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By Josh Scott April 20, 2021

US private equity firm to acquire controlling stake in Axonify for $313 million CAD

United States-based private equity firm Luminate Capital Partners is set to acquire a controlling stake in Axonify for $313…

By Meagan Simpson April 20, 2021

With fresh capital and a new name, Clearbanc has moved beyond its investing roots to become a full-stack founder support platform.…

By Isabelle Kirkwood April 20, 2021

Canadian venture funding hit a record high of $2.49 billion USD in the first quarter of this year, breaking the previous record…

By Meagan Simpson and Isabelle Kirkwood April 19, 2021

The federal government has published its Budget 2021, which focuses on addressing the third wave of the pandemic and economic…

By Isabelle Kirkwood April 19, 2021

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based cleantech startup CarbonCure Technologies has taken home $7.5 million USD after winning the grand…

By Meagan Simpson April 19, 2021

Ian McKay, who has led federal investment promotion agency Invest in Canada since its inception in 2018, is set to depart from…

By Rebecca O'Keeffe April 19, 2021

Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…

By Douglas Soltys April 17, 2021

In April of last year, Toronto tech hub and incubator OneEleven abruptly shut down, with its board citing COVID-19 as the reason.…

By Isabelle Kirkwood and Meagan Simpson April 16, 2021

Toronto-based ride-sharing company Facedrive recently provided what it called “clarifying information” on its acquisitions…

By Josh Scott April 16, 2021

Eight Canadian tech companies have recently made acquisitions or have been acquired, including Upchain, Nuvei, Perpetua, Carebook,…

By Josh Scott April 16, 2021

Five Canadian tech startups have recently secured fresh funding to fuel their growth, including dcbel, Milk Moovement, Virtual…

By Stefan Palios April 16, 2021

Despite positive indicators of recovery in the Canadian economy, the COVID-19 pandemic has proven that things can get bad quickly.…

By Damien Steel April 16, 2021

There’s a tired talk track in the Canadian startup ecosystem that somehow our system here is broken. That you, as founders,…

By Douglas Soltys April 15, 2021

In our last BetaKit Live on the subject, Canadian cybersecurity leaders said the ecosystem required community to grow. But…

By Isabelle Kirkwood April 15, 2021

Kitchener-Waterloo startup Magnet Forensics, which develops digital investigation software for forensic professionals, plans…