This Vancouver native and Thiel Fellow is building a new communication platform at Harvard
While studying neurobiology and economics at Harvard University, Vancouver native Grace Xiao and her friend Raul Jordan were…
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Grow Financial and First West Credit Union signal beginning of FinTech partnership trend
FinTech startups in Canada have a reputation for taking direct aim at the traditional bank status quo, working against a bogged-down…
Talentbuddy acquired by San Francisco-based Udemy
Vancouver-based Talentbuddy, an online school that focuses on teaching full stack web development, has been acquired by Udemy,…
Sharethebus becomes latest Canadian startup to join Y Combinator
Montreal-based Sharethebus, a bus-sharing service platform, has been accepted into Y Combinator’s accelerator program…
Sol Orwell explains what every startup needs to know before taking funding
For many startups that are slowly finding success, it can be tempting to take the first funding offer that investors throw…
Hamilton-based CareKit Health acquired by Moseda Technologies for $2 million
CareKit Health, a healthtech startup based in Hamilton, has been acquired by Vancouver-based Moseda Technologies for $2 million.…
Shopify revenue hits $70.2 million USD in Q4, 99% YoY growth
Ottawa-based Shopify announced its Q4 2015 financial results today, continuing a strong showing of post-IPO growth. In its…
Startup job spotlight: Java Lead at QuickTapSurvey
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation, every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
Tips from Founder Summit: how to scale your startup
Forget the word ‘startup’ for a second. How do you scale up a business? Some of the city’s early entrepreneurial hopefuls…
Non-profit establishes first Aboriginal entrepreneurship accelerator
A new accelerator has been established in New Brunswick with the aim of fostering entrepreneurship in Aboriginal communities.…
Today in funding: Mobify, ScarX Therapeutics, Chronogolf
Whether they’re changing the world of medicine or mobile, Canadian startups raised impressive rounds in this week’s…
@StartupCFO asks: Is your revenue model accurate?
We specialize in three sectors at SurePath: SaaS, E-Commerce and Marketplaces. The commonality across these segments is that…
SaaS startups get a boost as nine companies accepted into L-SPARK’s second incubator cohort
Nine B2B SaaS and cloud software startups have been chosen to join L-SPARK’s second incubator program that begins this month.…
GM Canada working on future of transportation at its new Communitech hub
GM Canada is one of the latest companies to join the Communitech hub with the opening of its own innovation hub within the…
ModernAdvisor wants to disrupt investment management with robots
Robots are set to eventually take over almost every industry, and for one pitching company on The Disruptors, the future is…