Contest: Win a pair of tickets to the Premiere Screening of ‘Day Job’
The organizers of the upcoming movie called ‘Day Job’ have been kind enough to give us a few tickets to giveaway…
Canadian Startup News
Canadian government Commits $50 Million to Four VC Funds
It’s a great day for four Canadian venture capital funds. Today, Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, announced a $50…
A Startup CEO’s Financing Cautionary Tale
Utility companies lose $202 billion every year due to theft and technical inefficiencies that plague the worldwide electrical…
Dissecting The QR Code: Should Your Brand Use Them?
The year was 1994. President Clinton delivered his first state of the union address and Ace of Base was at the top of the charts…
PwC Vision to Reality Short List: The BetaKit Cheat Sheet
PwC’s Vision to Reality awards is back for their 10th year and earlier this week PwC announced their short list of twenty…
Finmaven and Bionym Launch at Today’s Accelerate TO
Amid an exciting day at Accelerate T.O that will include a keynote delivery by Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey, two…
Alertly Launches On Indiegogo, A DIY Smart Home & Car Security System
Back in August, BetaKit wrote about Alertly, a Toronto-based startup set to disrupt the consumer security space by creating…
Is Big Data A ‘Big Hype’ Or a Really Big Deal?
According to Gartner’s 2013 hype cycle for emerging technologies, big data resides almost at the summit of “the peak of…
theScore Unveils New iOS 7 App Update
Just a few weeks ago the ongoing Canadian sports app battleground continued to heat up, when theScore announced a major update…
New Vancouver Incubator Invoke Labs Brings on myBestHelper
Invoke Labs today announced that myBestHelper will be the newest company in residence at its Vancouver headquarters. myBestHelper…
Four Ontario Cleantech Projects to Receive $14.7 Million
Global demand for clean technology is projected to triple by 2020, and it looks like the Sustainable Development Technology…
Kijiji Is Selling Stubhub Tickets On Its Canadian Classifieds Now
Two darlings of the peer-to-peer marketplace revolution (or “sharing economy”) have joined forces in what Kijiji…
Kickstarter Canada Sees 12 Projects Reach Their Goals After Opening Week
It’s been one week since Kickstarter opened its platform to Canadian projects. The crowdfunding site launched September 9…
EstateBlock Combines Vancouver Area Home Searching with Heat Mapping Information
Vancouver-based startup EstateBlock is a nice tool for homebuyers in the Lower Mainland area. The site is calling itself the…
At MaRS’s $15 Million Announcement, Don Tapscott Urges All Business to Take On A Collaborative Approach
Last week the MaRS Discovery District hosted an event to celebrate its $15 million funding extension, first announced back…