Shopify won the holidays because Boxing Day lost to Black Friday (CanCon ep. 137)
We’re rapidly approaching the end of the year, which is normally the time when the CanCon podcast poses an existential…
Canadian Startup News
Privacy commissioner agrees with Ontario Auditor General’s Sidewalk Toronto recommendations
The privacy commissioner of Canada agrees with Ontario’s Auditor General that all levels of government need to review Sidewalk…
North acquires Intel’s Vaunt AR glasses patents and tech
Kitchener-based North, the company behind smart glasses Focals, has acquired the patents and technology of augmented reality…
Northleaf announces first close of VCCI-backed Venture Catalyst Fund II
Toronto investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has announced the launch and initial closing of its Northleaf Venture Catalyst…
National Bank partners with Breathe Life on life insurance offerings
National Bank Insurance has announced a partnership with Montreal insurtech company Breathe Life to develop direct online life…
Ecofuel Accelerator accepting spring 2019 cohort applications
Montreal-based Ecofuel Accelerator has launched recruitment for its spring 2019 cohort. Pre-seed and seed stage cleantech companies…
Kensington Venture Fund II hits $85 million first close, fuelled by government’s VCCI
Toronto-based investment firm Kensington Capital Partners has announced a first close of $85 million CAD for its Kensington…
Canadian startup news of the week (12/16/18)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Fiix’s Khallil Mangalji on being the perfect fit for autonomous vehicles
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asks entrepreneurs to share lessons learned as they’ve…
Osprey Informatics raises $3.75 million in funding
Calgary-based visual monitoring solutions company Osprey Informatics has closed a $3.75 million funding round led by Shell…
Canadian government launches funding competition for agriculture automation tech
Through the Strategic Innovation Fund, the Government of Canada has launched a new funding competition for national scale initiatives…
Lighthouse Labs launches coding scholarship program for underrepresented groups
Canadian coding bootcamp Lighthouse Labs has announced the launch of a scholarship program to help support individuals from…
Lightspeed acquires ReUp, rebrands it to Lightspeed Loyalty
Cloud-based point of sale system Lightspeed has announced Lightspeed Loyalty, its new platform for customer engagement. The…
Calgary Technologies breaks ground on planned innovation centre
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation, Calgary Parking Authority, Calgary Technologies Inc., and Zinc Ventures have broken…
Pursuit, formerly Revlo, acquired by Twitch
Canadian-founded Pursuit (formerly Revlo) has been acquired by Twitch. Founded in 2014, Revlo allowed Twitch streamers to offer…