Wealthsimple CEO talks $30M Investment and the future of financial industry
Wealthsimple made waves this week with the announcement that it had secured a $30 million Series A investment from a financial…
Chango acquired by Rubicon in a $122M bid to accelerate advertising automation
Digital marketing is going mainstream, as the advertising industry gets more sophisticated, programmatic, and moves beyond…
Wattage wants everyone to make all the things
Jeremy Bell, co-founder and CEO of Wattage, met me in a bright and airy Cossette office in Liberty Village, just a short walk…
CareGuide raises another $2.5 million, ponders acquisitions
When we last checked in with Toronto’s CareGuide, it was in the midst of closing a $1.5 million seed round from an impressive…
Financeit doubles its lending muscle to $75M
This week, Financeit announced that it doubled its lending program partnership with Pacific & Western Bank of Canada, increasing…
Toronto celebrates its first Coworking Day
Toronto celebrates its first Coworking Toronto Day today, officially acknowledging the new reality of how work gets done in…
MaRS Launches FinTech cluster to tackle Financial Tech innovation
Cryptocurrencies, blockchain, alternative lending, and the tech payments wars have the financial services industry buzzing…
The Next Gen enters the Dragons’ Den
Next Gen Den, Dragons’ Den for the next generation of entrepreneurs, hits the Interwebs today. The new…
Gallop Labs is betting on big data to crack mobile marketing
Your Facebook ads are about to become smarter than you. Toronto-based startup Gallop has bet on data science and machine…
Jon Lax speaks out
News of Teehan+Lax shutting down has reverberated far beyond the Toronto design community. It’s gone global. …
Teehan+Lax is Shutting Down. What’s next for Toronto’s design community?
Following the Teehan+Lax shutdown news, BetaKit reached out to Toronto design community for comment. If you’ve followed the…
Vidyard Raises $18M To Grow Its Video Marketing Platform
Kitchener-based Vidyard just announced an epic $18M series B raise, because we’re all watching videos, all the time. “The…
Hubba closes $3.1 million in seed funding, blows past growth targets
Hubba, a cloud-based product information network has doubled its team, raised a $3.1M seed round from Brightspark, The Social…
Toronto Gets Ready to HoHoTO for charity
HoHoTO, the Toronto party that Twitter built, takes over The Mod Club for the seventh year on Thursday, December 11th. The…
Gallop Labs raises $2 Million seed round; Alkarim Nasser of BNOTIONS joins team
Gallop Labs announced an impressive $2 million seed round, led by Golden Venture Partners and Mantella Venture Partners, with…