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BRD partners with Toronto-based Coinberry to expand its operations in Canada

Jessica Galang August 15, 2018

During the Blockchain Futurist conference in Toronto, BRD, a Switzerland-headquartered company that provides a wallet for digital…

Startup Open House returns to give an inside look into companies like Shopify, Busbud

Amira Zubairi August 15, 2018

For the sixth year in a row, Startup Open House is returning to seven Canadian cities to invite tech enthusiasts inside the…

Wattpad partners with iflix to co-produce movies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

Amira Zubairi August 15, 2018

Wattpad has announced a content partnership with Malaysia-based streaming service iflix to co-produce Wattpad stories for iflix…

F|T: The FinTech Times – Facebook’s blockchain conflict

Amira Zubairi August 15, 2018

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

US insurance giant Travelers acquires majority stake in Zensurance

Jessica Galang August 15, 2018

Toronto-based Zensurance has secured significant financing from American insurance giant Travelers, BetaKit has learned. Documents…

Scotiabank announces plans to share APIs with developers

Amira Zubairi August 14, 2018

Scotiabank announced that it plans to deliver a public set of libraries, APIs, and applications with the open-source software…

City of Toronto using Fundica API to help Toronto entrepreneurs access funding

Amira Zubairi August 14, 2018

Montreal-based Fundica, which helps Canadian businesses find funding opportunities, announced that the City of Toronto has…

Path to Canada: Hiring global tech talent requires trial and error while overcoming fear of the unknown

Ivana Lochhead August 14, 2018

As part of a regular series, Global Skills Hub asks their clients to share their experience hiring globally and asks technologists…

Cybersecurity platform HYAS receives $475,000 from Western Innovation Initiative

Amira Zubairi August 14, 2018

Victoria-based HYAS, which develops intelligence tools to help InfoSec and cybersecurity professionals identify threats and…

Progressa closes $84 million funding round as company preps for IPO

Amira Zubairi August 14, 2018

Vancouver-based Progressa, a short-term lending platform, has closed an $84 million equity and loan funding round. The equity…

R|T: The Retail Times – Canadians hate payment friction

Amira Zubairi August 14, 2018

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…

Ontario will still oversee cannabis ecommerce, but privatize physical stores

Jessica Galang August 13, 2018

After a July report from VICE News indicated that the Ontario government will privatize cannabis sales, the province has released…

Centre québécois d’innovation en biotechnologie receives $1.4 million from Canadian government

Jessica Galang August 13, 2018

The Canadian government is investing $1.4 million in the Centre québécois d’innovation en biotechnologie. Based in…

Why you need cultural intelligence to build an inclusive workplace

Ritva Nosov August 13, 2018

Consider this: your tech firm has hired a product manager who hails from Southeast Asia. In meetings, she goes on and on in…

Chinova Bioworks raises $2.6 million to develop mushroom-based preservative

Jessica Galang August 13, 2018

Fredericton-based Chinova Bioworks, which is developing a mushroom-based natural preservative for food and beverages, has raised…

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BRD partners with Toronto-based Coinberry to expand its operations in Canada

Startup Open House returns to give an inside look into companies like Shopify, Busbud

Wattpad partners with iflix to co-produce movies in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

F|T: The FinTech Times – Facebook’s blockchain conflict

US insurance giant Travelers acquires majority stake in Zensurance

Scotiabank announces plans to share APIs with developers

City of Toronto using Fundica API to help Toronto entrepreneurs access funding

Path to Canada: Hiring global tech talent requires trial and error while overcoming fear of the unknown

Cybersecurity platform HYAS receives $475,000 from Western Innovation Initiative

Progressa closes $84 million funding round as company preps for IPO

R|T: The Retail Times – Canadians hate payment friction

Ontario will still oversee cannabis ecommerce, but privatize physical stores

Centre québécois d’innovation en biotechnologie receives $1.4 million from Canadian government

Why you need cultural intelligence to build an inclusive workplace

Chinova Bioworks raises $2.6 million to develop mushroom-based preservative

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