CareGuide makes strategic investment in fellow startup Qimple
Toronto’s CareGuide is known for making its own road. The care marketplace startup, which has a portfolio of sites like Sitter.com…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Frictionless Payments
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
CanCon Podcast Episode 2: Is Winter Coming for Canadian tech?
“Unicorns are bleeding and Winter is Coming.” That’s what one person told me after a busy week in Canadian…
VarageSale lays off 30 staff, including VPs of Engineering, Product
Multiple sources have reached out to BetaKit confirming that VarageSale today laid off 30 staff, on the company’s fourth…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Hong Kong FinTech
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Gallop Labs “sold for parts” to Big Viking Games as CEO, founding team part ways
BetaKit has learned that Toronto-based Gallop Labs has been acquired by London, Ontario’s Big Viking Games. While employees…
CanCon Podcast Episode 1: Hipster TV and our dollar sucks
Welcome to the first ever episode of the CanCon Podcast! So what is “CanCon” and why are we podcasting about…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Enterprise FinTech
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Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following “meaningful” Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shaw’s intention to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.6 billion CAD, Tony Lacavera was at the MaRS Discovery…
BetaKit and PayPal partner to power the BetaKit.Fund
Since launching the BetaKit Job Board and the BetaKit.Fund back in May, the team has been continuously overwhelmed by the generosity…
#TechTO expands to Vancouver as event series goes national
TechToronto is taking its show on the road. Taking place February 23rd, TechVancouver (aka #TechVan) will mark the first of…
F|T: The FinTech Times – New Year’s Resolutions
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Lendful raises $15 million from new partner Alterna Bank
Vancouver-based Lendful has announced a major investment today, securing $15 million CAD from Ottawa-based Alterna Bank, a…
Startup Canada Podcast: Growing Vancouver’s entrepreneurial community
“We believe Vancouver is a place that offers an exciting environment for growth-oriented companies.” – Sean Elbe,…
OMsignal announces new smart bra and OMrun platform
Did you know that Montreal-based smart clothing startup OMsignal’s first product wasn’t a shirt? This is what the company…