RBC report: Cryptocurrency and blockchain market expected to reach $10 trillion
A new report from RBC puts the cryptocurrency and blockchain market at $10 trillion in 15 years. The report, called Crypto…
Canadian Startup News
After building 17,000 financial plans, Toronto’s Planswell raises $6.8 million
Toronto-based Planswell, which allows Canadians to build free financial plans, announced that it’s dropped its waitlist…
CIBC acquires Wellington Financial to support launch of CIBC Innovation Banking
CIBC has launched a new full-service business in an effort to better serve the Canadian tech sector. CIBC Innovation Banking…
Startup Canada Podcast Ep.119: Making your product stand out with April Dunford
April Dunford is the brains behind making a startup’s product sparkle. After noticing the disconnect that often happens…
Calgary-based Showpass becomes native ticketing partner with Facebook
Calgary-based Showpass, an event management and ticketing platform, has partnered with Facebook to become its native ticketing…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.103: Angela Griffin, CTO of Glance Technologies
Angela Griffen, CTO of Glance Technologies, joins host Drew Ogryzek to talk about Glance Pay, the life of a CTO, team culture,…
Canadian government to use AI to search social media and predict suicides
According to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, approximately 11 people commit suicide in Canada every day. Further,…
MedChart, Eve Medical part of healthtech projects funded by $5.47 million from Ontario
The Ontario government is dedicating $5.47 million in 12 projects through its Health Technologies Fund through 2018, which…
Voices.com expands platform to include SAG-AFTRA union voice actors
London-based Voices.com, a marketplace for voice actors and audio production services, has expanded its platform to include…
Lessons learned trying to build a profitable company using only Canadian tech
In July 2017, I launched The Great Canadian Tech Experiment. Driving my experiment was a simple question: can I build a profitable…
OMX’s Nicole Verkindt: failure is an entrepreneur’s biggest teacher
As part of a regular series powered by Dell, BetaKit asks prominent entrepreneurs to share how technology has evolved since…
Rubikloud raises $46 million Series B from Intel
Toronto-based Rubikloud has raised a $46 million CAD Series B led by Intel Capital. Existing investors Horizons Ventures and…
Apple acquires Vancouver-based Buddybuild to build more tools for iOS developers
Apple has revealed that Vancouver-based Buddybuild, a company focused on mobile app development and support, has been acquired…
Hack To Start Ep.180: Tom Levesque, co-founder of Rey.ai
Tom Levesque is the co-founder at Rey.ai. Levesque is a software developer turned product manager. After graduating and working…
Toronto’s cryptocurrency community raising $5,000 for Syrian refugee family
Members of Toronto’s cryptocurrency community are banding together for the Merry Merkle initiative to raise $5,000 for…