Spiffy wants to help alcohol brands reach restaurants with cocktail-focused employee training platform
Toronto-based Spiffy wants to teach restaurant servers and bartenders how to make the best cocktails through a digital app.…
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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Fitbit’s healthtech innovation
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Startup Boost carries on Startup Next legacy of preparing early-stage companies for scale
The Startup Boost pre-accelerator program launched today across the globe, including in cities Toronto, Austin, Detroit, Los…
Flinks partners with Merchant Advance Capital
Flinks, a financial API for banks and credit unions, announced a partnership with Merchant Advance Capital, an online lender…
How RBC embraced the hackathon mindset
Hackathons are innovation challenges, often taking place over an intense couple of days, in which a team rapidly prototypes…
Ask an investor: How do I get the most out of conference season?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
SomaDetect, Furnishr split $100,000 at Fierce Founders bootcamp pitch competition
Communitech has announced the two winners of its Fierce Founders bootcamp pitch finale, which awards $100,000 in funding to…
Mike Serbinis, Nicole Verkindt among Startup Canada’s 2017 Ontario regional award winners
Startup Canada has announced the ten winners of its 2017 Ontario Regional Awards. This is the first batch of regional winners…
Canadian Securities Administrators says ICOs must consider securities laws
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), which coordinates regulation for Canada’s capital markets, has released…
Report: Gov’t VC firms must take data-driven approach to build world-class Canadian companies
A new study by the Impact Centre at the University of Toronto finds that while BDC’s venture capital arm and MaRS Investment…
Today in startup support: SheEO’s Radical Generosity Initiative, Spark Centre’s Ignite Competition
This week, Canadian startup organizations opened applications for pitch competitions and programs for entrepreneurs. Here’s…
Ontario gov’t giving entrepreneurs up to $5,000, access to mentorship to help companies scale
Ontario entrepreneurs can apply for a grant ranging from $2,500 to $5,000 from the province’s Starter Company Plus program,…
Uber is testing self-driving cars in Toronto
Uber has deployed two autonomous cars to the streets of Toronto for testing, although only with human drivers behind the wheel.…
BDC says it is supporting 49,000 Canadian entrepreneurs, up 17% from last year
BDC is supporting 49,000 entrepreneurs in Canada through its funding and advisory services — up 17 percent from last year,…
Whistler’s Sea To Sky Summit emphasizes understanding your values when building a business
When it comes to the technology industry, a lot can change in a year — not only from the innovation perspective, but when…