BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 268

Canadian Tech & Startup News

Eliot Pence Dominion Dynamics

By Douglas Soltys November 16, 2025

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

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Tracy Ridler Centre For Native Nation Builders | BetaKit

By Madison McLauchlan November 14, 2025

Shopify’s shuttered Indigenous entrepreneurship program will relaunch, says program co-founder

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By Douglas Soltys November 12, 2025

Sarah Rieger joins BetaKit as managing editor

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StackAdapt Vitaly Pecherskiy | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl November 11, 2025

Is SaaS dead? Tech leaders debate whether it’s time for requiem or rebirth

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Clio co-founder and CEO Jack Newton | BetaKit

By Josh Scott November 10, 2025

Clio secures $500-million USD Series G as it completes vLex acquisition

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Canadian flag over Parliament Hill - 1

By Douglas Soltys November 7, 2025

Budget 2025: “cautiously optimistic”

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Latest

Former Alberta innovation minister Doug Schweitzer joins Deloitte as senior advisor

Charlize Alcaraz September 7, 2022

Tanya Fir was sworn in as Alberta’s new innovation minister in recent weeks.

Curatio

“Social” healthtech startup Curatio merges with Australian medtech firm RxMx

Charlize Alcaraz September 7, 2022

Named RxPx, the combined entity is backed by RxMx majority shareholder Pemba Capital Partners.

Y Combinator

Meet the five Canadian startups participating in Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Demo Day

Josh Scott September 7, 2022

Smallest #CDNtech group since Winter 2019 features four Toronto companies and one from Edmonton.

AI art that won first place at a state fair arts competition.

A|I: The AI Times – This AI won top prize at the state fair

Michael Edgar September 7, 2022

Plus: Five months in, details on Canada’s new Innovation and Investment Agency remain sparse.

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 1Password shuffles C-suite as Snap lays off 20% of employees

Michael Edgar September 7, 2022

Plus: Snap lays off 20% of employees.

Adam Nanjee departs Microsoft for Startups to lead venture capital in Canada for Amazon Web Services

Meagan Simpson September 6, 2022

Nanjee previously led the launch of Microsoft for Startups in Canada.

FreshBooks appoints Wayne Jackson as CFO to support global expansion, M&A plans

Josh Scott September 6, 2022

FreshBooks aims to tap Jackson’s acquisition and public markets experience.

Abraham Tachjian open banking lead

Open banking working group failing to address critical governance, standards issues

Kelsey Rolfe September 6, 2022

Working group participants call governance the latest open banking battlefront as clock to implement keeps ticking.

F|T: The FinTech Times – Clearco comes home, Klarna’s losses triple

Michael Edgar September 6, 2022

Plus: Ticketmaster taps Flow Blockchain to allow organizers to issue NFTs along with tickets.

Canadian startup news of the week (9/5/22)

Michael Edgar September 6, 2022

Plus: Clearco hands overseas business to Outfund.

Shopify

Shopify plans to contest $40 million Express Mobile patent infringement verdict

Josh Scott September 2, 2022

Express Mobile has also sued Google, Meta, and Amazon for infringing its patents.

LifeWorks

Telus acquires TSX-listed HR tech firm LifeWorks for $2.3 billion CAD

Charlize Alcaraz September 2, 2022

Telus acquires LifeWorks to bolster its employee wellness solutions.

Traction Conference FinTech panel (2022)

Learning from embedded FinTech leaders at Traction

Douglas Soltys September 2, 2022

CEOs of Mercury and Lendflow explain how to embed FinTech into your startup.

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Vitalik Buterin gives financial boost to 🇨🇦 doctors tracking carbon dioxide levels

Michael Edgar September 2, 2022

Plus: The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize.

WonderFi team at Toronto Stock Exchange

WonderFi to acquire Blockchain Foundry in all-stock deal

Charlize Alcaraz September 1, 2022

WonderFi continues acquisition spree of Canadian crypto companies.

The BetaKit Podcast

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

Raymond Luk Source Canada

Gander Social graphic

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

Raymond Luk Source Canada

Gander Social graphic

Podcast

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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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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Why Canada doesn’t buy Canadian tech

by Douglas Soltys

Source Canada’s Ray Luk thinks the “cultural belief we’re not good enough” creates a homecourt disadvantage for…

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Can Canada build its own social network?

by Douglas Soltys

Gander CEO Ben Waldman explains his vision for sovereign social media.

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