BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 202

Canadian Tech & Startup News

Canadian Rocket Copmany Team Photo | BetaKit

By Josh Scott September 16, 2026

Canada Rocket Company wants to build a sovereign alternative to SpaceX’s Falcon 9

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Jordan Jacobs Radical Ventures

By Josh Scott September 15, 2026

Radical Ventures launches Canada’s largest AI fund with $1-billion USD first close

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Regina | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl September 14, 2026

Bell announces $50-billion buildout to produce Canada’s largest data centre in Saskatchewan

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The BetaKit Podcast AI bubble red flags

By Douglas Soltys September 13, 2026

Waving the AI bubble red flags

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Canada Flag

By Madison McLauchlan September 11, 2026

Tracking the Canadian capital commitments surrounding Carney’s investment summit

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Mark Carney | BetaKit

By Madison McLauchlan September 10, 2026

The tech projects Canada is selling to global investors at next week’s summit

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BK Town Hall

Pulse check: BetaKit Town Hall attendees discuss the state of Canadian tech and where it needs to go

Bianca Bharti and Josh Scott May 9, 2024

What leaders from Ada, Communitech, Growclass, Highline Beta, Knix, and others said at the event.

Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland

New open letter from business groups condemns capital gains changes as “divisive”

Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

CCI gathered approximately 2,000 signatures protesting the tax changes in a different letter last month.

AppDirect acquires low-code B2B marketplace builder Builtfirst

Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

Nicolas Demarais-founded AppDirect looks to become a one-stop solution for B2B marketplace building.

Schulich Orientation_Tech MBA Group

Why every business leader in Canada needs a Tech MBA

Isabelle Kirkwood May 9, 2024

Schulich’s Detlev Zwick wants more business leaders to think like entrepreneurs.

R|T: The Retail Times – South Korean retail unicorn to set roots in Toronto

Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

Plus: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke headlines BetaKit Town Hall.

Vantage Points panel BetaKit Town Hall

WATCH: Vantage points panel with four Canadian tech founders

Isabelle Kirkwood May 8, 2024

Leaders from Cohere, MedEssist, Transformer Lab, and Socratica shared their stories at BetaKit Town Hall.

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#CDNtech companies Nuvei, WonderFi, Thinkific saw revenue growth in Q1 2024

Isabelle Kirkwood May 8, 2024

NowVertical’s revenue for 2023 also increased by 91 percent year-over-year to $51.7 million.

Shopify posts revenue beat and surprise loss in Q1, touts European growth

Josh Scott May 8, 2024

Company plans to remain focused on building for long-term growth and profitability.

BetaKit Town Hall

WATCH: Shopify’s Tobi Lütke fireside and AMA with Satish Kanwar

Isabelle Kirkwood May 8, 2024

Shopify CEO asks for a conversation about “courage” and “ambition” at BetaKit Town Hall.

A|I: The AI Times – Why Nvidia’s CEO handpicked this U of T professor

Alex Riehl May 8, 2024

Plus: A mysterious “gpt-2” chatbot came online and vanished just as quickly.

Tobi Lütke and Satish Kanwar BetaKit Town Hall.

Shopify CEO says Canada must overcome “go-for-bronze” culture at BetaKit Town Hall

Jared Lindzon May 7, 2024

Tobi Lütke tells founders: “There’s less competition if you reach higher.”

Propel unveils latest Atlantic Canada cohort, ventureLAB opens applications for semiconductor incubator

Alex Riehl May 7, 2024

Both accelerators recently received federal funding to continue their operations.

Mantle - Chad Bayne

Hard Knocks: The lawyer behind some of Canada’s biggest (and quietest) deals

Isabelle Kirkwood May 7, 2024

Chad Bayne talks Verafin, Cognos, and Wealthsimple.

Wealthsimple-Pine

Wealthsimple enters mortgage space through Pine partnership

Isabelle Kirkwood May 7, 2024

Wealthsimple partners with the “Wealthsimple for home buying” to help customers avoid a “sucker rate.”

Xatoms

Xatoms is planning a quantum leap to clean the world’s water

Isabelle Kirkwood May 7, 2024

R&D-stage startup is using AI and quantum chemistry to purify the world’s most precious resource.

The BetaKit Podcast

Lisa Zarzeczny Elevate CEO on the BetaKit Podcast

The BetaKit Podcast AI bubble red flags

The BetaKit Podcast

Vass Bednar on The BetaKit Podcast

The BetaKit Podcast Live at Startupfest 2026

Lisa Zarzeczny Elevate CEO on the BetaKit Podcast

The BetaKit Podcast AI bubble red flags

The BetaKit Podcast

Vass Bednar on The BetaKit Podcast

The BetaKit Podcast Live at Startupfest 2026

Podcast

How the future of tech and Canada’s sovereignty are changing Elevate

by Douglas Soltys

CEO and co-founder Lisa Zarzeczny joins to share lessons learned from a near-decade of Elevate and the pressing questions facing…

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Waving the AI bubble red flags

by Douglas Soltys

Circular financing! Rogue AI agents! A lack of Situational Awareness! What behaviour is driving the current AI bubble—and…

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Answering your burning tech questions

by Douglas Soltys

Canada’s most overrated tech company? Keeping young founders in the country? Is BlackBerry making a comeback?

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Can Canada function without American tech?

by Douglas Soltys

Canadian Shield Institute’s Vass Bednar on the best ways to evaluate Canada’s push for digital self-reliance.

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What killed your startup? (Live from Startupfest)

by Douglas Soltys

Leaders from Vector Institute, Toothpod, and Raw Signal Group share candid thoughts about AI, startup survival, and scaling…

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