Drop closes $25.8 million Series A, repatriates former Airbnb exec
Toronto-based Drop announced today that it has closed a $25.8 million CAD Series A round ($21 million USD), led by New Enterprise…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 102: Why Tim Cook’s a “big fan” of Shopify
Tim Cook is a big fan of Shopify! Toronto made the shortlist for Amazon’s second headquarters. The New York Times is…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 101: Why the world’s biggest tech companies are fighting over voice
$7,000 toilets? Voice-activated everything? It’s that CES time of year again. This year’s Consumer Electronic Showcase…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 100: Best of Canadian tech
Just like the country we call home, the CanCon podcast is highly in favour of celebrating our arbitrary milestones. But as…
Vincent Mifsud steps down as ScribbleLive CEO, becomes board chair
Vincent Mifsud has stepped down from his role as ScribbleLive’s CEO, BetaKit has learned. In an email sent to company employees…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 99: Does tech make things better?
A year ago, we posed a question during our 2016 year-end retrospective: does tech make things better? That question became…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 98: What the hell is going on with cryptocurrency?
Today we have a special episode of the CanCon podcast, investigating the fever dream that has swept Canada and the rest of…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 97: Canada’s fight for net neutrality
In an interview with Motherboard, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his support of net neutrality. It’s a sentiment…
Facebook Live panel says culture is the key to startup security
Last week, in partnership with Microsoft, BetaKit hosted a Facebook live chat on how startups can stay agile when it comes…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 96: Canada’s tech billionaire
Shopify’s 37-year-old German-born CEO, Tobias Lütke, is Canada’s newest tech billionaire (again). After losing…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 95: Startup PR fails & Canada’s STEM solution
The solution to Canada’s STEM hiring problem is already here, but it requires solving other problems first. Saadia Muzaffar,…
How startups can combine security with scale (Facebook Live chat)
The reality is that most startups don’t take security seriously until they are punched in the face by a data breach. The…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 94: Can Canada be a leader against killer AI?
For weeks now, we’ve been covering Amazon’s incursion into Canada, from the retail giant’s lobbying efforts to the…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 93: Why tech wants to keep you addicted
This article is late because I was wasting time on Twitter. The caveat, of course, is that my delay is by design. Tech addiction…
Toronto-based Evercondo acquired by FRONTSTEPS
Toronto’s Evercondo has been acquired by Denver, Colorado-based FRONTSTEPS. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed,…