BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 3

BetaKit Podcast Booth at SAAS NORTH

By Douglas Soltys November 25, 2022

Canadian tech talks down rounds, disasters, and “recipes for failure”

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Communitech | BetaKit

By Charlize Alcaraz November 23, 2022

Canadian tech hubs not immune to downturn as Communitech lays off 10 percent of workforce

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FTX FTT

By Kelsey Rolfe November 21, 2022

FTX fallout could set back investment in Canadian crypto companies for years, experts say

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By BetaKit November 17, 2022

Canada’s 2022 Developer 30 Under 30

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By Josh Scott November 17, 2022

Canadian tech layoffs continue as tough year comes to a close

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LATEST NEWS

NewslettersNovember 23, 2022<November 22, 2022

A|I: The AI Times – With a new robot and fresh funding, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”

by Michael Edgar

Plus: Raquel Urtasun’s Waabi gears up to hit the road.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 22, 2022<November 22, 2022

How electrifying transportation could surge Ontario’s economy

by Stefan Palios

CITM Director calls Ontario the only place in North America that has the entire battery supply chain.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 22, 2022<November 22, 2022

Acerta closes $10.4 million CAD Series B to help automakers like Nissan and GM build car parts more efficiently

by Josh Scott

Acerta puts pedal to the metal and targets North American, European expansion.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 22, 2022<November 22, 2022

WorkJam closes $50 million USD round co-led by Inovia, Fonds FTQ

by Meagan Simpson

WorkJam’s platform is geared towards supporting the frontline workforce.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 22, 2022<November 22, 2022

Legal tech startup Clio advances its FinTech play with launch of payments product in Canada

by Charles Mandel

Clio claims to have processed over $1 billion USD in legal transactions.

Two men wearing glasses

NewslettersNovember 22, 2022<November 21, 2022

F|T: The FinTech Times – Klarna slows expansion, Ripple targets the EU

by Michael Edgar

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue.

Leo Lax BetaKit podcast SAAS NORTH 2022

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 21, 2022<November 22, 2022

L-Spark’s Leo Lax: 2022 has been a “disaster” for SaaS funding, though sector continues to grow

by Charlize Alcaraz

“The bias is less towards building the innovation economy, more towards sustaining what we got.”

Yield Exchange

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 21, 2022<November 21, 2022

Yield Exchange nabs $110,000 after winning both SAAS NORTH 2022 pitch competitions

by Charlize Alcaraz

The Vancouver startup provides an online marketplace for guaranteed investment certificates.

FTX FTT

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 21, 2022<November 21, 2022

FTX fallout could set back investment in Canadian crypto companies for years, experts say

by Kelsey Rolfe

“Gone are the days of not doing full due diligence.”

Sold sign in front of a house

NewslettersNovember 21, 2022<November 21, 2022

Canadian startup news of the week (11/20/22)

by Michael Edgar

Plus: Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s Fast 50.

BetaKit Podcast SAAS NORTH

PodcastsNovember 19, 2022<November 25, 2022

Will some Canadian tech companies die during the downturn?

by Douglas Soltys

Founders: get used to hearing the ‘Canadian no’ more often.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 18, 2022<November 22, 2022

Bold Commerce swaps CEOs, bringing on PayPal, Intuit alum Peter Karpas

by Josh Scott

Karpas took the reins from Bold co-founder Yvan Boisjoli last month.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 18, 2022<November 18, 2022

The painful changes that helped GSoft scale from zero revenue to $100 million ARR

by Stefan Palios

Building a generational company means continually evolving.

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 18, 2022<November 18, 2022

Teralys receives $40 million from CDPQ in re-up for seed-stage fund of funds

by Meagan Simpson

The seed fund of funds comes in addition to Teralys raising a new VCCI-backed fund.

Alveole

Canadian Startup NewsNovember 18, 2022<November 17, 2022

Alvéole closes $8.1 million Series A to help companies meet ESG goals with beekeeping

by Charlize Alcaraz

Buzzing with fresh capital, Alvéole aims to use bees to build greener cities.

The BetaKit Podcast

BetaKit Podcast Booth at SAAS NORTH

BetaKit Podcast SAAS NORTH

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Tobi Lütke Shopify

Alexis Gay comedian and podcast host

BetaKit Podcast Booth at SAAS NORTH

BetaKit Podcast SAAS NORTH

Elon Musk

Tobi Lütke Shopify

Alexis Gay comedian and podcast host

Canadian Startup News, Podcasts

Canadian tech talks down rounds, disasters, and “recipes for failure”

by Douglas Soltys

Featuring interviews with luminaries from OMERS Ventures, Shopify, Coveo, Clio, Unbounce, and L-SPARK.

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Podcasts

Will some Canadian tech companies die during the downturn?

by Douglas Soltys

Founders: get used to hearing the ‘Canadian no’ more often.

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Podcasts

Waverly and the broken internet

by Douglas Soltys

Building a better algorithm is not enough to fix the modern internet.

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Making future bets on Shopify, Wealthsimple & the metaverse

by Douglas Soltys

Come on the podcast, Tobi.

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Podcasts

Watching Alexis Gay is the most fun you can have while quiet quitting your tech job

by Douglas Soltys

The funniest person in tech wants you to know that Mark Cuban and Kara Swisher are people, too.

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Boom to bust cycles & why there’s no Canadian techlash

by Douglas Soltys

The Canadian companies best adopting big-tech strategies aren’t “tech” companies.

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