Today in company updates: Financeit adds two new VPs, former Hudson’s Bay CEO joins Smooth Commerce advisory board
Two Toronto-based startups have announced major additions to their teams and advisory groups. BetaKit pulled together this…
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Facebook Live panel says that customers should be part of the product design experience
Last week, BetaKit, in partnership with TD Lab, hosted a live chat highlighting the importance of human-centric and design-centric…
The Entrepreneurship Society panel says process, not perks, is key to good corporate culture
Walking into the room at The Entrepreneurship Society’s Toronto event on scaling, I got the distinct feeling that no one…
Neurogate represents Canada at Microsoft’s $125,000 Imagine Cup
NeuroGate, which uses Microsoft Azure’s machine learning capabilities to identify neurodegenerative disorders, has advanced…
iVentures conference wants to be a marketplace for digital media
Interactive Ontario, a not-for-profit trade organization which works on fostering growth in the province’s interactive digital…
Report: Canadian job opportunities in AI have grown by nearly 500%
As Canada’s tech ecosystem continues to see a rise in AI and machine learning startups — and as the Canadian government…
Cyclica raises additional $2.25 million for platform that predicts drug effectiveness
Toronto-based Cyclica, which has developed a predictive analytics platform that can model and predict the effectiveness, side…
Communitech launches bootstrap program to help startups gain early adopters, validate products
Waterloo’s Communitech innovation hub has launched Communitech Bootstrap, a new program that aims to help startups validate…
Google Canada head leaves company to lead Weather Network operator Pelmorex
After leading the company’s Canadian outfit since 2014, Sam Sebastian, the now former head of operations at Google Canada,…
OpenText set to acquire forensic security firm Guidance Software for $300 million
Waterloo-based OpenText, a provider of enterprise information management systems, announced that it is set to acquire Pasadena,…
Victory Square’s Shafin Tejani announces $75,000 fund to help launch SFU’s girls tech camp
Shafin Diamond Tejani, CEO and founder of Victory Square Technologies, has just established a $75,000 matching fund to help…
TransPod says hyperloop would cost 50 percent less, travel four times faster than high-speed rail line
Toronto-based TransPod has released the findings of its Initial Order of Magnitute Analysis, which identifies preliminary costs…
Hack To Start Ep.158: Kelly Nyland, director of marketing for Spectacles
Kelly Nyland is the Director of Marketing for Spectacles, a pair of video-recording sunglasses created by Snap Inc., the parent…
Report: Canada has one of the lowest FinTech adoption rates in the world
While Canada’s FinTech adoption rate has increased from eight to 18 percent since 2015, the Canadian FinTech ecosystem…
SnapTravel raises $10 million to invest in machine learning capabilities for travel chatbot
Toronto-based SnapTravel, which lets users find and book hotels over SMS and Facebook Messenger, has just raised a $10 million…