Wealthsimple acquires brokerage ShareOwner to offer Canadians end-to-end investing
Toronto-based Wealthsimple announced this morning the acquisition of Canadian automated investment manager ShareOwner. Terms…
Canadian Startup News
How PageCloud plans to save the web (and why customers should pay for it)
Last week, I sat down with Craig Fitzpatrick, the CEO of PageCloud, a web hosting company that aims to reinvent the design…
EY report says Canadian executives looking more towards M&A for growth
In a statistic trailing only the US, nearly 73 percent of Canadian executives have M&A plans for the next year, compared…
Progressa closes $11.4 million Series A, announces marketplace investor platform for 2016
Short-term lending platform Progressa, which offers unsecured installment loans, announced the closing of an $11.4 million…
Montreal’s WeHost helps Canadians host Syrian refugees
When it comes to the Syrian refugee crisis, Canadians overall have been demonstrating their capacity for kindness: Syrian refugees…
Mobify acquires Chicago-based Dónde to boost location-based technology offering
Vancouver-based Mobify, a mobile shopping platform that allows retailers to use push notifications to engage consumers online…
Eigen Innovations sole Canadian finalist in global Cisco Innovation Grand Challenge
Eigen Innovations, a Fredericton, N.B.-based IoT startup that helps industrial companies solve production issues like raw material…
Nominations for PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards are open
“The pioneers who moved beyond uncertainty to discover new ways of working. The leaders who challenge tradition, who…
General Electric commissions Wattpad sci-fi writers to reinvent 50s comic series
While most people claim that traditional publishing is dead, one unexpected company thinks that it just needs to be revamped.…
Highly usable tips from Vancouver UX Awards Finalists
You can have innovative technology, big investors, and a Times Square-sized marketing campaign, and your product might still…
#smallrooms podcast: Dr. Ali Esmail of PopRX on mobile prescription delivery
Rob Kenedi speaks with Dr. Ali Esmail, founder of PopRX, a startup focused on enabling pharmacies to deliver prescriptions…
Startup jobs of the week: Hootsuite, Breather, Financeit, Grow, TribalScale
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Vancouver Startup Weekend winners going global
Start off with a big idea. Pitch it. Pull together a team – and produce an amazing startup over 52 hours. That was the mission…
#TechTO’s last event of the year features killer speaker lineup
TechToronto, one of the biggest tech events in the city, is ending the year with a bang. Taking place December 7th with an…
#ProductHuntTO closes year with real estate focus
At the last Product Hunt Toronto event of the year, a sold-out crowd at Pivotal Labs gathered to once again look at how innovative…