Canadian investors join global group urging action on climate change
Climate Action 100+, a global investor group comprised of 370 investors with over $35 trillion USD in assets under management,…
Canadian Startup News
HeyBryan raises $2.5 million after Canadian Securities Exchange IPO
HeyBryan, a peer-to-peer marketplace app that connects homeowners with home maintenance experts, has closed its initial public…
Family, friends campaign to help find UofT professor missing after Himalayas avalanche
Friends and family of Peter Wittek are raising awareness online in hopes of spurring efforts to find the University of Toronto…
Today in acquisitions: Rise People, AudienceView
In the past few days, several companies have made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canada’s movers…
North, Vidyard, Atomwise repeat on Y Combinator’s ‘top companies’ list
On Wednesday, Mountain View-based accelerator Y Combinator (YC) published its list of its top 100 companies for 2019, which…
SFU gets $17 million from BC government to establish quantum research institute
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is receiving $17 million from the government of British Columbia over the next five years to…
Communitech CEO Iain Klugman to step down in 2021
Iain Klugman, the longtime president and CEO of Kitchener-based innovation hub Communitech, has announced that he will be stepping…
CoLab raises $2.7 million after Y Combinator Demo Day
CoLab Software, which provides a cloud-based mechanical issue tracking and design management platform, has completed a $2.7…
The casualties of moving fast and breaking things
Adam and James dreamed of making social change, to design a product to improve lives. They had seen the damage done by cigarettes…
HonestDoor launches real estate platform in Calgary
HonestDoor, an Edmonton-based SaaS company with a platform aimed at helping home buyers and sellers get a fair price on their…
Accelerate Okanagan receives $213,000 to support its OKGN Angel Summit
Kelowna, BC-based tech startup accelerator, Accelerate Okanagan, is receiving $213,000 from the National Research Council of…
Korbit raises $2.65 million for its AI tutoring platform
Montreal-based Korbit Technologies has announced the close of its $2.65 million seed round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures,…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan announces incubator with Boston Consulting Group
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has officially announced that it is launching an incubator with BCG Digital Ventures,…
Acceleprise officially announces plans to launch Toronto accelerator
Earlier this year, BetaKit initially reported that Acceleprise, a SaaS accelerator and fund founded in San Francisco, had plans…
YC-backed Proptech startup Naborly raises $9.9 million CAD seed round
Toronto-based Proptech startup Naborly, which had developed a platform for residential tenant screening and credit building…