Ask an Investor: Should I celebrate my funding round?
Welcome to a new BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
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CIBC partners with Borrowell to provide “one-click” online lending to its customers
Today, CIBC announced that it is partnering with Toronto-based Borrowell to offer “one-click” online lending for…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 39: Are Canadian healthtech startups doomed to fail?
Healthcare in Canada is often discussed as a point of pride – universal healthcare for everybody. For a country that…
#DellSMBchat: are you spooked by a lack of business security?
A recent Deloitte report has found that more midmarket companies are embracing emerging technologies as a key element to the…
Startup Canada Podcast: Rebel.com’s Rob Villeneuve says culture and brand are a reflection of each other
Rob Villeneuve’s DNA reveals a tech geek, a branding guru, and a startup culture maven. When joining Rebel.com six years…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep. 49: Launch Academy
Drew and guest co-host Alexandra Moxin talk about what qualifies someone as a senior software developer vsersus intermediate…
Montreal-based Dialogue the latest startup to enter burgeoning employee healthcare space
With the launch of its integrated healthcare platform, Dialogue is the latest Canadian startup looking to tackle the employee…
AngelList Syndicates finally launches in Canada via new OSC program (with some caveats)
It has been 20 full months since Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes told BetaKit that he wanted to run the first AngelList Syndicate…
ecobee allowing smart thermostat owners to donate their data to researchers
Toronto-based ecobee, which recently announced the launch of a lite version of its smart thermostat, announced a new program…
Two TandemLaunch startups explain why more companies are embracing AI
Consumer products built with what we loosely term artificial intelligence are growing exponentially. As computing and processing…
Hack To Start Ep. 119: Kathleen Warner, Executive Vice President at the Centre for Economic Transformation
Kathleen Warner is the Executive Vice President & Managing Director of the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s…
Report: 42 percent of millennial entrepreneurs hold a second job to follow their dreams
A new report commissioned by American Express Canada, in partnership with Startup Canada, is attempting to glean some insight…
Startup Canada Podcast: Geotab founder Neil Cawse on building a leading big data company
“Geotab wants to be the Apple of the telematics game.” When the U.S. Government un-blocked GPS from being used exclusively…
SecureKey raises $27 million from major banks as founder Greg Wolfond returns as CEO
Toronto-based SecureKey, which develops authentication and identity solutions for online consumer service companies, has announced…
Zoocasa wants to tackle fragmented real estate customer journey with $1.35 million in funding
Last year, Rogers-owned Zoocasa, an online real estate brokerage, shut down its operations. The company faced backlash from…