Call to All Entrepreneurs: Less Than One Month Left to Apply to FounderFuel
Montreal-based startup accelerator program FounderFuel is telling startups they have less than one month before the submission…
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Telus Commits $5.4 million to GTA Charities
Telus will give more than $5.4 million to Greater Toronto Area-based charities and community organizations in 2013, including…
ClassDojo,The “World’s Fastest Growing Education Startup”, Launches in Canada
ClassDojo, a Silicon Valley-based education startup with over 17 million teachers and students using its platform, has officially…
Network of Angel Investments Ontario Made 41% More Investments in 2012-13
Angel investments, the “secret sauce” for Canadian startups, rose 41 percent among Network of Angel Investments-…
MP Clement on Startup Visa: “We’re in Continuous Improvement Mode”
Conservative MP Tony Clement shed light on the startup visa program, maintaining a bright future for the initiative that likely…
Homejoy Launches in Second Canadian City After Success at Home
San Francisco-based Homejoy has launched in it’s second Canadian city after Toronto, earlier this week, opening its doors…
Jack Dorsey and Square Say Its Less About Payments and More about analytics
He completely changed the media industry and now he’s changing the mobile payments sector. But Jack Dorsey said that his…
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…
The Toronto Star Uses Augmented Reality To Try To Go Beyond The Ink
This morning Toronto Star readers woke up to a whole new newspaper experience. The entire edition is riddled with augmented…
Student Startup Modly Takes U of T’s 2013 Lacavera Prize for Entrepreneurship
University of Toronto-based student startup Modly has won the 2013 Lacavera Prize for Entrepreneurship, awarded to the best…
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…
Hamilton’s Advantag is Heading to Dublin for The Web Summit
Hamilton-based social media incentives company Advantag has been invited to participate in Dublin, Ireland’s The Web…
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…
Google Glass at TIFF: Why We Aren’t Ready for Wearable Tech
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) wrapped up this Sunday and I thought before it left the city that I would experiment…
University of Waterloo’s Quantum Computing Department Adds a Few Heavyweights
It’s no secret that a huge amount of high-potential startups are being churned out by the University of Waterloo, and…