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By Startup Canada January 3, 2017

Startup Canada podcast: Tribe of Lambs founder on starting a global movement of giving

After building a career in the Canadian fashion industry, Bobbi Paidel traveled to India where she was confronted with overwhelming…

By Tom Emrich January 3, 2017

Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…

By Jessica Galang December 30, 2016

While Canada’s strict, slow-moving financial institutions can be a headache for nimble Canadian FinTechs looking work…

By Jessica Galang December 29, 2016

When Anson Wang moved to China in 2014 to help one of his best friends break into the VR market through a company called ConductorVR,…

By Jessica Galang December 29, 2016

In September, the Digital Finance Institute released a report on Vancouver’s FinTech industry, as well as the growth…

By Ian Hardy December 28, 2016

Volkswagen has acquired Vancouver-based PayByPhone for £26.5 million, or $43.89 million CAD. According to the Wall Street…

By Franco Varriano December 28, 2016

Daniel Beauchamp is the Head of Virtual Reality at Shopify. Daniel has been passionate about technology and developing video…

By Jessica Galang December 27, 2016

For the past three years, the 43Northcompetition in Buffalo, New York has invited startups from around the world to pitch for…

By Startup Canada December 27, 2016

Serial entrepreneur Richard (Rick) Finnie started his first business at age 12, selling business cards. Only a few years later…

By Melissa Nightingale December 27, 2016

Oh, tech. You adorable, idealistic, inconsistent beast. Tell me again about how much you value passion. Let’s talk about…

By Rob Kenedi December 27, 2016

Rob Kenedi sits down with Hussein Fazal, founder of SnapTravel, an SMS, Slack, and Facebook Messenger bot-based hotel booking…

By Douglas Soltys December 23, 2016

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

By Jessica Galang December 23, 2016

This week, several startups have made announcements launching new features and partnerships. Here’s the latest on company…

By Jessica Galang December 23, 2016

According to Salima Visram, 1.3 billion people around the world rely on kerosene lamps as their only source of light — a…

By Jessica Vomiero December 23, 2016

Facebook announced a new partnership with the University of Waterloo, Harvard, Princeton and 14 other universities on Wednesday,…