BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 257

Canadian Tech & Startup News

DOZR | BetaKit

By Josh Scott November 26, 2025

How Dozr, a promising construction tech firm, went from building boom to receivership to asset sale

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By Madison McLauchlan November 25, 2025

Shopify says recent layoffs “removed layers that created complexity”

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Marcelo Cortes Faire | BetaKit

By Josh Scott November 24, 2025

Faire co-founder: company has the metrics to go public, but isn’t rushing to IPO

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Christmas Tree Point San Francisco

By Douglas Soltys November 23, 2025

It’s “Valley or Bust” for Canada’s young entrepreneurs

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Parliament | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl November 20, 2025

The feds get 4,000 website complaints a day. Can a “responsible” AI chatbot untangle the mess?

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Questrade | BetaKit

By Josh Scott November 19, 2025

Questrade doubles down on tools for advanced traders at first product showcase

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Latest

Technation launches cybersecurity taskforce, calls on Canadian governments to “recognize cybersecurity as a matter of national security”

Josh Scott November 1, 2022

Taskforce has leaders from CGI, Cisco, eSentire, Darktrace, Infosys, Microsoft, SkyHive.

BFUTR 2022

Three big takeaways from BFUTR 2022

Byron Armstrong November 1, 2022

Creating opportunities for Black talent is still a disruptive idea in tech.

TouchBistro secures $150 million to move upmarket and pursue strategic M&A as it braces for more economic uncertainty

Josh Scott November 1, 2022

Amid looming recession and stiff competition, TouchBistro sets sights on growing efficiently.

ELON MUSK

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A brutal week for Big Tech

Michael Edgar November 1, 2022

Plus: Meet the new Chief Twit.

Shopify acquires Remix to bolster its headless commerce framework

Charlize Alcaraz October 31, 2022

Latest acquisition meant to remix Shopify’s own framework tool for building storefronts.

Mogo

Mogo at risk of being delisted from Nasdaq for sub-$1 USD share price

Charlize Alcaraz October 31, 2022

The Vancouver FinTech startup has 180 days to get over $1 USD.

Hockeystick BC

BC venture funding fell to a seven-quarter low in Q3 2022

Isabelle Kirkwood October 31, 2022

Investor sentiment goes from FOMO to fussy as deal volume falls to three-year low.

Tobi Lütke Shopify

Making future bets on Shopify, Wealthsimple & the metaverse

Douglas Soltys October 31, 2022

Come on the podcast, Tobi.

Satellite component testing startup Connektica raises $2.7 million CAD

Charles Mandel October 31, 2022

An indirect player in the space race, Connektica carries out quality assurance testing.

Blossom Social secures $750,000 to build “Canada’s first social brokerage”

Josh Scott October 31, 2022

Amid market downturn, CEO says community is “more important than ever” for retail investors.

Wealthsimple Crypto

F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple stakes its crypto claim

Michael Edgar October 31, 2022

Plus: WonderFi swaps CEO as company plans stock trading, sports betting hedge.

Minister-Ng-handshake

Canadian startup news of the week (10/30/22)

Michael Edgar October 31, 2022

Plus: Placing future bets on Shopify and Wealthsimple.

AI PanCan Strategy

CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs as Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy enters phase two

Meagan Simpson October 28, 2022

CIFAR is responsible for implementing the $443 million federal AI strategy.

University of Toronto one of nine schools chosen for Eric Schmidt’s new $148 million AI research initiative

Josh Scott October 28, 2022

U of T only Canadian university to secure funding from former Google CEO to apply AI to STEM research.

Why Potloc founder Rodolphe Barrere tries to fire himself every six months

Stefan Palios October 28, 2022

Barrere has a three-step strategy for not getting “stuck” in operations.

The BetaKit Podcast

OpenText EVP Shannon Bell

Christmas Tree Point San Francisco

Dominion Dynamics at SAAS NORTH 2025

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champagne stand together, smiling, hold a copy of Budget 2025.

Aptum CEO Ian Rae

OpenText EVP Shannon Bell

Christmas Tree Point San Francisco

Dominion Dynamics at SAAS NORTH 2025

Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champagne stand together, smiling, hold a copy of Budget 2025.

Aptum CEO Ian Rae

Podcast

How OpenText went all-in on AI

by Douglas Soltys

OpenText EVP Shannon Bell explains why her job now requires human and digital resource management.

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It’s “Valley or Bust” for Canada’s young entrepreneurs

by Douglas Soltys

Colare’s Nain Abdi explains why his generation sees the Valley as their “launchpad.”

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Dominion Dynamics’ CEO thinks defence is a “generational opportunity” for Canadian entrepreneurs

by Douglas Soltys

Eliot Pence wants to undercut US reliance and build Canada’s “defence prime.”

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Budget 2025: “cautiously optimistic”

by Douglas Soltys

A power panel of policy wonks pick apart Budget 2025 and what it means for Canadian tech.

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Podcast

What the AWS outage reveals about Canada’s digital sovereignty

by Douglas Soltys

Aptum CEO Ian Rae argues that sovereignty requires control of our digital supply chain.

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