#smallrooms podcast: Michael Kovacs of OpenChannel on app marketplaces
Rob Kenedi has a coffee with Michael Kovacs, cofounder of OpenChannel, a startup that allows technology companies to instantly…
Canadian Startup News
Startup jobs of the week: Mentionmapp, Sentinel Alert, Shopify, Busbud, Ritual
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Following $1 million seed round, ExpertKnowledge founder explains why corporate training fails
Back in 2014, when Ryan Austin and his co-founders were part of The Next Founders program in Toronto, the group was working…
Spacefy claims its own space on #TheDisruptors
These days, it seems like there is an AirBnB and Uber for everything. And Toronto-based Spacefy is one of those companies tapping…
Bruce Croxon interviews former competitor Markus Frind on #TheDisruptors
When Markus Frind founded Plenty of Fish in 2003, he said that he just needed to learn a new programming language and the best…
Ray Kurzweil shares strategies to create the future
Technological Singularity author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil might have predicted his talk would be well received…
BDC Capital increases commitment to Mistral Venture Partners early-stage fund to $6 million
BDC Capital has committed an additional $3 million to the early-stage venture fund managed by Mistral Venture Partners, bringing…
Scotiabank hosting FinTech hackathon dedicated to debt management tools
On February 5, Scotiabank is hosting Scotiabank Hack IT, its first-ever hackathon. The hackathon, which is open to 100 people,…
VarageSale lays off 30 staff, including VPs of Engineering, Product
Multiple sources have reached out to BetaKit confirming that VarageSale today laid off 30 staff, on the company’s fourth…
#TheDisruptors reports that Tony Chvala is the new CEO of Shop.ca
On today’s episode of BNN’s The Disruptors, co-hosts Amber Kanwar and Bruce Croxon exclusively reported that former…
Shoes.com wants to raise at least $25 million for acquisitions
It seems that Shoes.com’s acquisition of LA-based Richer Poorer last year was just the beginning of many acquisitions…
StackAdapt raises $1 million Series A to boost native advertising platform
Toronto-based StackAdapt, a native advertising platform that allows clients to access global native advertising inventory on…
Ladies Learning Code partners with Scotiabank to launch code:clubs
Ladies Learning Code has announced an official partnership with Scotiabank. Through the partnership, LLC will launch code:clubs,…
Scribblelive acquires Visually and expands its Silicon Valley presence
While US-based acquisitions of Canadian companies has been the norm over the past year, ScribbleLive’s latest acquisition…
C100 co-chair and GGV Capital co-founder Scott Bonham joins Scotiabank board of directors
Scott Bonham, co-founder of GGV Capital, which currently has $2.2 billion under management, is joining Scotiabank’s board…