in Ontario. Today we speak with Curtis Khan,…
Matthew Lombardi explains the new OneEleven’s new focus
In April of last year, Toronto tech hub and incubator OneEleven abruptly shut down, with its board citing COVID-19 as the reason. By October,…
BetaKit Live: Diversity in Cybersecurity
In our last BetaKit Live on the subject, Canadian cybersecurity leaders said the ecosystem required community to grow. But what if that community is…