Mike Wekerle shares commitment to Waterloo at Entrepreneurs Exchange
Whether you know him as a former trader on Bay Street, the television personality on Dragons’ Den, or simply ‘Wek’, Michael…
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Globalive’s Tony Lacavera shares his entrepreneur story (VIDEO)
Earlier in January, Globalive chairman and Wind Mobile founder Tony Lacavera stopped by the MaRS Discovery District to talk…
Communitech Rev launches third cohort to help startups boost sales and marketing
Making a working product may be considered the biggest hurdle when founding a startup, but that’s usually only a part…
UGO adds peer-to-peer pay to mobile digital wallet service
Digital wallets hold the promise that some day technology will remove the need for carrying around money, plastic cards, or…
Magnusmode founder explains how tech can help people with cognitive special needs
Throughout her childhood, Nadia Hamilton and her family helped her brother, Troy, who has Autism, navigate through life at…
A view from the Valley on BC’s new source of tech funding
Vancouver’s tech ecosystem has a supportive community. Until recently, it didn’t match that with access to capital.…
Canadian VC investments hit $2.6 billion in 2015, up 11 percent YoY
Thomson Reuters has so far reported good news for Canadian VC investment in 2015; the organization first reported that Q1 2015…
CanCon Podcast Episode 2: Is Winter Coming for Canadian tech?
“Unicorns are bleeding and Winter is Coming.” That’s what one person told me after a busy week in Canadian…
Oneiric scores a pitch on #TheDisruptors
Since Emily Rudow was eight years old, she’s hated the time-consuming process of putting on hockey gear, of which she…
Quebec City-based Jobillico raises $8 million to fuel westward expansion
Jobillico, an online job market based in Quebec City, announced that it has raised $8 million to further drive its expansion.…
Denmark’s oldest healthcare company opens innovation lab in Markham, its first outside Europe
LEO Pharma, Denmark’s oldest healthcare company, announced that it is opening its first innovation lab in North America…
Mogo becomes latest company to join the MaRS FinTech cluster
Mogo, a Vancouver-based FinTech startup targeting millennials with its full-spectrum credit options and focus on social responsibility,…
#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…
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…