CanCon Podcast Ep. 80: would your company fire Google’s memo writer?
James Damore is a name no one in the tech world knew last week. The whole world knows it today, thanks to a 3,000 word memo…
Announcing the 2017 Spotlight Awards winners
Now part of Elevate Toronto, the Spotlight Awards return September 14th to celebrate Canadian tech success. Launched in 2015…
500 Canada to shut down fund investments following Dave McClure scandal
In a letter sent to portfolio founders, 500 Canada’s managing partners have announced the decision to terminate the fund’s…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 76: Saadia Muzaffar, Harley Finkelstein, Bruce Croxon at #BetaKit150
Last month, BetaKit pulled together 300 of Canada’s best and brightest for a celebration of the next 150 years of Canadian…
Can design-centric thinking drive customer success? (Facebook Live chat)
The battle between engineer-centric and design-centric product development is at least as old as the iPhone, but with the mobile…
AngelList Syndicates now available to startups and investors across Canada
Last October, BetaKit reported on the long-awaited arrival of AngelList Syndicates to Canada, albeit in limited form, following…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 60: Will #Budget2017 help Canadian startups?
Last week, the federal government released the 2017 budget while the Canadian tech community eagerly watched. #Budget2017 contains…
With over $1 million already processed, Koho launches publicly to “win Canada” from Big Five banks
When last we checked in with Koho, the Vancouver-based FinTech company was fresh off a new round of funding from Power Financial…
Immigration Q&A argues uncertain political times makes education the most valuable asset to secure talent
Last week, in partnership with PwC, BetaKit hosted a Facebook Live chat on one of the hottest conversations in Canadian tech:…
ScaleUP Ventures closer to $75 million fund target after $25 million boost from Ontario government
Toronto-based ScaleUP Ventures (SUV) announced today a second close of $32.25 million for its ScaleUP Ventures Fund, which…
Today is BetaKit’s first birthday
Wait, that can’t be right, can it? Longtime readers with a good memory and a handful of fingers should be able to count five…
How do Canadian companies recruit talent to Go North? (Facebook Live chat)
There’s no question that talent remains a hot topic of conversation in Canadian tech. With the upcoming fast-track visa…
Quickplay’s Wayne Purboo on scaling and surviving (#BetaKit1on1)
The Canadian tech space has been awash in companies exiting via sales to US companies: Halogen Software, HomeStars, BlueCat,…
Bridgit’s co-founders on mentorship & getting comfortable with “trying and failing” (#BetaKit1on1)
Many of our past #BetaKit1on1 videos have been with established founders: those who have jumped back on the entrepreneurship…
Outgoing CEO Ilse Treurnicht on “battling the beast” of MaRS’ West Tower and what comes next
This past Thursday, MaRS announced it had secured $290 million from Manulife, Sun Life Financial, and iA Financial Group to…