Financeit hires 15-year Tangerine veteran as chief compliance officer
Toronto-based Financeit has hired a new chief compliance officer. “Dante’s expertise in legal and compliance will…
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BC testing app to help victims of cardiac arrest
British Columbia Emergency Health Services is launching a new cardiac arrest support smartphone app which looks to turn every…
Today in FinTech: ATB Financial partners with SecureKey, Wealthbar launches new robo-advisor service
Over the past few weeks, several FinTechs have made announcements launching new features and partnerships. Here’s the latest…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 103: Are we breaking up with Facebook, or is Facebook breaking up with us?
According to its latest quarterly financial results, Facebook has 2.2 billion monthly active users. When one tech company can…
NEXT Canada opens applications for 2018 Next Founders program
Next Canada has launched applications for its 2018 Next Founders program. Next Founders will accept 20 founders for its May…
Report ranks Canada third in top 10 startup ecosystems worldwide
Swiss-based startup StartupBlink, which is working to develop a map of the global startup ecosystem, has released a report…
RBC’s Borealis AI boosts Toronto lab with two new senior researchers
Borealis AI has added new senior researchers to its team. The RBC-led AI lab is welcoming University of Waterloo professor…
Ask @StartupCFO: What makes a good buyout target?
In a prior post, I made the case for why founders (and their investors) should consider a buyout rather than a strategic exit.…
Montreal-based Leadweb wants to build a blockchain-focused supercluster
Montreal-based web and mobile app development company Leadweb is planning to go ahead with its proposed supercluster without…
Slack kills its Apple Watch app
As more app developers drop support for the Apple Watch, it’s increasingly looking like the Apple’s wearable is evolving…
Ask a Developer: What are the benefits of using CI/CD?
Welcome to a new BetaKit bi-weekly series designed to help startup developers. Each article, TribalScale’s tech honchos tackle…
Techstars announces first cohort for Toronto accelerator
Techstars has announced the first cohort of companies accepted into its accelerator in Toronto. According to the Financial…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes: We need to get religious about AI before it’s too late
In a memorable scene in Ex Machina, the 2015 thriller on lifelike robots, the CEO of a Google-esque monopoly describes how…
Miovision receives $1.5 million from Ontario gov’t to expand team
The Ontario government is investing $1.5 million in Kitchener-based Miovision to help grow the company’s team. The investment…
QRA Corp receives $645,000 contract with Royal Canadian Air Force
Halifax-based QRA Corp, which develops enterprise software tools for early-stage validation and verification of engineered…