Top Hat co-founder Mike Silagadze joins Ripple Ventures as venture partner
Less than a month after stepping down as founding CEO of Toronto-based EdTech startup Top Hat, Mike Silagadze has joined Ripple…
Dialogue closes TSX IPO, raising $100 million
Telehealth startup Dialogue Health Technologies has gone public on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), raising $100 million through…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Investor revolt
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
QuoteMachine raises $1 million seed round to fuel growth of customer relationship management solution
Led by two former Lightspeed product leaders, Montréal-based retail tech startup QuoteMachine has raised $1 million CAD in…
Canadian startup news of the week (3/28/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – A cry for help from Coinbase users
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
On-demand delivery platform Tyltgo raises $2.3 million to accelerate Ontario expansion
Kitchener-based same-day delivery software startup Tyltgo has raised $2.3 million CAD ($1.8 million USD) in seed financing,…
Silicon Valley Bank grows Canadian team with promotion, two new hires
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has added two new directors to its Canadian team and promoted another, as the commercial bank looks…
Latest launch makes Kepler Communications largest satellite operator in Canada
Toronto-based Kepler Communications, which aims to build an in-space telecommunications network, has successfully launched…
BlackBerry launches $50 million fund to work with AutoTech startups
BlackBerry has launched a $50 million fund to help data-driven automotive ecosystem startups bring their tech to market using…
Microsoft expanding Canadian presence with cloud hub, data centre, 500 hires in Vancouver
Microsoft has announced plans to grow its Canadian footprint, with plans to hire for 500 technical roles for a new cloud hub…
Highline Beta, Station FinTech launch FinTech accelerator in Montréal
Finance Montréal initiative Station FinTech and Highline Beta have teamed up to open a new pan-Canadian Montréal-based FinTech…
Google reveals 12 startups in second cohort of Canadian accelerator
Google for Startups has revealed the 12 startups set to join the second annual cohort of its three-month accelerator program…
Mogo to acquire Moka in $64 million deal as it looks to launch free stock trading
Publicly-traded Vancouver-based digital payments provider Mogo has announced plans to acquire Montreal’s Moka in a $64 million…
Despite pandemic, Canadian VC investment remained high in 2020
Canada experienced its second-highest level of venture capital (VC) investment on record last year, according to the most recent…