Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following âmeaningfulâ Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shawâs 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
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
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
âWe believe Vancouver is a place that offers an exciting environment for growth-oriented companies.â – Sean Elbe,…
OMsignal announces new smart bra and OMrun platform
Did you know that Montreal-based smart clothing startup OMsignalâs first product wasnât a shirt? This is what the company…
BetaKit Best of 2015
2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Holiday Bonus
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Ariel Garten shares reasons behind decision to step down as InteraXon CEO
Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news that Ariel Garten, founder of InteraXon, had stepped down as CEO, replaced by the…
Tom Emrich saves the holidays with last-minute wearables gift ideas
Struggling with last-minute holiday gift ideas? Worried that friends and family will abandon you if you give them busted tech?…
InteraXon swaps CEOs as Muse founder Ariel Garten moves to Board
In what has become a common theme in the Canadian hardware space this year, yet another founder has swapped their CEO position…
Shopify just gave its employees $1,000,000 to spend on Shopify-powered stores
Shopify just destroyed your startupâs secret Santa program. Today, the Ottawa-based, IPOâd company announced that each…
F|T: The FinTech Times – What’s missing in FinTech?
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
The Ride sides with disrupted taxis to offer Canadians a national transportation option
Toronto-based CellWand released an app this week that might calm the nerves of a nation collectively freaking out over Uber.…