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By Stefan Palios February 14, 2017

Future of Money event stresses collaboration over competition in FinTech

At the Future of Money event in Toronto last week, I saw something you rarely see at a meetup: there were people in suits talking…

By Rob Kenedi February 14, 2017

Rob Kenedi talks to Ivan Tsarynny, founder of PostBeyond, a platform that allows enterprises to manage workforce communications…

By Jessica Vomiero February 13, 2017

BlackBerry has made a series of telling partnership announcements over the past few weeks, and its most recent pairing is no…

By Amira Zubairi February 13, 2017

Buying concert tickets can be a pain, especially when tickets sell out fast or end up being sold for a much higher price on…

By Stefan Palios February 13, 2017

The tone was tense and the food was good last week, as founders and government actors came together for a no-holds-barred conversation…

By Alexandra Moxin February 13, 2017

Guest co-host Kim Hansen, CEO of Signl.fm, and Drew Ogryzek open the show with a variety of discussions. They talk about speech…

By Amira Zubairi February 13, 2017

As artificial intelligence and machine learning takes hold across industries, one Toronto-based company is hoping to use it…

By Melissa Nightingale February 13, 2017

I’ve been back at work post-mat leave for a few weeks now. I’m deep in ramp mode and trying to get back in the flow of…

By Jessica Galang February 13, 2017

Toronto-based Wave, which provides entrepreneurs with accounting, payroll, and invoice software to run their small businesses,…

By Douglas Soltys February 11, 2017

This past Thursday, MaRS announced it had secured $290 million from Manulife, Sun Life Financial, and iA Financial Group to…

By Robyn Edgar February 11, 2017

In a time when an entire company can be built off a single idea, the CanCon podcast asks, who owns an idea? And who pays when…

By Amira Zubairi February 10, 2017

The BC Innovation Council has announced the three winners of its second Ignite Awards, giving out just over $873,000 to BC…

By Jessica Galang February 10, 2017

As the results of the recent US election continues to make waves, tech companies both south and north of the border have found…

By Roger Chabra February 10, 2017

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

By Jessica Galang February 10, 2017

Toronto-based HomeStars, which allows homeowners to find home renovators and retailers through its database of 2 million contractors,…