CanCon Podcast Ep. 5: Startup frat bro culture and the pressure to scale
With Patrick in Barcelona to cover MWC, the CanCon podcast returns with a special guest star to discuss Canadian tech and tech…
Shopify revenue hits $70.2 million USD in Q4, 99% YoY growth
Ottawa-based Shopify announced its Q4 2015 financial results today, continuing a strong showing of post-IPO growth. In its…
CanCon Podcast Episode 4: The web is a Pokémon and how to save Twitter
Our fourth podcast! CanCon is officially a thing! To celebrate one full month of covering Canadian tech and tech from a Canadian…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Big Stakes
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Halifax’s Clean Simple looks to grow beyond Atlantic Canada with new seed funding
It took a kick in the ass from Dan Martell to get Michael Brown out of Atlantic Canada. The Clean Simple CEO had been…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Founder Money
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 3: What’s the deal with food tech?
All politics are local. To some degree, so is tech. This week’s episode of the CanCon podcast tackles how tech…
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
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
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
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…