BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 1171

Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation

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By Josh Scott December 20, 2024

In 2024, Canada struggled to find its place in the global AI race

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By Alex Riehl December 19, 2024

Clio’s record-breaking funding round explains 2024’s public market exodus

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#CDNtech 2024 executive turnover

By Madison McLauchlan December 18, 2024

The year quiet quitting got loud for tech execs

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Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau

By Josh Scott December 16, 2024

Feds struggle to table Fall Economic Statement following Minister Freeland’s shock resignation

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By Alex Riehl December 10, 2024

Geoffrey Hinton decries tech companies chasing “short-term profits” in Nobel Prize acceptance speech

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By Joseph Czikk September 6, 2013

$16 Million Life Sciences Centre to be Constructed in Laval

Servier Canada has announced it will be constructing a new $16.3 million Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research. The life…

By Joseph Czikk September 6, 2013

FWD Powershot Sensor and App are Hockey Must-Haves

There has seldom been technological or mobile app-based innovation focused on the sport of hockey, but like every aspect of…

Samsung Galaxy Gear

By Tom Emrich September 6, 2013

With Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, Wearable Technology is Here to Stay

If you think that Samsung’s Galaxy Gear announcement is about a watch, you might have missed the boat. The multinational…

By Ilan Saks September 6, 2013

Head of Student VC Fund Challenges Canada to “Prevent the Glaciers from Melting”

The following is an exclusive guest post written by Ilan Saks, CEO of The Founder Project Recently, I’ve done some reading…

By Joseph Czikk September 6, 2013

MaRS to Host Energy Hackathon This Weekend

The MaRS Discovery District in Toronto is holding its free Energy Hackathon this weekend. Approximately 150 developers, designers,…

By Joseph Czikk September 6, 2013

Toronto Ad Gurus Wishabi Raise $15 Million Series B Round

For a couple of Waterloo grads that launched a startup in 2007, today’s cheque for $15 million isn’t bad. That’s…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

International Startup Festival Plans to Take Elevator Events to Eight New Cities

Ever since Phil Telio and his crew at the International Startup Festival crammed a bunch of startups and investors in the CN…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

MasterCard Wants Female Developers to “Master the Code” for $10,000

MasterCard is throwing a party and they want as many ladies as possible to attend. Just a few days we reported on several initiatives…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

BDC and FTQ Pour Major Investment into New Montreal Biomedical Fund

Money seems to be flying around Montreal these days. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Fonds de Solidarité…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

500px Brings on a Few Tech Heavy-Hitters in Andy Yang and Patrick Lor

It’s been a productive few months for 500px, the popular Toronto-based photo community powered by creative people. Last…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

Quebec Research University Lands $1.6 Million For New Work on Wireless Systems

A new Canadian post-secondary program that focuses on wireless networks and systems has officially launched on the heels of…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

GrowLab Reveals New Fall Cohort Along with New “Farm Teams”

Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced its new Fall 2013 cohort, and it includes one startup we reported…

By Joseph Czikk September 5, 2013

Stuck in Public and You Gotta “Go”? Check Out this New Canadian App

George Costanza would love this app. Earlier this week Vancouver and California-based startup Flushd launched on iOS, an app…

By Tom Emrich September 5, 2013

New Crowdfunding Platform Dragon Innovation Wants To Make Sure the Hardware Revolution Succeeds

Scott Miller believes that we are at the start of a hardware revolution. And he should know. Miller has over fifteen years…

By Joseph Czikk September 4, 2013

Canadian Girl-Coders Can Apply to Square’s College Code Camp

Several coding initiatives geared towards women have garnered media attention during the past few weeks and one more has launched…

CANADIAN TECH JOBS

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SAAS NORTH 2024

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SAAS NORTH 2024 Inovia Chris Arsenault

Elevate FinTech Stage 2024

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SAAS NORTH 2024

Marie Chevrier Schwartz speaking at SAAS NORTH 2024.

SAAS NORTH 2024 Inovia Chris Arsenault

Elevate FinTech Stage 2024

Podcasts

The biggest tech stories of 2024

by Douglas Soltys

Plus: Annual grades for Wealthsimple, Shopify, Cohere, and more.

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Lessons in leadership, hiring, and AI from SAAS NORTH 2024

by Douglas Soltys

Also discussed: how to make leather from mushrooms. SAAS NORTH 2024 was crazy.

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Podcasts

The DOJ wants to take Google Chrome away, Rob Kenedi wants to decelerate tech

by Douglas Soltys

After a decade of quiet dominance, the browser space is suddenly filled with uncertainty.

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The story of Sampler (live at SAAS NORTH 2024)

by Douglas Soltys

“I’m using failure with intent today, because I don’t want to be ashamed of saying failure.”

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The state of Canadian software in 2024

by Douglas Soltys

Inovia’s Chris Arsenault came to SAAS NORTH armed with data and perspective.

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Canadian Startup News, Podcasts

Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation

by Douglas Soltys

Koho, Borrowell, Manzil—plus the Department of Finance—talk product velocity, risks & opportunity.

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