BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation
Canadian Tech & Startup News
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Members
  • Contact
BetaKit - Canadian Tech & Startup News
Canadian Tech & Startup News
  • News
    • Latest News
    • By Topics
      • Funding
      • Acquisitions
      • Layoffs
      • VC
      • Events
      • Markets
      • Reports
      • Impact
    • By Verticals
      • AI
      • FinTech
      • SaaS
      • Retail
      • Healthtech
      • Cleantech
      • Deep Tech
      • Defence Tech
    • By Regions
      • Toronto
      • Montréal
      • Vancouver
      • Waterloo Region
      • Ottawa
      • Calgary
      • Prairies
      • Atlantic Canada
  • Podcast
  • Newsletter
  • Guides
    • TTW 2026
    • Wildfire
  • Most Ambitious

Madison McLauchlan

Madison McLauchlan (she/her) reports on tech and innovation for BetaKit from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. You can reach her (in French or English) at madison.mclauchlan@betakit.com or on Signal at madisonmcla.12.

A doctor sits at her desk, speaking into a cell phone and working on a laptop.

Medical networking app The Rounds acquired by Native Touch

August 12, 2026

Halifax-based company will maintain standalone brand and continue hiring in Atlantic Canada.

A demonstration of Theia's motion capture technology.

How Theia’s 3D motion tech is helping healthcare workers avoid injury

August 11, 2026

New Brunswick study is evaluating patient-turning device with Canadian motion-sensing tech.

A laptop on a desk as a meeting takes place

Fisent Technologies raises $4.3 million USD to help enterprises automate AI use

August 11, 2026

Toronto startup’s revenue grew more than 200 percent last year amid economy-wide rush to adopt AI.

Canada could soon lose reliable rides to space. What will that mean for its burgeoning space industry?

August 7, 2026

As SpaceX scales back rocket rideshares, Canada’s space industry says it exposes “critical dependency.”

The CBIV team.

Cross Border Impact Ventures secures $58 million USD for fund focused on women’s, children’s health

August 6, 2026

Toronto-based impact investor hopes to more than double the fund by second half of 2027.

Shopify stock surges on revenue beat in big quarter for merchants

August 5, 2026

Gross profit grew by 30 percent as company shipped agentic AI tools for e-commerce.

Office Buildings

White Star Capital closes $350-million global fund

August 5, 2026

Managing partners say diversification and returns helped them in a difficult fundraising market.

Claryx raises $3.5 million USD to detect hospital outbreaks before they start

August 4, 2026

Canadian co-founders say they’re starting in the US because it’s simpler to sell in private system.

Canadian VC dollar deployment sees first early-year increase since 2021

August 4, 2026

CVCA report shows capital continues to concentrate into fewer, larger deals. 

lines of code on a computer screen.

No product could have stopped OpenAI hack, Canadian cybersecurity firms say 

July 31, 2026

Agentic threats are prompting innovation at companies like 1Password and Lastwall. 

Lightspeed stock sinks despite narrower net loss, revenue beat in fiscal Q1

July 30, 2026

Montréal firm reveals it cut three percent of workforce amid AI and productivity push. 

The new AI battle line is drawn

July 29, 2026

Plus: Big Tech’s voluntary buyout push.

The Superwhisper team

Superwhisper partners with Cohere for all-Canadian voice-to-text AI

July 29, 2026

Cohere’s open-source transcription model now available in Superwhisper. 

A woman using a phone in a pink case.

Thinking outside the text box: Maple Scan founders launch Liquid Interactive with backing from AXL 

July 28, 2026

Startup wants to change how people use AI by making visual media more interactive.

Nick Frosst gestures while speaking into a microphone on The BetaKit Podcast.

Cohere joins Silicon Valley heavyweights in call for open-source AI

July 27, 2026

AI’s biggest players sign on to Jensen Huang letter supporting open-weight AI models—except for Anthropic.

Posts pagination
1 2 3 … 32
BetaKit Logo

The publication of record for Canadian tech and startup news since 2012. Learn more

  • Advertise With Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Become a Member
  • Terms of Use
  • Get In Touch
© 2012-2025 BetaKit Incorporated. All Rights Reserved.
Back to top
  • News
    • Latest News
    • By Topics
      • Funding
      • Acquisitions
      • Layoffs
      • VC
      • Events
      • Markets
      • Reports
      • Impact
    • By Verticals
      • AI
      • FinTech
      • SaaS
      • Retail
      • Healthtech
      • Cleantech
      • Deep Tech
      • Defence Tech
    • By Regions
      • Toronto
      • Montréal
      • Vancouver
      • Waterloo Region
      • Ottawa
      • Calgary
      • Prairies
      • Atlantic Canada
  • Podcast
  • Newsletter
  • Guides
    • TTW 2026
    • Wildfire
  • Most Ambitious
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Members
  • Contact