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…
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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…
Startup Canada Podcast: Jill Earthy, chief growth officer of FrontFundr
Having built and sold two companies, Frontline Staff Inc. and the Momcafé Network Inc, Jill Earthy is paving the way for women…
Application deadline for Creative Destruction Lab’s quantum machine learning stream ends July 31
The Creative Destruction Lab is only accepting applications for its quantum machine learning stream until July 31. The one-year…
Greenspace raises $1.4 million to match patients with the right therapists
Toronto-based Greenspace has closed a $1.4 million seed round from Prime Quadrant LP to expand its mental health care platform.…
Toronto-based home healthcare platform AlayaCare receives $750,000 from FedDev Ontario
Toronto-based AlayaCare, which has developed a cloud-based software for healthcare providers, has just received an investment…
Apple Pay now available to Tangerine clients across Canada
Apple Pay is now available for Tangerine clients across Canada. Customers can use the feature by adding their Tangerine Client…
SingularityU reveals MaRS’ Zayna Khayat, neuroscientist Divya Chander joining Canada Summit
In April, Singularity University announced that from October 11 to 12, it will host the first-ever SingularityU Canada Summit,…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.86: Eventide Project’s Scott Bellware on Monoliths vs. Microservices
Scott Bellware, co-creator of the Eventide Project, a toolkit for developing event-sourced distributed systems, joins host…
Startups have until July 31 to apply for the CIX Top 20
The CIX Top 20, a program from the Canadian Innovation Exchange that showcases Canada’s most innovative companies, is calling…
That time you failed to follow up on diversity
In March, we celebrated International Women’s Day. My Twitter feed was full of people talking about diversity, how to be…
Today in key hires: Sortable begins growth of Toronto team, Vision Critical announces new CRO
Two Canadian startups announced major additions to their teams; BetaKit pulled together this roundup to give you the latest…
Rover Parking wins Infiniti Lab Toronto’s Demo Day, fast-tracks into Hong Kong accelerator program
Toronto-based Rover Parking, a marketplace for shared parking, has been named the top startup at Infiniti Lab Toronto’s first-ever…
nanopay gets strong scores from the US Federal Reserve’s Faster Payments Task Force
Toronto-based nanopay, a real-time payments platform for banks and businesses, said that it received “impressive scores”…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 77: Canada’s women entrepreneurship scorecard
The CanCon team is back from Startupfest in Montreal and ready to bring you more hot takes on Canadian tech topics. In the…