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Startup Canada Podcast: Growing Vancouver’s entrepreneurial community

Douglas Soltys January 5, 2016

“We believe Vancouver is a place that offers an exciting environment for growth-oriented companies.” – Sean Elbe,…

Canadian government announces $50 million program to help SMBs with global export

Jessica Galang January 5, 2016

Last year, CIBC released a slightly ominous report, noting that Canadian small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), while responsible…

Parsel’s Josh Brandley on the importance of building an entrepreneur support group

Jessica Galang January 5, 2016

Being an entrepreneur can be a lonely endeavour, especially in the early stages when companies are still trying figure of what…

Startup job spotlight: Creative Lead at Wattpad

Jessica Galang January 5, 2016

With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…

Female Funders hosting breakfast series across North America with Shopify

Jessica Galang January 4, 2016

The Canadian organization dedicated to inspiring a new generation of female angel investors is hosting a breakfast series across…

Shopify’s Satish Kanwar in Forbes’ Retail & Commerce 30 under 30

Jessica Galang January 4, 2016

For its fifth annual 30 under 30, featuring 600 young entrepreneurs demonstrating impressive entrepreneurship, Forbes looked…

Holiday Funding Roundup: Axios, Athletigen

Jessica Galang January 4, 2016

A few Canadian companies received rounds of funding in their stockings over the holidays. Here’s the latest on who raised…

OMsignal announces new smart bra and OMrun platform

Douglas Soltys January 4, 2016

Did you know that Montreal-based smart clothing startup OMsignal’s first product wasn’t a shirt? This is what the company…

11 Predictions for Wearable Tech in 2016

Tom Emrich December 31, 2015

2016 is just around the corner, and with a new year comes new opportunities. 2015 was definitely a big year for wearable tech…

#smallrooms podcast: Kerry Liu of Rubikloud on big data in retail

Rob Kenedi December 31, 2015

Rob Kenedi sits down with Kerry Liu, co-founder of Rubikloud, a startup focusing on large retailers and their massive data…

Canadian-founded Snowball acquired by Credit Karma

Igor Bonifacic December 30, 2015

Credit Karma, a startup that is best known for offering free online credit score assessments, has acquired Snowball, according…

BetaKit Best of 2015

Douglas Soltys December 30, 2015

2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…

Belleville drone accident shows current regulation gap

Rob Attrell December 30, 2015

We’re going to be hearing a lot of stories about drone accidents in the next couple of years. As we discussed last week,…

Wearable tech in 2015: the Hype Bubble bursts

Tom Emrich December 29, 2015

It’s definitely been a big year for wearable tech. We’ve seen IPOs (Fitbit), major acquisitions, (Misfit and Fossil, Recon…

Startup Canada Podcast: Gary Ziegler on the opportunities in FinTech

Startup Canada December 29, 2015

Fun Fact: although 70 per cent of purchases are researched online first, 90-95 percent of transactions are completed in a brick…

Meta to build Canada’s largest data centre north of Edmonton

OpenText lays off two percent of its workforce

Canada is building sovereign AI—now it needs to secure it

Digital elbows up

Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media

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Startup Canada Podcast: Growing Vancouver’s entrepreneurial community

Canadian government announces $50 million program to help SMBs with global export

Parsel’s Josh Brandley on the importance of building an entrepreneur support group

Startup job spotlight: Creative Lead at Wattpad

Female Funders hosting breakfast series across North America with Shopify

Shopify’s Satish Kanwar in Forbes’ Retail & Commerce 30 under 30

Holiday Funding Roundup: Axios, Athletigen

OMsignal announces new smart bra and OMrun platform

11 Predictions for Wearable Tech in 2016

#smallrooms podcast: Kerry Liu of Rubikloud on big data in retail

Canadian-founded Snowball acquired by Credit Karma

BetaKit Best of 2015

Belleville drone accident shows current regulation gap

Wearable tech in 2015: the Hype Bubble bursts

Startup Canada Podcast: Gary Ziegler on the opportunities in FinTech

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Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media

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