OneEleven alumni pass $2 billion USD in collective funding milestone
Eight years after its founding, companies formerly housed in Toronto-based tech innovation hub and incubator OneEleven have…
Canadian startup news of the week (9/12/21)
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 -The SEC is ready to regulate
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Hiring roundup: Benevity, Unbounce, Afterpay, PocketHealth, Wrapbook
Five tech companies with a Canadian presence have recently brought on new team members. Here’s a breakdown of who is joining…
Canadian tech leaders want more government guidance before returning to the office
At a recent panel for BetaKit Patreon supporters, a trio of Canadian tech’s people leaders said companies need more government…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Grin takes a bite out of Canada
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Yr Plans partners with Sun Life on student debt repayment pilot
Canadian insurance firm Sun Life Financial has partnered with Calgary-based startup Yr Plans to give select Sun Life clients…
RBCx partners with CAN Health Network to increase Canadian medtech firms’ access to capital
With the addition of RBC as a partner, the CAN Health Network will now be able to provide Canadian medtech companies with more…
R|T: The Retail Times – Emerge bets on Battlbox
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
Ontario government announces tech, standards for planned Digital ID program
The Government of Ontario has revealed the technology and standards that will underpin the province’s Digital Identity (Digital…
Cohere raises $40 million USD to make natural language processing more accessible
Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere, which provides natural language processing (NLP) models, has secured…
Creative Layer secures backing from Shopify CEO, Celtic House for personalized printing platform for Shopify creators
After selling Canvaspop in July, Ottawa’s Nazim Ahmed has already launched his next startup, Creative Layer, raising $3 million…
A|I: The AI Times – Gatik gets moving
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Michael Peters to replace Pascale Audette as CEO of Carebook
Montréal-based healthtech company Carebook Technologies has announced the appointment of Canadian healthcare executive Michael…
Facebook makes payments product available off platform, starting with US Shopify merchants
Last week, Facebook began rolling out Facebook Pay for merchants beyond its own platforms for the first time, beginning with…