Rogers’ Unison contest gives companies a chance to sit down with Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein
Rogers is accepting entries for its #UnifiedBiz social contest, which will give small business owners the opportunity to win…
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Building a collaborative global FinTech ecosystem
âSoftware is eating the world,â explained Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-founder and partner at venture capitalist firm Andreessen…
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency invests $498,150 in Qimple
The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, which is part of the Atlantic Growth Strategy established by the Government of Canada…
Ask @StartupCFO: When should I ask for annual prepayment?
When I am talking with SaaS founders the discussion frequently turns to the pros and cons of asking customers to prepay their…
Seven startups awarded total of $225,000 at 2016 Spark Cape Breton Innovation Challenge
According to a report from Entrevestor, seven new technology companies in Cape Breton have been awarded a total $225,000 as…
Quandl raises $12 million Series B to expand its financial data platform
Quandl, which provides alternative datasets alongside financial and economic data for investment professionals, announced a…
SweetIQ acquires California-based Connectivity to fuel US expansion
As part of its ongoing expansion into the US, Montreal-based SweetIQ announced it has acquired the local marketing division…
Scotiabank investing $1.75 million in entrepreneurship initiatives at Rotman School of Management
Scotiabank announced that it is dedicating $1.75 million to establishing the Scotiabank Disruptive Technologies Venture at…
Announcing the BetaKit Next selectees
BetaKit isnât particularly fond of awards for entrepreneurship. For example, how can anyone reasonably name an âentrepreneur…
Financeit and Concentra acquire TD Bank’s indirect home improvement financing assets
Toronto-based POS financing platform Financeit and Concentra, which provides wholesale finance and trust solutions for Canadian…
Venture for Canada partners with world’s largest law firm to further support its Fellows
Venture for Canada announced a two-year cooperative agreement with Dentons, the worldâs largest law firm. Fellows of Venture…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the wrong way to run a billion-dollar company in 2016
When employees of Dropbox walked into their new San Francisco office this spring, they came face-to-face with a 5-foot-tall…
Former Thinking Capital CTO Pat Forgione joins Lendful
Vancouver-based Lendful, which allows borrowers to fill out a loan application within two minutes and receive their money within…
Startup Canada partners with Google Canada, SSHRC for public consultations on Canada’s innovation strategy
Startup Canada has partnered with Google Canada and the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 33: How to build a critically acclaimed chatbot
This week the CanCon podcast dives into the details behind design decisions for the next generation of tech. The Toronto International…