Wirkn raises $1.2 million, hires Todd Dean as CMO
Toronto-based Wirkn has announced it has successfully raised $1.2 million seed round from “two North American retail…
The BetaKit Job Board is now live!
BetaKit is proud to announce that our job board is now officially open for the Canadian startup community to use. If you attended…
The City of Toronto wants your help to establish a brand for its startup ecosystem
The City of Toronto and advertising agency Cossette have partnered together to help brand Toronto’s startup ecosystem.…
[Event] The Future of Retail Building a Bridge Between Startups & Brands
If you’re interested in retail and how technology is playing a major part in reshaping it, then you might want to consider…
MasterCard’s Masters of Code Developer Competition happening in Montreal this September
You might remember MasterCard Canada’s N>XT Developer Competition from years past. We’ve proudly been judging…
Stingray Digital plans to raise $140 million in IPO
Another Canadian company is on the verge of going public this year. Following Shopify, and soon Shoes.com, is Montreal-based…
Payfirma raises $13 million led Dundee Capital Markets
Vancouver-based multichannel payments company Payfirma has announced its raised a Series A round of $13 million, led by Dundee…
.CA Community Investment Program commits $1 million in funding for 25 projects
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) launched its Community Investment Program (CIP) last year with a goal to…
BetaKit.Fund is our investment in the Canadian Startup community
We are believers in Canada and the opportunities that are created here. With BetaKit, we chose to focus our attention on Canadian…
CIX 2015 Top 20 taking place November 17th in Toronto
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a yearly event seeking that brings together key leaders in the innovation space, has…
Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference declares “what worked yesterday is obsolete tomorrow”
Over 800 people will infiltrate the Kitchener-Waterloo region this Thursday for Communitech’s Tech Leadership Conference.…
Granify raises $9 million Series A from Valar Ventures, iNovia Capital + Social Starts
Canadian accelerator grad (Extreme Startups / HIGHLINE portfolio) Granify, a software as a service (SaaS) company that improves…
#FinTech companies take over the pitch on #TheDisruptors
The Canadian FinTech sector is a hot topic, as several Canadian companies have recently launched or raised funding to shift…
Shoes.com planning IPO this fall
It’s IPO season in Canada. After Shopify stunned the markets late last week by going public, which brought its value…
Canadian sets Guinness World Records Title for the “Farthest journey by hoverboard”
You know what is awesome? Canada. The latest spectacular Canadian to do something amazing is Catalin Alexandru Duru by setting…