Canadian investors join global group urging action on climate change
Climate Action 100+, a global investor group comprised of 370 investors with over $35 trillion USD in assets under management,…
SFU gets $17 million from BC government to establish quantum research institute
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is receiving $17 million from the government of British Columbia over the next five years to…
HonestDoor launches real estate platform in Calgary
HonestDoor, an Edmonton-based SaaS company with a platform aimed at helping home buyers and sellers get a fair price on their…
Accelerate Okanagan receives $213,000 to support its OKGN Angel Summit
Kelowna, BC-based tech startup accelerator, Accelerate Okanagan, is receiving $213,000 from the National Research Council of…
Acceleprise officially announces plans to launch Toronto accelerator
Earlier this year, BetaKit initially reported that Acceleprise, a SaaS accelerator and fund founded in San Francisco, had plans…
YC-backed Proptech startup Naborly raises $9.9 million CAD seed round
Toronto-based Proptech startup Naborly, which had developed a platform for residential tenant screening and credit building…
Saskatoon-based 7shifts raises additional $7.9 million CAD in Series A
Saskatoon-based restaurant labour management platform 7shifts has raised an additional $7.9 million CAD ($6 million USD) in…
Canivate developing automated growing system for cannabis
Vancouver-based Canivate Growing Systems has announced the development of a proprietary advanced facility and automated growing…
Report: Canada expected to spend over $800 million on blockchain solutions by 2023
Canadian businesses are estimated to spend over $800 million CAD on blockchain solutions by the year 2023, according to the…
Incumbents, consumer complacency barriers to innovation in Canadian banking
Wednesday at the #ElevateTechFest Money Stage, BetaKit’s Meagan Simpson spoke with three FinTech disruptors about open…
Medella Health rebrands to Voyage Labs, expands beyond smart contact lenses
Medella Health, the healthtech startup developing medical sensor technologies in Kitchener-Waterloo, is officially rebranding…
Amii to help build Imperial’s AI capabilities in the oil and gas sector
The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and Canadian petroleum company Imperial this week announced a two-year agreement…
Report: Atlantic Canada startups raised record $166.6 million in 2018
Atlantic Canada startups reined in a record-setting $166.6 million of private capital last year, up 43 percent from $116 million…
PointClickCare opens developer hub in downtown Toronto
Mississauga, Ont.-based PointClickCare is opening its own developer hub in downtown Toronto, at the southwest corner of King…
Mike Katchen on why Wealthsimple avoided the traditional VC cycle to scale
At #ElevateMoney Stage (programmed by BetaKit) on Wednesday, BetaKit’s Douglas Soltys sat down with Wealthsimple CEO Michael…