Startup Canada Podcast: Yukon Brewing co-founder Bob Baxter reveals expansion is difficult without “hometown advantage”
Yukon Brewing’s craft beer has cemented its place as a local favourite up North. But expanding the brand into other Canadian…
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Here’s what Riipen COO Dave Savory learned after a year of scaling
Riipen is a Vancouver-based startup with a web platform that connects employers with top talent coming out of our post-secondary…
Thorasys raises $1.3 million to develop a new method of measuring lung function
Montreal-based Thorasys, which is developing products for the diagnosis of lung diseases, has raised $1.3 million in funding…
Cossette Health opens applications for fall cohort
Just over a week after Cossette announced it was seeking tourism-related startups for Cossette Lab, the marketing communications…
Canalyst raises $2.7 million seed round to fuel Canada and U.S. expansion
Vancouver-based Canalyst, an equity research platform that helps analysts and portfolio managers with research, announced $2.7…
TouchBistro partners with Square to allow its users to accept Apple Pay, access loans
Toronto-based TouchBistro, a leading iOS point of sales apps for restaurants and bars in 37 countries, announced today that…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 31: Canada’s startup scalability problem
This week the CanCon podcast asks if LegalTech is innovating, or just disrupting bank accounts. Following a Hulk Hogan lawsuit…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep. 41: Motive.io and Dooly.ai
Drew and James open the show with a quick chat about what a startup is. They also catch up on Drew’s domain problems.…
Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva wants to create âa new wave of nonprofitsâ with art & tech
Over the past weekend, Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva touched down in Los Angeles for music festival FYF Fest â but not to promote…
HitchPlanet drives past one million kilometre milestone, announces expansion
HitchPlanet, western Canadaâs largest ridesharing startup, just celebrated a major milestone: one million kilometres shared…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Smartwatches of luxury
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Georgian Partners Growth Fund III doubles up previous fund with $485M CAD raise
Toronto-based Georgian Partners has raised $485 million CAD ($375 million USD) for its third growth equity fund, more than…
How banks are making friends with FinTech
Somewhere in an office in downtown Toronto, standing beside a ping-pong table, young engineers and software developers in jeans…
Notman House goes smart home with Hack the House
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Cyberneticsâthe science of interconnectivity between humans and machinesâis…
Ask an Investor: What do I do when my lead VC doesnât want to follow-on?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…