Boast.AI’s Lloyed Lobo shares the true cost of entrepreneurship
I couldn’t get Lloyed Lobo to sit still. The co-founder of Boast.AI and Traction Conference wouldn’t stay in front…
Canadian Startup News
Toronto-based Mommy Monitor selected for Google’s Black Founders accelerator
Google has announced the 11 early-stage tech startups set to join the company’s second Google for Startups Accelerator for…
Paystone secures $30 million from Crédit Mutuel Equity as part of plan to expand beyond North America
Payments and customer engagement software startup Paystone has secured a $30 million CAD strategic investment from France’s…
FrontFundr secures funding through FrontFundr, a crowdfunding platform
FrontFundr has secured $1.78 million CAD, through its own equity crowdfunding platform, as it looks to scale and bring more…
RBC launching Calgary Innovation Hub, with plans to hire 300 employees
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is launching an Innovation Hub in Calgary this September, focusing on creating jobs for high-demand…
Technical debt: the other innovator’s dilemma
Startups need to make tough decisions and ruthless prioritization of resources is absolutely necessary for survival. Trade-offs…
Funding roundup: Conquest Planning, Amphy, XCO, OceanSync
Four Canadian tech companies have recently secured fresh funding to fuel their growth. Here’s the latest on who raised money,…
Today in acquisitions: Paymi, EchoLotto, EssayJack, Company Capital, Allocadia, Pluribus
Six Canadian tech companies have recently made acquisitions or have been acquired, including Paymi, EchoLotto, EssayJack, Company…
BetaKit Live: The future of virtual care on July 27
COVID-19 has been a catalyst for change across sectors, but has specifically prompted a Canadian healthtech boom. Nowhere has…
Portage FinTech SPAC boosts IPO target to $240 million USD, begins trading on Nasdaq
Sagard Holdings-backed blank cheque company Portage Fintech Acquisition has priced its planned Nasdaq initial public offering…
Shopify invests in US-based Loop’s $65 million round
Shopify is among of group of investors in the recent financing round for United States-based customer relationship software…
Salesforce completes acquisition of Slack
Vancouver-founded Slack has officially been acquired by Salesforce, nearly eight months after Salesforce announced plans to…
Clearco launches new partnership recommendation service as part of push to serve founders “beyond capital”
Toronto-based founder support platform Clearco has launched ClearMatch, a new recommendation product that helps companies identify…
WELL Health launches venture arm, announces investment in Bright
Vancouver’s WELL Health Technologies has launched a new corporate investment arm, WELL Ventures, as the company looks to…
Properly closes $44 million CAD Series B from key strategics, US investors to tackle Canadian real estate market
Toronto-based proptech startup Properly has raised fresh capital and strategic support to scale its tech-enabled real estate…