Vanedge Capital receives $15 million from BC Tech Fund
In mid-October, the BC government announced that Toronto-based Kensington Capital Partners would manage its $100 million Tech…
Canadian Startup News
Valley extraction: How to hire senior talent away from Silicon Valley in four easy steps
In 2001, I moved to San Francisco. I didn’t have a job lined up. I had a sublet for two months. I figured if I got a job,…
As competitor letgo launches in Canada, Varagesale CEO calls focus on trust a key differentiator
How do you make something as popular as second-hand retail platform Kijiji — or its U.S. equivalent Craigslist — even better?…
Why Toronto-based ride-hailing app Nekso is putting the South American market first
While tensions between cabbies and Uber are on the rise in Canada, one Canadian startup is working on getting traction for…
#smallrooms Podcast: Martin Kratky-Katz of Blockthrough on circumventing ad blocking
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Martin Kratky-Katz, founder of Blockthrough, a technology that allows publishers to circumvent…
OSC building FinTech Advisory Committee to stay on pulse of FinTech space
After the Ontario Securities Commission announced the creation of LaunchPad, a team that will be dedicated to helping FinTech…
Slack CMO Bill Macaitis steps down after less than two years
According to a report from Business Insider, Slack CMO Bill Macaitis — who has been with the company since November 2014…
#DisruptorsPitch contest gives your startup a chance to pitch to Canada on TV
As an entrepreneur, maybe you’ve already had experience pitching at competitions with an audience of hundreds of entrepreneurs…
Wayne Purboo says he sold Quickplay to AT&T because his company no longer fit Canada’s mold
In Canada, tech startups might find it easier to raise capital and access talented management and staff during the incubation…
Ask an investor: When should I start paying myself as a founder (and how much)?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
Shopify’s Satish Kanwar speaks candidly on the long, emotional road of being acquired
On an early morning at the Microsoft Store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre, Satish Kanwar, founder of Jet Cooper (a product design…
Montreal and Toronto mayors hope trade mission to Israel will result in more investment, collaboration in Canada
Between November 12 to 19, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and Toronto mayor John Tory will travel to Israel to convince Israeli…
Shopify would rather buy Google than be bought by Google
In a recent BNN interview, Shopify’s chief financial officer Russ Jones shot down the idea of a Google acquisition by stating…
Dentons launches platform helping startups navigate legal issues including IP, immigration
Dentons, currently the world’s largest law firm, announced the launch of an online platform meant to help startups navigate…
VC Report: $2.5 billion invested in first nine months of 2016 best since 2001
Thomson Reuters released its analysis on venture capital deal activity for Q3 2016, stating that venture capital activity in…