Canadian Forbes Top 30 Under 30 winners share their plans for 2016
A few weeks ago, Forbes released its comprehensive Top 30 Under 30 list, presenting the under-30-year-olds that are killing…
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Startup job spotlight: UI designer at Tiny Hearts
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation, every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
With $3.1 million in seed funding, Limelight transitions from service to product with its agency-in-a-box
When Jonah Midanik started Immersion marketing agency in 2003, the advertising scene was, obviously, very different from today.…
Startup job spotlight: Creative Lead at Wattpad
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
BetaKit Best of 2015
2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…
Wearable tech in 2015: the Hype Bubble bursts
It’s definitely been a big year for wearable tech. We’ve seen IPOs (Fitbit), major acquisitions, (Misfit and Fossil, Recon…
We Are Wearables: top 10 moments of 2015
2015 was definitely a big year for wearables. IDC forecasts that this year, 80 million wearable units will have shipped globally,…
What does this $100 million government fund mean to BC #FinTech?
To all the scrappy BC entrepreneurs, building innovative technology on a cash-strapped budget: help is coming. To all of the…
Tasytt helping Syrian refugees arriving in Canada with crowdsourced guide
As the first of 25,000 refugees in Canada have started arriving, a few Canadian startups are doing their part to make newcomers…
5 Futurist predictions for 2016
In 2015, we have seen so many technologies come to the forefront. Just before the end of each year I look to the developments…
Eric Migicovsky talks the future of Pebble and smartwatches
“Pebble has money,” says Eric Migicovsky. The CEO of Pebble, the company that all but popularized the smartwatch…
West Coast tech grows up: Launch Academy looks to the future
Vancouver’s Launch Academy co-founder and CEO, Ray Walia, smiles when he thinks about the 120,000 cups of free coffee served…
How Brad Feld convinced Shoelace to head back to Canada after a stint in Boulder
As the famous Wizard of Oz adage goes, there’s no place like home. That’s the mentality that Shoelace, a startup…
HackerYou founder Heather Payne talks coding and community
Heather Payne believes she’s always been a “community person.” The founder of HackerYou was in Girl Guides as a child,…
Former Prime Minister Paul Martin speaks out on investing in indigenous innovation
Before he was prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin spent his teen years working in northern Canada alongside indigenous people—…