Ottawa City Council votes in favour of legalizing Uber
After a marathon 18-hour debate session and in a 23 to one vote, Ottawa City council has voted in favour of regulating Uber.…
Canadian Startup News
Payso winding down P2P payments to focus on business product
Vancouver-based Payso, one of Canada’s first peer-to-peer payment services, has decided to shut down its consumer operations…
Shopify acquires San Francisco-based virtual marketing assistant Kit
San Francisco-based Kit, which manages social marketing via SMS, has been acquired by Shopify. In a blog post, Kit CRM CEO…
Mobeewave officially opens beta of PayMeTap to kickstart the future of contactless payments
Montreal-based FinTech company Mobeewave, which is dedicated to creating mobile, contactless payment solutions, is officially…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep. 21: Rise
Welcome to the Vancouver Tech Podcast, now syndicated on BetaKit. In this episode, we start off with a discussion on the events…
CareGuide spins off caregiver payroll services to form HeartPayroll
CareGuide has always been a company unafraid to play in multiple marketplaces at once. Since its inception, launching in five…
Startup Canada Podcast: Studio-Model Investing and Startups with Tony Lacavera
When Tony Lacavera co-founded Wind Mobile in 2008, he knew he was taking on some big industry players, but that didn’t stop…
UGO partners with Sensibill to enable receipt storage on smartphones
For the first time, Canadians can store and organize receipts on their smartphone using UGO’s app. To access the feature,…
Shopify leasing 112,000 square feet of space as main tenant in King-Portland Centre
Allied Properties and RioCan are proceeding with the planned King-Portland Centre thanks to Shopify moving in as its main tenant.…
nGUVU raises $3 million to accelerate growth of machine learning and gamification platform
nGUVU, which creates gamification and machine learning software for contact centres, has raised $3 million in funding from…
Financeit and Concentra announce $100 million partnership
Financeit, a cloud-based point-of-sale platform, has announced a a strategic funding collaboration with Concentra, a Saskatchewan-based…
Canada’s first on-demand dog-walking app is here
It was bound to happen in the lifestyle capital of Canada, of course. GoFetch is a new startup launching in Vancouver this…
Quebec City-based AddÉnergie receives $12.8 million investment
AddÉnergie, a Quebec City-based company that creates smart charging solutions for electric vehicles, announced that it has…
Dell ranks Toronto 11th out of 50 future-ready cities across the world
In a Dell survey of 50 cities across the world, Toronto ranked 11th on the list of metropolitan areas that Dell says are embracing…
Two Next 36 alumni are tackling the myth of one “magic pill” that kickstarts business innovation
“Innovation” is one of the hot buzzwords for both startups and large enterprises; as customer needs and demands change…