W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Is Magic Leap an illusion?
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Canadian Startup News
Toronto-based AI startup Atomic Reach raises $2 million from angel investors
Toronto-based Atomic Reach — which is building an AI platform that measures content readability — announced that it’s…
Deloitte #WWTO says enterprise is the real market for wearables
As we mourn the death of Canadian-born Pebble, We Are Wearables Toronto ended off the year with a special edition with Deloitte…
ChickAdvisor’s Ali and Alex de Bold share the secret of being successful co-founders at #TechTO
Speaking at the latest TechToronto event, Alex and Ali de Bold, the married co-founders of ChickAdvisor, shared with a crowd…
PressReader’s chief content officer on monetizing media and dealing with fake news blues
Some say fake news helped swing the US election for Trump – or at the very least, is helping infantilize and weaponize ordinary…
Ask an Investor: What are stock options, and how do they work?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
Today in product updates: RateHub, Frank + Oak, TouchBistro
In the past few weeks, Canadian companies have been launching updates to take their platforms to the next level. Here’s…
BioConnect’s Bianca Lopes says biometrics are the next generation of verifying online identity
As the number of apps people sign up for increases, so does the number of usernames and passwords they have to keep track of.…
The Sky Guys launch first drone through its new technology division
The Sky Guys, a Toronto-based company that offers drone videography, mapping and inspection services, has launched its first…
Indochino announces new COO and VP of Finance, retail expansion plans
As the year comes to an end, Indochino announced its YTD results, some new key hires, and revealed some of their expansion…
After US expansion, Foodee CEO Ryan Spong speaks on the art of hitting goals
Vancouver-based Foodee, an online office food catering company, recently launched into three new US markets: San Antonio, Columbus…
Today in funding: Symend, TruLeaf, Beagle
Canadian companies from all over Canada have announced boosts in funding as the year comes to a close. Here’s the latest…
Shopify tops Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards list in Canada
Glassdoor has released its list of Employees’ Choice Awards for Canada, highlighting the 25 Best Places to Work for 2017…
HackerYou bootcamp offically becomes accredited as Private Career College in Ontario
In September, Toronto-based coding bootcamp HackerYou announced that it was putting its bootcamp program on hold as it sought…
ParDONE announced as winner of Access to Justice Challenge’s $25,000 top prize
In July, Ryerson’s Legal Innovation Zone, in partnership with the Ministry of the Attorney General announced that six…