A dispatch from the deal room
Four Osler partners break down the terms, timelines, and tensions that shaped Canadian venture in 2024.
Cohere is close, OpenAI adds Jony Ive, BetaKit has a new bureau
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for May 23, 2025.
Your R&D is worth more than you think
How Boast helped Neo Financial turn R&D into one of the few remaining sources of predictable funding.
Patience was the price of capital in 2024
Osler’s 2024 Deal Points Report reveals a venture market defined by longer timelines and more selective conviction.
The BetaKit Guide: Web Summit Vancouver
Your shortcut to making the most of the newest conference on Canada’s Best Coast.
New VC data, Shopify’s new index, Canada’s new cabinet
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for May 16, 2025.
The cloud reckoning is here
A risky new data landscape has made OVHcloud “the popular kid.”
An AI-powered Bloomberg for Web3
Validation Cloud turned to AWS to help build its real-time Web3 intelligence platform.
A guide to how Canadian tech is rising to meet the wildfire threat
Wildfire explores Canadian wildfire response powered by tech, traditional knowledge, and the pressure to act.
OpenAI’s U-turn, XPrize’s Canadian hub, and Vancouver isn’t so Bitcoin-friendly
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for May 9, 2025.
Where FreshBooks gets its best product ideas
Forums like Customer Experience Week help the company listen closely, and build accordingly.
Microsoft vibe codes, a Trump in Toronto, Sam Altman is annoyed
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for May 2, 2025.
A US-Canada crypto summit is shaping up at Consensus 2025
Dave Portnoy, Eric Trump, and a huge contingent of Canadian founders rally at Consensus 2025.
Shopify is poaching customers, Aidan Gomez is on the board, and Canada is getting hosed
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for Apr. 25, 2025.
Québec’s LabHost crackdown, Poilievre’s tech endorsement, and Blue Origin’s star-studded spaceflight
Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for Apr. 18, 2025.