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By Douglas Soltys December 3, 2015

The CFL got hacked Grey Cup weekend (but it’s not what you think)

The CFL fan experience will never be the same again. Over 170 hackers from across the country tackled the challenge…

By Jessica Galang December 2, 2015

Montreal-based FounderFuel, an accelerator for early stage web, mobile, and SaaS startups, announced the graduating companies…

By Igor Bonifacic December 2, 2015

Toronto-based FreshBooks today announced it will launch a mobile card reader in 2016. Set to be released sometime in the spring,…

By Douglas Soltys December 2, 2015

Toronto-based Wealthsimple announced this morning the acquisition of Canadian automated investment manager ShareOwner. Terms…

By Rob Attrell December 1, 2015

Last week, I sat down with Craig Fitzpatrick, the CEO of PageCloud, a web hosting company that aims to reinvent the design…

By Jessica Galang December 1, 2015

In a statistic trailing only the US, nearly 73 percent of Canadian executives have M&A plans for the next year, compared…

By Jessica Galang December 1, 2015

Short-term lending platform Progressa, which offers unsecured installment loans, announced the closing of an $11.4 million…

By Jessica Galang December 1, 2015

When it comes to the Syrian refugee crisis, Canadians overall have been demonstrating their capacity for kindness: Syrian refugees…

By Jessica Galang December 1, 2015

Vancouver-based Mobify, a mobile shopping platform that allows retailers to use push notifications to engage consumers online…

By Jessica Galang November 30, 2015

Eigen Innovations, a Fredericton, N.B.-based IoT startup that helps industrial companies solve production issues like raw material…

By Jessica Galang November 30, 2015

“The pioneers who moved beyond uncertainty to discover new ways of working. The leaders who challenge tradition, who…

By Jessica Galang November 30, 2015

While most people claim that traditional publishing is dead, one unexpected company thinks that it just needs to be revamped.…

By Jonathon Narvey November 30, 2015

You can have innovative technology, big investors, and a Times Square-sized marketing campaign, and your product might still…

By Rob Kenedi November 29, 2015

Rob Kenedi speaks with Dr. Ali Esmail, founder of PopRX, a startup focused on enabling pharmacies to deliver prescriptions…

By Jessica Galang November 27, 2015

Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…