Former BlackBerry CFO joins eSentire as chief administrative officer
Cambridge-based eSentire has signed on former BlackBerry CFO James Yersh as its new chief administrative officer. Yersh will…
Canadian Startup News
Ask an Investor: How do I repair a frayed relationship with my lead investor?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Hack To Start Ep.192: Sam Mallikarjunan, executive strategist at HubSpot
Sam Mallikarjunan is an executive strategist at HubSpot. He hustled his way into the organization with a landing page and ads…
Wealthsimple, Flipp make Great Place to Work list
Great Place to Work has released its annual list of the top workplaces in Canada, and a few Canadian tech companies made the…
#BCTECHSummit speaker Wellington Sculley explains how blockchain will benefit the Canadian economy
The #BCTECH Summit is less than a month away, and the event continues to add speakers and sessions featuring some of the biggest…
Gov’t IP strategy amending legislation to close loopholes, tackle trademark squatting
The Canadian government has launched additional details related to its Intellectual Property Strategy, aimed at tackling the…
Announcing the Retail Times newsletter Frank And Oak contest winners
Recently, BetaKit teamed up with Canadian startup Frank And Oak to give our readers staying up-to-date on the latest in retail…
MaRS receives $1 million from Google to train workers impacted by automation
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, has invested $1 million in Toronto-based MaRS to create the Employment Pathway…
Saskatchewan government providing up to 45 percent tax credit for startup investment
The Saskatchewan government has released their budget for 2018 to 2019, which includes several measures meant to support the…
Aion Network launches blockchain interoperability platform to public
Today, the Aion Network, a platform that aims to solve blockchain’s interoperability problem, launched to the public.…
Today in tech hires: Dialogue repatriates former Rothschild VP, Lightspeed gets new CFO
Over the past week, two Canadian tech companies announced major additions to their teams. Here’s the latest update on their…
Startup Canada Podcast Ep.134: How we can win with Tony Lacavera
Anthony Lacavera is best known for being the founder and CEO of Wind Mobile. Not only has Lacavera built Canada’s fourth…
Report: Canadian tech investment hits record $1.3 billion CAD in Q1 2018
According to PwC Canada and CB Insights’ latest MoneyTree report, total venture capital funding to Canadian tech companies…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 112: Keeping pace with innovation in Toronto
Keeping with our experimental 2018, this week’s CanCon podcast is split into two distinct halves. First up, the CanCon…
Canvass Analytics’ Steve Kludt on AI’s need for speed
As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest…