Shopify reportedly prepping for 2015 dual-IPO to raise $100M at $1 billion valuation
Ottawa-based Shopify has been rumoured to go public for about a year now. According to the Wall Street Journal, the ecommerce…
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Decoded fashion + tech event descends on Toronto January 22nd
Global fashion + tech event startup Decoded is touching down in Toronto Thursday, January 22nd. The event series is designed…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
ORBCOMM acquires Ottawa M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications
The CVCA is reporting that ORBCOMM has completed its acquisition of Ottawa-based M2M service provider SkyWave Mobile Communications.…
Bruce Croxon hosting Entrepreneurship 101 event at MaRS this week
Bruce Croxon, former CBC Dragon and Managing Partner of Round13 Capital, will be hosting a free event taking place this Wednesday,…
Canadian startup founders share what will keep them up at night in 2015
It’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone else is watching the ball drop and counting down. But something about your business is stuck…
Thalmic co-founder Stephen Lake says 24% of Myo pre-orders have shipped
Thalmic Labs finally started shipping pre-orders of the Myo armband this winter. The company showed off its final design for…
Why Twitter’s Nolan O’Brien won’t be a software engineer at 65
Twitter Senior Software Engineer Nolan O’Brien had a slightly easier time than most Canadians working for startups in…
Vancouver 2015 tech trends: talent & culture
2015 promises continued growth and more success stories from Vancouver’s technology community. With the BCTIA ($10.4M),…
The biggest Canadian startup stories of 2014
2014 was a big year for Canadian startups. So big, in fact, that the BetaKit editorial team couldn’t quite agree on the…
Will Young of Zappos Labs describes his path to the Valley
Like most Canadians, Zappos Labs Director Will Young did not find direct entry into the Valley. Graduating from UBC in 1999,…
Reflecting on 2014: The big issue, the big idea, and the big win
Every Canadian technology startup that’s delighting and delivering value to its customers, while creating a meaningful workplace…
theScore acquires fantasy sports game Swoopt and team from ApptheGame
Toronto-based mobile sporting news provider theScore has announced an acquisition of daily fantasy sports game Swoopt from…
Government of Canada unveils application details for the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program
Additional details were revealed last week for the Government of Canada’s new Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot…
Gob’s Jason Chung on validating your business at any cost
On his first day at his new company, Jason Chung was kindly asked to leave the premises. It wasn’t his office, though. The…