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…
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…
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.…
BetaKit Live: Diversity in Cybersecurity
In our last BetaKit Live on the subject, Canadian cybersecurity leaders said the ecosystem required community to grow. But…
How Flinks plans to beat Plaid on its own turf
Valley-based FinTech unicorn Plaid has been in the news a lot lately, after a $5.3 billion sale to Visa fell through in January,…
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.…
Support BetaKit and independent Canadian tech journalism
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…