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Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole

Jesse Cole is BetaKit's voice in the Prairies, leading coverage east of the Rockies and west of Ontario. Based in Alberta's capital city of Edmonton, Jesse brings more than a decade of reporting experience to the role and an even deeper connection to the cultures that make Canada's Prairie provinces so unique. You can reach Jesse with tips, pitches, or just to chat at jesse.cole@betakit.com.

Feds invest $3.2 million to support Manitoba’s Black entrepreneurs

June 26, 2026

Investment will go to three organizations focusing on Black business development.

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Linux Association of Canada launches open-source jobs database

June 26, 2026

New organization aimed at bolstering access to sovereign, open software.

Restaurants call on courts to force XTM to repay missing funds

June 24, 2026

FinTech’s payments platform abruptly collapsed earlier this year

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Manitoba premier says air force base expansion only possible thanks to data centre rejection

June 24, 2026

Province rejected proposals for a hyperscale data centre earlier this month.

Wyvern selected for NASA satellite data program

June 23, 2026

Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program will bring Wyvern’s hyperspectral imaging to NASA researchers.

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Feds announce $173 million for Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

June 23, 2026

Funding will help bolster the strategy’s loan fund, ecosystem fund, and knowledge hub.

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Six-month-old Anchorbase closes $2 million USD pre-seed round

June 23, 2026

Payment automation platform plans to scale its engineering and product teams.

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The forecast factory: How an Alberta tech company simulates disasters before they happen

June 22, 2026

Run With It Synthetics works to imagine dark futures—so the worst outcomes can be prevented.

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Peter and Carol Moreira to step away from Entrevestor

June 22, 2026

Halifax-based publication has been a leading voice in Atlantic Canada’s startup ecosystem for 15 years.

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HelloFresh subsidiary Factor brings new distribution centre, 400 jobs to Calgary

June 18, 2026

Meal kit service will deliver to Western Canada starting this fall.

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Calgary is now the fastest growing tech ecosystem in Canada

June 17, 2026

Global report shows city’s tech sector growth dramatically outpaces Canadian average.

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Alberta Innovates invests $14 million to help commercialize local tech

June 17, 2026

Funding supports projects that will help Albertan startups scale toward commercialization.

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Showpass to acquire campus engagement platform Bounce

June 16, 2026

Deal will expand Showpass’ presence to more than 70 percent of Canada’s top-ranked universities.

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With update to Canada’s privacy laws, feds are building a “super-regulator”

June 15, 2026

Bill C-36 would hand private-sector privacy authority to Canadian Digital Safety Commission.

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Meet the AI company tracking the foreign actors stoking Alberta separatism

June 15, 2026

Cipher is using AI to track, monitor, and categorize the disinformation amplifying Canada’s unity crisis.

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