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Jesse Cole

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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.

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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.

A graphic of the Run With It Synthetics interface.

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.

Peter and Carol Moreira at a table in a pub.

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.

A person seasons a Factor meal, which rests on a counter.

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.

The Calgary skyline

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.

Showpass CEO Lucas McCarthy

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.

An Alberta and Canada flag in front of a rainbow.

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.

A view from inside the Maneva system.

Maneva raises $27-million USD Series A to expand AI vision in manufacturing

June 12, 2026

Capital will be used to scale into North America, expand into Asian markets.

Kath Intson at BetaKit's Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Sentinel R&D at centre of Russian accusations that Canada is a “warmonger”

June 11, 2026

Comments follow recent deal between Hamilton-based drone company and Ukraine’s Airlogix.

Federal Ministers Marc Miller and Evan Solomon

Ottawa introduces bill to ban social media for kids under 16

June 10, 2026

Draft legislation would create new regulator to govern online safety, including AI chatbot use.

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Kathairos hits million-tonne milestone for CO2 reduction at oil and gas sites

June 10, 2026

Calgary-based company replaces methane-rich natural gas with liquid nitrogen to reduce emissions.

From left to right: BDC Industrial Innovation Venture Fund managing partner, Aditya Aggarwal, Innovobot IRV Fund managing partner, Neha Khera, and Panache Ventures managing partner, Patrick Lor during a panel discussion at Edmonton Unlimited

Edmonton Unlimited showcase broadens investment horizons for deep tech founders

June 10, 2026

Event will inform future deep tech-focused programming at the innovation hub.

Clio expands into the US with New York headquarters

June 5, 2026

Expansion is Vancouver-based company’s first dedicated US office, and tenth globally.

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