Interactive Ontario hopes apprenticeships will increase digital media industry’s diversity
Interactive Ontario has announced its first cohort for its ipprenticeship Program. The non-profit launched the ipprenticeship…
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Ask an Investor: what questions should I ask a PR agency before hiring them?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
#2017TIAs celebrate BC startups and entrepreneurs including Trulioo, Victory Square Labs
On Thursday night, The BC Tech Association’s Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) celebrated the province’s leading…
What Maluuba beating Ms. Pac-Man means for AI research
Artificial intelligence researchers sure seem to love beating humans at games. We’ve already seen AI agents overtake human…
BC innovation groups release report to prove why it’s Canada’s next supercluster
Since the Canadian federal government announced that it is accepting applications for its $950 million ‘supercluster’…
Aspect Biosystems wins Metabridge’s Most Promising Startup of 2017 Award
Non-profit Metabridge announced a Vancouver biotech company, Aspect Biosystems, as the winner of its 2017 program in Kelowna,…
Blakes launches $1 million program to help startups access legal services
Blake, Cassels and Graydon has launched a program to help startups get better access to legal advice. The program, called Nitro,…
Bayview Yards receives $1.3 million investment from RBC, CIBC
Ottawa-based Bayview Yards has announced eight founding sponsors that are injecting more than $1.3 million to the innovation…
Drone Delivery Canada partners with Ontario Region of Peel for defibrillator delivery
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced a partnership with Peel Regional Paramedic Services to develop a first-of-its-kind…
What Wealthbar’s Tea Nicola learned from the company’s first 1,000 customers
I have plenty of respect for the successful ‘we’ll-be-the-Airbnb-of-whatever’ entrepreneur. Can they actually deliver…
Ryerson and McMaster Universities launch joint robotics research project
Ryerson University and McMaster University have launched the Smart Robots for Health Communication project, a joint research…
TheAppLabb’s Kundan Joshi receives technology achievement award from Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce
Kundan Joshi, CEO of Toronto-based TheAppLabb, has received the 2017 Technology Achievement Award from the Indo-Canada Chamber…
Wattpad wants to boost its emerging products focus with new residency program
A lot is unfolding at Wattpad these days as the company races to shift from a mobile-first storytelling platform to a full-stack…
Wealthsimple takes service to another FinTech hub with UK expansion
Wealthsimple is officially expanding its service to the UK with an invitation-only beta. The UK expansion comes just four months…
Payfirma launches white label payments platform for financial institutions
Vancouver-based Payfirma has announced the launch of its white label payment processing platform, PayHQ. Payfirma allows financial…