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Hack To Start Ep.191: Asher Hunt, founder and CEO of Overnight

Franco Varriano April 13, 2018

Asher Hunt is the founder and CEO of Overnight, a platform to book homes from people you trust. Hunt comes from a visual arts…

Government invests $4.4 million in Venture for Canada to support Atlantic Canada internships

Jessica Galang April 13, 2018

The Canadian government is providing $4.4 million to Venture for Canada to help students access work at startups in Atlantic…

H|T: The Healthtech Times – How 3D printing is revolutionizing healthcare

Amira Zubairi April 13, 2018

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…

Akira founder moves from healthtech to launch Newton cryptocurrency trading platform

Jessica Galang April 12, 2018

Just under a year after exiting telehealth startup Akira, founder Dustin Walper has launched Newton with the goal of tackling…

Bilal Khan out as OneEleven CEO

Jessica Galang April 12, 2018

OneEleven’s founding CEO no longer holds the role, BetaKit has learned. OneEleven announced the news today via its Weekly…

Malgosia Green departs Top Hat to take on role as Plenty of Fish CEO

Jessica Galang April 12, 2018

Top Hat’s former chief product officer Malgosia Green has departed the company and taken on the role as CEO of Plenty…

Startup Canada Podcast Ep. 132: The path to exit with Bruce Croxon

Startup Canada April 12, 2018

What does it take to build a wildly successful Canadian technology company? For Bruce Croxon, it took over a decade of entrepreneurial…

Thalmic announces new headquarters as it hits 350 employees

Jessica Galang April 12, 2018

Thalmic Labs has opened a new office at 27 Gaukel St. in Kitchener – a 124-year-old building with 26,000 square feet…

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Spotify goes public

Amira Zubairi April 12, 2018

The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…

Healthcare startups and industry share joint innovation challenges at #THIW panel

Jessica Galang April 11, 2018

As part of Toronto’s Health Innovation Week, MediSeen and MedStack hosted a ‘dual innovation panel’ tackling both sides…

Media Sonar’s Allan Bedard: cutting-edge tech doesn’t matter unless the data is actionable

Douglas Soltys April 11, 2018

As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest…

Bet on Collision coming to Toronto in 2019

Douglas Soltys April 11, 2018

Paddy Cosgrave really wants you to know that Collision is looking for a new home. The co-founder of Web Summit, one of the…

AI for Social Good program wants to help women enter the AI industry

Gabrielle Drouin April 11, 2018

Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. The world of technology is waking up to the need to be more inclusive to the…

Zoom.AI raises $3.1 million seed extension to expand solution into Europe

Jessica Galang April 11, 2018

Toronto-based Zoom.AI has raised a $3.1 million seed extension, led by Evolution Equity Partners with existing investors Betaworks,…

Former Google and RIM execs join iNovia as general partners

Jessica Galang April 11, 2018

iNovia Capital has added two new general partners that were former execs at Google and RIM. The new GPs include Patrick Pichette,…

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Hack To Start Ep.191: Asher Hunt, founder and CEO of Overnight

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Akira founder moves from healthtech to launch Newton cryptocurrency trading platform

Bilal Khan out as OneEleven CEO

Malgosia Green departs Top Hat to take on role as Plenty of Fish CEO

Startup Canada Podcast Ep. 132: The path to exit with Bruce Croxon

Thalmic announces new headquarters as it hits 350 employees

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Spotify goes public

Healthcare startups and industry share joint innovation challenges at #THIW panel

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AI for Social Good program wants to help women enter the AI industry

Zoom.AI raises $3.1 million seed extension to expand solution into Europe

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