BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 35

Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation

Minister Champagne at Toronto Global Forum banner | BetaKit

By Josh Scott October 21, 2024

Champagne, Conservatives point fingers as Canadian cleantech startups suffer continued SDTC funding delays

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Freshbooks

By Alex Riehl October 18, 2024

Inside FreshBooks’ struggle to reach profitability

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Information Venture Partners banner | BetaKit

By Josh Scott October 16, 2024

Information VP forgoes fourth fund in favour of SPV-style investing

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Vancouver BC

By BetaKit October 15, 2024

Meet the BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver speakers

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MaRS

By Isabelle Kirkwood October 7, 2024

MaRS CEO lays out reset business model as innovation hub makes more cuts

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LATEST

By Alex Riehl May 14, 2024

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – How investment banks are helping Canva and Figma stay private

Plus: Ottawa’s Kinaxis to make staff cuts as profits rise.

By Bianca Bharti May 14, 2024

Report: Canadian corporate venture capital funding is dismal compared to the United States

Six percent of Canada’s largest companies participated in a deal compared to 40 percent in the US.

Ivan Zhang, Cohere co-founder at BetaKit Town Hall.

By Isabelle Kirkwood May 13, 2024

Vantage points: Cohere’s Ivan Zhang on making Canada the place to scale

“Right now, it’s very hard to stay in Canada if you want to be the best in the world at something.”

Wealthsimple-Pine

By Alex Riehl May 13, 2024

F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple begins offering mortgages with Pine partnership

Plus: Binance caught in anti-money laundering crosshairs.

BK Town Hall

By Bianca Bharti May 13, 2024

What comes next for Canadian tech?

Plus: Wealthsimple partners with the Wealthsimple of mortgages.

BK Town Hall - Tobi Lutke

By Douglas Soltys May 12, 2024

Tobi Lütke finally comes on the BetaKit Podcast

Shopify CEO discusses Canadian innovation, policy, courage, and ambition.

Binance

By Josh Scott May 10, 2024

FINTRAC fines crypto giant Binance $6 million for flouting anti-money laundering laws

The penalty comes shortly after an Ontario court certified a class action against the firm.

hybrid-work

By Isabelle Kirkwood May 10, 2024

Three Canadian companies are hiring for hybrid tech roles

Flexible roles are now available at Trulioo, PwC Canada, and Scotiabank.

By Isabelle Kirkwood May 10, 2024

OSC introduces new initiatives to boost capital access for angel investors and startups

Regulator enacts new dealer registration exemptions for angel investor groups, early-stage companies.

Walmart

By Alex Riehl May 10, 2024

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Walmart ditches telehealth and cyberattack paralyzes Canadian pharmacy chain

Plus: Ottawa firm acquires mental health platform for first responders.

By Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

Three Canadian companies among finalists of Musk-funded XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition

Skyrenu, Arca, and Planetary are entering the last stage of the $100-million, four-year-long competition.

BK Town Hall

By Bianca Bharti and Josh Scott May 9, 2024

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

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

Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland

By Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

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

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

By Alex Riehl May 9, 2024

AppDirect acquires low-code B2B marketplace builder Builtfirst

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

Schulich Orientation_Tech MBA Group

By Isabelle Kirkwood May 9, 2024

Why every business leader in Canada needs a Tech MBA

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

CANADIAN TECH JOBS

The BetaKit Podcast

Google

ALL IN 2024 panel

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

Gymtrack

Google

ALL IN 2024 panel

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024

Gymtrack

Podcasts

Does Canada have the leverage to regulate Big Tech?

by Douglas Soltys

Google is a monopolist. We spoke with a former Google Canada exec about what should happen next.

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Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?

by Douglas Soltys

Mappedin, BrainBox AI, Airudi, and Videns Analytics founders offer a frank evaluation of market opportunities.

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Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?

by Douglas Soltys

Ten years in, Wealthsimple is profitable with $50 billion in AUA. What comes next?

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Podcasts

What Canada can learn from AI use in South Africa

by Douglas Soltys

Raesetje Sefala explains how DAIR is analyzing impacts of South African apartheid with AI.

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Podcasts

Evolving Canada’s AI strategy with CIFAR’s Elissa Strome

by Douglas Soltys

With phase three of its strategy on the horizon, can CIFAR keep up with AI’s pace of change?

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Podcasts

Pablo Srugo wanted to be “insanely rich.” It killed his startup.

by Douglas Soltys

Now a VC, Gymtrack’s one-time COO cautions founders against becoming their own worst hypebeast.

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