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…
Canadian Startup News
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. Cybernetics—the science of interconnectivity between humans and machines—is…
Ask an Investor: What do I do when my lead VC doesn’t want to follow-on?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
#smallrooms Podcast: Mark Bailey of JobHubble on recruiting using influencers
Rob Kenedi talks to Mark Bailey of JobHubble, a recruitment platform that uses influencers to find candidates. Mark discusses…
Startup jobs of the week: ColdBlock Technologies, Unata, Interaxon, WIRL
Every day, Canada’s best startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board. From early stage…
GradeSlam raises $1.6 million to fill inequality gap in private tutoring
Montreal-based GradeSlam, which provides a one-on-one tutoring platform, has closed $1.6 million in funding in a round led…
Manulife LOFT now backed by machine learning with new indico partnership
Manulife’s Lab of Forward Thinking (LOFT), which is meant to encourage employees to collaborate and come up with tech…
Borealis Wind wins $40,000 top prize from Fierce Founders Bootcamp Pitch competition
Yesterday, Communitech hosted its Fierce Founders Bootcamp Pitch Competition, the culmination of two weeks of a startup bootcamp…
Blue J Legal CEO Benjamin Alarie on Toronto’s potential to be a machine learning capital
As machine learning takes hold across industries, Blue J Legal CEO Benjamin Alarie believes that Toronto can be a leader in…
#WWTO strikes a pose with wearable fashion event
Now that the general public has become accustomed to the idea of wearables thanks to FitBits and Apple Watches, the novelty…
Founder Institute Ottawa inviting startup community to contribute to a map of startup resources
Ottawa’s Founder Institute wants to create an ecosystem canvas — and it’s inviting the local startup community…
Thinking Capital partners with Everlink to help credit unions offer online lending for small businesses
Everlink, which provides payment solutions for credit unions and banks, announced a partnership with Thinking Capital in an…
Uber Canada and Revera targeting seniors without smartphones with launch of UberCENTRAL
Uber Canada and Revera, a Mississauga-based owner of 500 senior living properties across Canada, the US, and the UK, announced…