Hootsuite acquires Vancouver’s Sales Prodigy
Hootsuite announced today that it has acquired local Vancouver startup Sales Prodigy. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.…
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C100 opens nominations for 48 Hours in the Valley program
C100 is taking nominations for its biannual 48 Hours in the Valley program, which takes 20 promising Canadian companies to…
Skywatch invites Waterloo tech community to space-focused NASA hackathon
Back in 2014, Waterloo-based SkyWatch won NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge for creating software dedicated to…
Carl Mercier steps down to chief product officer of VarageSale, appoints Andrew Sider as CEO
VarageSale co-founder Carl Mercier has stepped down from his position as CEO of the company, and will be taking the position…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – The Rift opens (in Alaska)
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Permission Click raises $1.75 million in seed funding from Real Ventures, Friesens
Winnipeg-based Permission Click, a platform that helps students and parents efficiently coordinate permission slips, forms,…
Wealthsimple launches responsible investment portfolio to attract socially-conscious millennials
According to a study surveying 1,003 millennials by US-based agency Cone Communications, this generation is one of the most…
Snapchat reportedly acquires Toronto-based Bitstrips for $100 million
According to Fortune, Bitstrips has been purchased by Snapchat for approximately $100 million USD. The deal is a mix of both…
Lendified promises more efficient loans for small businesses on #TheDisruptors
With an outdated financial services system dominated by a select few institutions, the FinTech industry in Canada has been…
Startup jobs of the week: Green Brick Labs, CareGuide, Fundica, Diagram, Empty Cubicle
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Kira Systems uses machine learning to lead next generation of legal tech
Robots are becoming smarter by the day thanks to advances in AI and machine learning, and it seems that no industry is safe…
Commissioner of Canada’s competition bureau says we need to “get out of our own way”
With all the focus that this year’s budget has put on startups — from fostering cleantech innovation to the decision…
Wearable Wednesday gets a reboot in Canada
Last week’s Wearable Wednesday event at the Imperial in Vancouver also marked the official relaunch of Wearable Wednesday…
TiEQuest hosting top five business ventures to compete for $50,000
TiE Toronto, a Toronto-based nonprofit which supports entrepreneurs, is hosting its annual TiEQuest business competition. On…
Former Hootsuite exec joins Vidyard as president and COO
Vidyard has definitely established itself as one of the startups to watch in the Waterloo region. The company recently raised…