BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 3

Vancouver

By Josh Scott June 2, 2023

With Collision nearing a one-year Toronto extension, efforts are mounting for a West Coast alternative

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CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

By Douglas Soltys May 28, 2023

A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie

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BenchSci team

By Josh Scott May 25, 2023

BenchSci closes $95-million CAD Series D to expand AI drug-discovery platform

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AbCellera | BetaKit

By Douglas Soltys May 24, 2023

AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus

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A Collision sign ahead of the start of Collision 2022 in Toronto

By Josh Scott May 17, 2023

Mayor Tory’s departure, competing bids, and financial pressure on province and feds place Collision’s future in Canada in doubt

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LATEST NEWS

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

Canadian Startup NewsMay 30, 2023<May 31, 2023

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

by Josh Scott

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

asset management

NewslettersMay 30, 2023<May 30, 2023

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

by Alex Riehl

Plus: Novisto closes $27-million Series B.

SolusGuard

Canadian Startup NewsMay 29, 2023<May 31, 2023

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

by Charlize Alcaraz

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

Picketa Systems

Canadian Startup NewsMay 29, 2023<May 30, 2023

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

by Charlize Alcaraz

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

Hiives co founders

NewslettersMay 29, 2023<May 29, 2023

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

by Alex Riehl

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

AbCellera SIF funding announcement

NewslettersMay 29, 2023<May 28, 2023

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

by Alex Riehl

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

CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

PodcastsMay 28, 2023<June 2, 2023

A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie

by Douglas Soltys

A post-mortem on the rampant demise of 2000s digital media publications & how they compare to the slow death of traditional…

OpenText building

Canadian Startup NewsMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

Three SaaS companies hiring software developers in Canada

by Alex Riehl

Autodesk, Ceridian, and Opentext are looking to hire software developers in Canada.

Canadian Startup NewsMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

Cognosys raises $2-million seed round to create AI personal assistants

by Charles Mandel

Vancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere

Two men wearing lanyards sit at a table with plastic cups in front of them at a past startupfest event

Canadian Startup NewsMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

Summer camp for Canadian tech is back: Startupfest returns July 12-14

by Charles Mandel

This year: more Premium Fests, Investor Match-Ups, fan-favourite Grandma judges, and BetaKit.

Toronto intersection with billboard for Wingmate that says revolutionizing the field service industry

Canadian Startup NewsMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

Wingmate secures $1 million CAD to market and sell its lead-generation app for frontline staff

by Charles Mandel

Wingmate aims to make “sales and service a team sport,” giving incentives to field staff to chase down leads.

Lightspeed payments

NewslettersMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify touts checkout conversion rates, ranks merchants

by Alex Riehl

Plus: Lightspeed Commerce recovers from tough third quarter.

NewslettersMay 26, 2023<May 26, 2023

H|T: The Healthtech Times – FTC signals tougher rules for health companies’ use of data

by Alex Riehl

Plus: MCI OneHealth divests five Calgary clinics to Well Health for $2 million.

contract

Canadian Startup NewsMay 25, 2023<May 25, 2023

Spellbook, formerly Rally, raises $10.9 million to automate legal contracts using generative AI

by Charlize Alcaraz

The company is rebranding as part of a new focus on its AI tool and strategy.

BenchScis team

Canadian Startup NewsMay 25, 2023<May 26, 2023

BenchSci closes $95-million CAD Series D to expand AI drug-discovery platform

by Josh Scott

BenchSci aims to help pharma companies speed up R&D using AI.

The BetaKit Podcast

BetaKit Podcast episode on the Canadian health care crisis

CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

Tobi Lütke Shopify

PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland speaks with media in West Block July 16 2020

Folding Ideas Dan Olson

BlackBerry movie

BetaKit Podcast episode on the Canadian health care crisis

CANADALANDs Jonathan Goldsbie on the BetaKit Podcast

Tobi Lütke Shopify

PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland speaks with media in West Block July 16 2020

Folding Ideas Dan Olson

BlackBerry movie

Podcasts

Canada is in a health care crisis. What’s the prescription?

by Douglas Soltys

Brett Belchetz (Maple) and Alexandra Greenhill (Careteam) diagnose the failings of Canada’s health care system.

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Podcasts

A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie

by Douglas Soltys

A post-mortem on the rampant demise of 2000s digital media publications & how they compare to the slow death of traditional…

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Podcasts

What’s next for Shopify?

by Douglas Soltys

Business Insider’s Madeline Stone joins to discuss the end of Shopify’s “side quest” and future of…

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Podcasts

Do the feds have an innovation strategy? CCI’s Ben Bergen isn’t so sure

by Douglas Soltys

The Council of Canadian Innovators president answers your submitted questions on innovation policy.

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Podcasts

How YouTuber Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) hunts internet grifts

by Douglas Soltys

Alberta is the unlikely front in the war against NFTs, contrepreneurs, and the metaverse.

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Podcasts

Revisiting BlackBerry’s extraordinary rise and spectacular fall

by Douglas Soltys

Losing the Signal co-author Sean Silcoff and BlackBerry co-writer Matthew Miller step into the Wayback Machine.

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