CanCon Podcast Ep. 63: Can voice recognition cross AI’s Uncanny Valley?
Will the Internet of Things ruin everything? That’s the question the CanCon podcast crew is asking this week. For over…
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Canadian startup stories of the week (04/16/17)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Drop pitches millennial-focused rewards app on #TheDisruptors
This week on The Disruptors, Derrick Fung, CEO of Drop, pitched Drop’s loyalty app, which allows users to earn rewards…
LowestRates.ca CEO says getting Canada’s big banks on the platform a “big challenge”
This week on The Disruptors, co-host Bruce Croxon sat down with Justin Thouin, co-founder and CEO of LowestRates.ca, to talk…
#smallrooms Podcast: Matt Roberts of ScaleUP Ventures on early-stage investing
Rob Kenedi goes for a coffee with Matthew Roberts, partner at ScaleUP Ventures. Roberts explains ScaleUP’s value proposition…
MedChart wants to make health records more accessible to patients with cloud-based platform
MedChart, one of the latest pitches on The Disruptors, aims to eliminate the barriers patients face when trying to access their…
Today in funding ($16.4M): Agrisoma, Novarc
This week, startups all across Canada got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from…
NACO hopes its Common Docs will standardize angel investment term sheets in Canada
On Tuesday, the National Angel Capital Organization gathered 100 angel investors and partners in Toronto to mark the launch…
Payfirma partners with CWB Financial Group to provide white-label payments platform
Vancouver-based Payfirma is partnering with financial services organization CWB Financial Group to provide a white label version…
Zone Startups, GE Canada, and BDC launch seed accelerator fund for Calgary tech startups
Calgary-based startups in Zone Startups Calgary (ZSC), an accelerator for companies in the industrial internet of things, cybersecurity,…
Toronto’s DMZ launches Playbook sales accelerator for startups
The DMZ has announced the official launch of Playbook, a sales accelerator targeting tech startups. Over the last five months,…
Launch of Montreal’s Digital Spring celebrates the intersection of fashion and tech
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The official launch of the Digital Spring’s season, a platform that promotes…
Future of Venture Capital panel says gov’t pace could inhibit effectiveness of VCCI
A frequent rallying cry of tech ecosystem across Canada, whether proclaimed by investors, founders, or politicians, is “it’s…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition offering $300,000 in prizes to early-stage BC tech startups
Startups in BC have until tonight at 11 p.m. PST to apply for the BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Not-for-profit New Ventures…
Scholastic acquires Charlottetown-based Ooka Island
In a Facebook post, Ooka Island marketing director Joelle MacPhee revealed that the company has been acquired by Scholastic.…