From pivot to IPO with Canada’s pizza king, General Assembly CEO Ali Khan Lalani
In the last year, a Toronto pizza place raised a $13 million Series A before filing to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange.…
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Last month, BetaKit Incorporated celebrated its fifth birthday.1 It’s a major milestone for any company, let alone an independent…
Will Canadian tech regret the move to remote-first?
Incredibly, this episode marks one year of Black Swan on the BetaKit Podcast Channel. So, what do we do to celebrate? “I…
The new battlefront between Shopify and Amazon
Over the course of the Black Swan podcast series, we’ve tracked how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted specific industries…
BetaKit Live: Leading Through Change
While COVID-19 has forced all business leaders to navigate change and uncertainty in the last year, change management did not…
InteraXon knows what the pandemic did to our brains
There are lots of different ways to measure the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, we speak to a company about what they’ve…
Can new tech make buying a home less terrible?
Proptech was hot prior to COVID-19, but the pandemic set the market upside down for the incumbents and the disruptors. “Once…
Understanding Canadian tech’s leadership turnover
Canadian tech leaders are getting sacked left and right. Some are replacing themselves, and some are… being replaced. “What…
Proof that entrepreneurs really do think different
This is your brain. This is your brain on entrepreneurship. Any questions? “There’s this risk of being consumed…
BuzzFeed’s Craig Silverman says social media now (kinda) wants to be regulated
The world is rushing to vaccinate itself against COVID-19. But what about the other virus? The one that attacks a society’s…
Good Wealthsimple, bad FinTech, ugly internet
Listen, there’s a lot going on right now. So, as AOC was struggling with OBS so she could stream on Twitch to talk WallStreetBets,…
Hubba to shut down
Just over ten years after its founding, Toronto-based retail startup Hubba will shut down operations, BetaKit has learned.…
Is a COVID-fuelled cleantech boom possible?
In 2020, we all stayed home. And nature was healing, right? Turns out 2020 tied for the hottest year on record. And, honestly,…
Shopify’s Deplatforming Policy
Canada’s most valuable company just booted the outgoing US leader off of its platform. Let’s talk about why, how,…
Bold Commerce raises $35 million CAD Series B backed by OMERS
Once known only as Shopify’s largest app developer, Winnipeg-based Bold Commerce is hoping a $35 million CAD ($27 million…