Mojio tops up $30 million round from Iris Capital and Telus Ventures
Vancouver-based Mojio has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Iris Capital and Telus Ventures. The funding is a top…
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Shopify appoints Amy Shapero as chief financial officer
Shopify has appointed Amy Shapero, former chief financial officer of online wealth management platform Betterment, as its new…
Ask an Investor: What do VCs not care about?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Discover Tectoria panel says tackling unconscious bias, education part of building inclusive workplaces
The ever-quiet sibling of the mainland metropolis that is Victoria, British Columbia continues to surprise and grow. With help…
Dream Payments partners with Mastercard to speed up insurance payments
Toronto-based Dream Payments has announced a partnership with Mastercard. The goal of the partnership is to see insurance policyholders…
‘Getting religious’ about AI could be more complicated than it appears
The Golden Rule–treat others the way you’d like to be treated–is often hailed as a moral foundation of the world’s…
Tech for Good: IoT can extend healthcare into the home
As part of a regular series powered by IBM, BetaKit interviews Canadian tech leaders using innovation for the greater good.…
RBC offering NACO angel-backed companies access to credit, resources
RBC and NACO have entered into a partnership with the goal of supporting NACO angel-backed companies. RBC will provide NACO…
Startup Canada Podcast Ep.125: Rewarding micro actions with Giovanna Mingarelli
On a mission to encourage social good by rewarding micro actions, Giovanna Mingarelli is the back-bone behind MC2, an Ottawa-based…
Ask a Developer: How do dev and design work together?
Welcome to a new BetaKit bi-weekly series designed to help startup developers. Each article, TribalScale’s tech honchos tackle…
Great-West Life contributing $300,000 to Creative Destruction Lab
Canadian insurance giant Great-West Life announced that it is contributing $300,000 over three years to the Creative Destruction…
SingularityU wants to connect government and tech in Canada through exec program
SingularityU is seeking applications for the first Canadian edition of its executive program, which connects business leaders…
OpenText acquires California-based filesharing company Hightail
California-based Hightail, which develops a solution for sharing large files and team collaboration, has been acquired by OpenText.…
Katherine Homuth back in founder mode with new startup Sheerly Genius
After a year of research and development, two-time founder Katherine Homuth has taken to Kickstarter to launch Sheerly Genius,…
WeChat Pay and Alipay now supported by select Cadillac Fairview malls
After partnering with Tourism Toronto and Tourism Montreal to bring Chinese mobile payments into the market, OTT Pay is now…