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W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Apple reaches Vrvana

Tom Emrich November 27, 2017

Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…

Canadian startup news of the week (11/26/17)

Amira Zubairi November 26, 2017

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

MaRS and Canadian gov’t want to give students experience in STEM companies

Aeman Ansari November 24, 2017

MaRS Studio Y and Employment and Social Development Canada launched the Student Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Fellowship to…

Startup Jobs Spotlight: Loopio is hiring

BetaKit November 24, 2017

As startups lead the way in building Canada’s innovation economy, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with…

Canadian government launches smart city challenge with $50 million top prize

Aeman Ansari November 24, 2017

The government of Canada has announced the launch of the Smart City Challenge, which is meant to encourage communities to leverage…

Today in acquisitions: Solium Capital acquires Capshare, HiMama acquires DailyChildcareReport

Aeman Ansari November 24, 2017

This week, two companies have made announcements on acquiring startups. Here’s the latest on Canada’s movers and shakers.…

Dentons launches seed financing document generator

Aeman Ansari November 24, 2017

Dentons has announced the launch of an automated seed financing document generator. The tool, which can be accessed through…

Code for Canada fellows. From left: Daniel Tse, Santiago Mendoza, Sophie Sengmany, Raluca Ene, Christine Lee and Leon Lukashevsky.

Code for Canada launches fellowship program to build digital government services

Aeman Ansari November 24, 2017

Code for Canada has officially launched its inaugural fellowship program to design government services. The program will send…

Ask an Investor: Who are the best references to provide to VCs?

Sarah Marion November 24, 2017

Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…

Today in funding ($3.4M): Peloton Innovations, Motive.io

Aeman Ansari November 23, 2017

In the past few weeks, two Canadian startups got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…

CBRE report: Waterloo is Canada’s fastest-growing tech talent market

Aeman Ansari November 23, 2017

According to CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, Waterloo is Canada’s fastest…

Cloud DX’s Justin Pedro: Startup CTOs must build passionate teams

Stefan Palios November 23, 2017

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

Verve.ai’s Dalia Asterbadi says innovation must build bridges, not silos

Aeman Ansari November 23, 2017

At the latest TechTO, Dalia Asterbadi, CEO of Verve.ai, talked about the disruption AI and tech in general is creating, and…

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains says Canada is committed to net neutrality

Sameer Chhabra November 23, 2017

Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development has reaffirmed the government’s pro-net neutrality stance.…

Startup Canada Podcast: Curating authenticity with Drake General Store’s Carlo Colacci

Startup Canada November 23, 2017

Not every business can make it big on Toronto’s Queen Street West. Co-founder and president of Drake General Store, Carlo…

Cohere to acquire Germany’s Aleph Alpha in sovereign AI play

The man who helped build five generations of wireless retires from Ericsson’s Ottawa lab

Canada’s new US economic advisory committee draws backlash from tech leaders

Former Startup TNT leader launches coalition for Canada’s early-stage investors

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