National Girls Learning Code Day returning to 35 communities across Canada
On May 11, the sixth annual National Girls Learning Code Day is taking place in 35 communities across Canada, aiming to teach…
Canadian Startup News
Women Entrepreneurship Fund announces Alberta recipients
Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng has announced the Edmonton and Calgary-area companies that will be…
Pyrowave wins $20,000 at BASF Canada’s startup challenge
Pyrowave, a Montreal-based plastics recycling company, has been selected as the winner of BASF Canada’s startup challenge.…
Startup jobs of the week: HiMama, Migrations.ml, Nuagem
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
BestLifeRewarded Innovations receives $100,000 from Women Entrepreneurship Fund
Personal wellness platform, BestLifeRewarded Innovations (BLRI), has received $100,000 from the federal government’s Women…
Communitech reduces staff after provincial funding cut greater than anticipated
Communitech has laid off 15 employees following a 30 percent reduction in its provincial government funding, a cut that was…
Nanotech company Nicoya receives $2.57 million FedDev Ontario investment
Waterloo-based nanotechnology company Nicoya is receiving a $2.57 million investment from FedDev Ontario, which the government…
Ericsson opens AI hub in Montreal to focus on research and development
Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson has opened the doors to its new artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator…
Volta announces 14 Atlantic Canada finalists to pitch for $25,000
Fourteen Atlantic Canada early-stage tech startups have been selected to pitch at the spring edition of the Volta Cohort Pitch…
University of Ottawa’s MakerLaunch startup program gets a $1.5 million boost
The University of Ottawa’s faculty of engineering has received a $1.5 million CAD investment for its startup program MakerLaunch.…
Carleton University receives $1 million in FedDev Scale-Up Platform funding
Carleton University has received more than $1 million as part of the federal government’s recently announced $52.4 million…
Rangle chief technology officer leaves as company restructures
Long-time chief technology officer at Rangle, Yuri Takhteyev, has left the company, BetaKit has learned. Takhteyev recently…
Techstars Toronto showcases 2019 cohort, announces new partnerships
On Thursday, Techstars hosted the Demo Day for its second Toronto cohort, all pitching and presenting their companies after…
Parity raises $5 million to make urban living sustainable
Toronto-based computer software company Parity, which uses technology to reduce carbon emissions for condos and multi-tenant…
Techstars Toronto cohort company MadLipz raises $671,000 CAD
Social entertainment app MadLipz has announced it has raised more than $671,000 CAD in pre-seed funding from Plug and Play,…