Views from Web Summit: Founders should see Portugal as a hub for expansion
When the Web Summit made its debut in Lisbon last year, the Trade Commissioners Service of Canada in Portugal led a delegation…
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Hack To Start Ep.179: Oscar Falmer, founder of TweetReality
Oscar Falmer is the founder and developer behind the world’s first augmented reality Twitter client, TweetReality. Falmer…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Snapchat eyes developers with Lens studio
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Ask an Investor: Is it common for investors to charge startups for legal fees?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Highline BETA and RBC collaborating to co-create new ventures
Highline BETA has announced a collaboration with RBC to co-create new ventures. Highline BETA hopes to leverage RBC’s…
eBay acquiring Terapeak to boost its data analytics offering for sellers
eBay has entered an agreement to acquire Toronto-based Terapeak, a company that provides insights for ecommerce sellers to…
Lyft launches in Toronto with SickKids donation partnership
As Lyft launches in Toronto, the ride-sharing company announced a partnership with SickKids. Lyft’s Round Up and Donate…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Is smart clothing the next smartphone battery?
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the ultimate test for business ideas
Tech to remove CO2 from oceans. Spent coffee grounds repurposed as body scrubs. A peer-to-peer toilet marketplace. Glucagon-injection…
MedStack’s Simon Woodside: CTOs must only build things customers want
As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest…
Hack To Start Ep.177: Brian Balfour, founder and CEO of Reforge
Brian Balfour is the founder and CEO of Reforge, an organization that offers selective growth-focused programs for experienced…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – The $9 billion wearable trajectory
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Aeryon Labs’ Dave Kroetsch explains the advantage of building a drone business in Canada
On the latest episode of BNN’s The Disruptors, Dave Kroetsch, co-founder of Aeryon Labs, talked about the future of drone…
NanoCnet wins $35,000 at Velocity Fund Finals
The University of Waterloo’s Velocity program has announced the winners of its latest Velocity Fund Finals. NanoCnet…
Hockeystick acquires LaunchSpot to boost startup ecosystem data platform
Hockeystick has made its first acquisition in Waterloo-based LaunchSpot, a platform that allows accelerators and startup funders…