BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 156

Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation

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By Madison McLauchlan April 29, 2025

“Hard work lies ahead”: Canadian tech leaders strike urgent tone on policy asks following Liberal victory

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Clutch | BetaKit

By Douglas Soltys April 27, 2025

How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?

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Mark Carney | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl April 25, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify: former exec

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By Madison McLauchlan April 21, 2025

At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race

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Toronto Tech Week banner

By Douglas Soltys April 20, 2025

How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June

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Platformatic's co-founders.

By Josh Scott June 1, 2023

Platformatic secures $3.5 million, launches tech to simplify back-end development for enterprises

Platformatic is backed by Decibel, Panache, and developer and open-source angels.

By Alex Riehl June 1, 2023

R|T: The Retail Times – Loblaw axes its third-party seller-driven e-commerce marketplace

Plus: Alibaba pushes back on layoff rumours.

Shopify building

By Charlize Alcaraz May 31, 2023

Shopify facing $130-million lawsuit for alleged attempts to slash post-layoff severance pay

Lawsuit claims severance packages were reduced by “tens of thousands of dollars.”

Hostaway

By Charlize Alcaraz May 31, 2023

PSG makes investment in Hostaway to expand its vacation-rental software amid travel rebound

Sources indicate PSG took majority ownership of Hostaway as part of the deal.

BDC

By Charlize Alcaraz May 31, 2023

Report: 2021 VC boom in Canada was short-lived as market resets to pre-pandemic levels

Canada saw 12 VC-backed company IPOs in 2021; in 2022, that shrunk to zero.

By Alex Riehl May 31, 2023

A|I: The AI Times – AbCellera and BenchSci secure big funding

Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.

By Josh Scott May 30, 2023

SAAS NORTH producer reveals new Vancouver-based INNOVATEwest tech conference

INNOVATEwest will take place April 16 to 17, 2024 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

Yoshua Bengio

By Charlize Alcaraz May 30, 2023

Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter

Signatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.

the VRIFY team in matching black t-shirts with an inukshuk in the background

By Charles Mandel May 30, 2023

Communications startup Vrify secures $6-million Series A to help attract mining investment

Vrify creates 3D visualization technology and 360-degree virtual tours of mining sites.

David Dufresne and matt Roberts of CMD capital, together in an outdoor portrait

By Josh Scott May 30, 2023

Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.

asset management

By Alex Riehl May 30, 2023

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft launches Fabric, mCloud looks to go private

Plus: Novisto closes $27-million Series B.

SolusGuard

By Charlize Alcaraz May 29, 2023

Saskatoon startups SolusGuard, BetterCart win a combined $75,000 at Uniting the Prairies 2023

The investment prizes are new for this year’s conference.

Picketa Systems

By Charlize Alcaraz May 29, 2023

Picketa raises $1.4 million CAD to help farmers analyze plant tissue in real time

Picketa “releaves” farmers of long turn-around times for agricultural testing.

Hiive's co-founders

By Alex Riehl May 29, 2023

F|T: The FinTech Times – Now in Canada: Hiive’s VC secondary trading platform

Plus: QED closes on $925M to back FinTech startups globally.

AbCellera SIF funding announcement

By Alex Riehl May 29, 2023

Canadian startup news of the week (5/28/23)

Plus: What’s on the table for Alberta’s tech sector this election?

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Joe Canavan NACO Summit 2025

Clutch

Toronto Tech Week

PebbleOS smartwatches Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2

Katherine Homuth SRTX founder

Joe Canavan NACO Summit 2025

Clutch

Toronto Tech Week

PebbleOS smartwatches Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2

Katherine Homuth SRTX founder

Podcasts

Joe Canavan has a plan for Canada to become an innovation nation

by Douglas Soltys

Canada’s angel of the year shares how the country can bolster its economic sovereignty at NACO Summit.

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How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?

by Douglas Soltys

Clutch found a new gear after a post-pandemic lull, just in time for tariffs to hit.

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How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June

by Douglas Soltys

From tweet to volunteer-run non-profit: inaugural Toronto Tech Week will feature over 100 events.

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Inside Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble

by Douglas Soltys

A decade after the first Pebble, Canada’s wearables king is back making smartwatches for himself.

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Katherine Homuth revisited

by Douglas Soltys

SRTX founder’s comments on fundraising & “losing her voice” worth revisiting with her impending departure.

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