Ryan Holmes talks future IPO on #TheDisruptors
As the startup community quietly awaits Hootsuite’s rumoured IPO, CEO and founder Ryan Holmes sat down with The Disruptors…
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Carriers using small cell tech to connect Canadians
The next big thing in connectivity is elusively, almost comically, small. As cities get denser, and its citizens’ wireless…
Flywire acquires Toronto-based ScholarFX
Toronto-based ScholarFX, which offers a tuition payments platform for international students attending Canadian postsecondary…
Johns Hopkins researchers use Myo to develop first gesture-controlled prosthetic attached to a skeleton
When the Myo market came out of beta a few months ago, it had just surpassed 100 apps, spanning verticals like productivity,…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – CES Madness
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following “meaningful” Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shaw’s intention to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.6 billion CAD, Tony Lacavera was at the MaRS Discovery…
EQ Bank’s new mobile app is an incumbent’s crack at modern banking
The story of Canadian banking is often likened to that the mobile industry: reliable, robust, but expensive, with a lack of…
Canadian Forbes Top 30 Under 30 winners share their plans for 2016
A few weeks ago, Forbes released its comprehensive Top 30 Under 30 list, presenting the under-30-year-olds that are killing…
Upside Foundation names Howard Gwin its first ambassador
Howard Gwin is having a great week. After announcing that he would be a venture partner in the newly-launched $100 million…
Cisco Canada launches new program for aspiring female entrepreneurs
On the heels of announcing its new innovation centre in Toronto, Cisco Canada announced the Women Entrepreneurs’ Circle…
Meet the Canadians spearheading the $100 million enterprise SaaS-focused Leaders Fund
Under the direction of three experienced enterprise software leaders, the $100 million Leaders Fund launched today with the…
BetaKit and PayPal partner to power the BetaKit.Fund
Since launching the BetaKit Job Board and the BetaKit.Fund back in May, the team has been continuously overwhelmed by the generosity…
Federal government, GE Healthcare investing $40 million for MaRS cell regeneration research facility
At the MaRs Discovery District earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that FedDev Ontario and GE Healthcare…
Startup job spotlight: UI designer at Tiny Hearts
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation, every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
Toronto-based startup nanoPay acquires MintChip from Royal Canadian Mint
Toronto-based nanoPay, an integrated loyalty and payments platform provider, announced that it has acquired MintChip, a digital…