Element AI announces $200 million CAD Series B round
Element AI has closed a much-anticipated venture round, raising a $200 million CAD ($151.4 million USD) Series B from the Government…
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Amii Innovates announces first cohort, looks to accelerate AI adoption
The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) has launched Amii Innovates, a program aimed to guides teams and businesses…
WealthBar, Assante Wealth Management to launch online investing platform
Vancouver-based FinTech startup WealthBar is partnering with Assante Wealth Management a new online investing platform for…
Startup jobs of the week: Array, KUBRA, Motion
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
BetaKit’s Guide to Elevate Business
Returning for its third year, Elevate is now simply too big for one event guide. So BetaKit has produced a guide to every event…
Huda Idrees built a platform to give users easy access to their health
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asked business leaders to share their experience starting…
Grammarly the newest Bay Area company to set sights on Vancouver
San Francisco-based Grammarly, which has developed an AI-powered digital writing assistant, is opening its newest office in…
Shopify looks to fight climate change, commits $6.6 million to new sustainability fund
Shopify’s CEO Tobias Lütke has announced the company will be committing at least $6.6 million CAD ($5 million USD) each…
Dapper Labs raises $14.5 million CAD, announces development of new blockchain
Dapper Labs, the Vancouver-based creator of CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, announced it has raised $14.5 million CAD ($11…
Earth imaging startup UrtheCast secures $6.6 million CAD in financing
Vancouver-based UrtheCast, which captures and displays highly-detailed images of Earth, has secured $6.6 million CAD ($5 million…
TIAP partners with Amgen to commercialize medical research
Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP), formerly MaRS Innovation, has announced its first partnership since rebranding…
CryptoNumerics launches tool to help companies identify dataset privacy risks
CryptoNumerics has released a new tool, Re-Identify, to help companies test and measure whether their datasets protect the…
BetaKit’s Guide to Elevate Smart Cities
Returning for its third year, Elevate is now simply too big for one event guide. So BetaKit has produced a guide to every event…
Bunz lays off 15 people, reduces merchants that can accept BTZ
Bunz has laid off 15 members of its team and removed the ability for some merchants to accept BTZ, the company’s digital…
MediaValet raises $3.5 million in second private placement of 2019
MediaValet, which offers digital asset management software, has closed $3.5 million in a private placement. MediaValet allows…