Luge Capital closes $75 million to invest in financial services startups
Luge Capital, a VC firm with offices in Montreal and Toronto, has closed $75 million to begin operations for its fund. The…
Canadian Startup News
Today in AI: Algolux, Local Logic
Several Canadian startups have made announcements and launched new partnerships to make strides in AI. Here’s the latest…
Pando founder Sarah Lacy on how Silicon Valley got so bad
One of the highlight speakers during the recent True North conference in Waterloo, Chairman Mom and Pando founder Sarah Lacy…
Hubba’s Ben Zifkin says Canada can’t rely on potential to become a global tech hub
Canada’s tech ecosystem might be under the spotlight with the rise of scaling companies and a budding AI sector, but…
Pixar CEO Ed Catmull says failure is a “necessary consequence” of innovation at True North
Pixar has a special place in a lot of people’s hearts. It’s difficult to associate Pixar with being a failure; however,…
Flexiti Financial acquires $250 million of TD’s private label credit card portfolio
POS financing platform Flexiti Financial has acquired TD Financing Services’ (TDFS) Canadian private label credit card portfolio,…
Chris Hadfield leading Creative Destruction Lab’s program for space-related startups
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has launched CDL-Space,…
Omnirobotic raises $1 million from Element AI to develop autonomous robots
Laval-based Omnirobotic, which helps customization manufacturers use robotics to address manpower shortages, has raised a $1…
Element AI and SSENSE release dataset to help designers build AR for fashion
Montreal-based fashion platform SSENSE has partnered with Element AI to release its dataset of expert-annotated images with…
Planswell raises $7 million to develop financial planning platform
Toronto-based Planswell, which allows Canadians to build free financial plans, has raised an additional $7 million in its seed…
Affectiva CEO Rana el Kaliouby shares applications for emotion AI at True North
During Waterloo’s True North conference last week, Affectiva CEO Rana el Kaliouby spoke about emotion AI, the next frontier…
BuzzFeed’s fake news expert Craig Silverman on using tech to “game the system”
The “digital environment,” which consists of media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, has moved to a dark place,…
Eighty-Eight’s Erin Bury on finding the sweet spot for your small business
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asks entrepreneurs to share lessons learned as they’ve…
#MoveTheDial and TechTO announce new Summits
This week, #MoveTheDial has announced a global summit, while TechTO has paired up with Venture Out to host PrideTechTO. Here’s…
When is a tech company no longer a startup?
In this article, six founders share their thoughts on the factors that determine when a company that began as a startup is…