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By Katherine Homuth March 17, 2017

Ask an Investor: How does my personal brand impact fundraising?

Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…

By Madonna Dennis March 17, 2017

Startups in Toronto and Vancouver have been making positive moves this past week. Here is the latest in company milestones,…

By Amira Zubairi March 17, 2017

Toronto-based Wattpad has partnered with publishing company Hachette Book Group to launch Hachette Audiobooks: Powered by Wattpad.…

By Jessica Vomiero March 16, 2017

Paytm, the largest mobile payments platform in India, is launching its service in Canada. Paytm is a digital wallet service…

By Amira Zubairi March 16, 2017

Slack announced that it has added Square CFO Sarah Friar, the CFO of payments company Square, as its first independent board…

By Madonna Dennis March 16, 2017

In a report from analysts at Expert Market, Ottawa is ranked as the top tech hub in which to live and work in Canada. Last…

By Douglas Soltys March 16, 2017

When last we checked in with Koho, the Vancouver-based FinTech company was fresh off a new round of funding from Power Financial…

By William Johnson March 16, 2017

It was nearly three years ago that Facebook announced its $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR. At the time, Mark Zuckerberg…

By Rose Behar March 16, 2017

An Ottawa-based sex toy company is learning the hard way that it isn’t welcome to data-mine in the bedroom after reaching…

By Madonna Dennis March 15, 2017

Applications are being accepted for the 43North’s fourth annual startup pitch competition, which awards up to $5 million…

By Amira Zubairi March 15, 2017

A recent report by Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network has ranked Vancouver as Canada’s top startup…

By Jessica Galang March 15, 2017

Last week, Dx3 connected over 4,000 people for its annual technology, digital marketing, and retail conference. Over two days,…

By Amira Zubairi March 15, 2017

The Impact Centre at the University of Toronto has released a report that highlights Canada’s 50 most financially attractive…

By Jessica Galang March 15, 2017

This week, two Vancouver startups made significant funding announcements. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…

By Robyn Edgar March 15, 2017

This week we’re doing something a little different, as the CanCon podcast brings you its very own Ask Me Anything. Douglas…