FrontFundr celebrates milestone of raising $10 million for Canadian companies
FrontFundr, a Vancouver-based equity crowdfunding platform, said that it’s raised a combined $10 million for Canadian…
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A|I: The AI Times – A Canadian AI Institute
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
R|T: The Retail Times – The push for automated shopping
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
A|I: The AI Times – The sunny and the dark side of AI
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Ontario budget earmarks $50 million for life sciences-focused VC funds
The Ontario government released its Budget 2018 yesterday, which included several investments dedicated to boosting the tech…
KPMG report: Toronto ranks among the fastest-growing global technology innovation hubs
According to KPMG’s Global Innovation Report, Toronto is set up to be one of the world’s leading technology innovation…
Ask an Investor: Dissect my Deck (Finaeo)
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Merchant Advance Capital closes $30 million debt facility
Merchant Advance Capital, which offers online lending to small and medium-sized businesses, has closed a $30 million debt facility…
Amid regulatory uncertainty, Coinsquare’s CEO is focused on expanding services while gaining public trust
Coinsquare CEO Cole Diamond says he gets anxious about being perceived as doing too much. But it’s not enough for him to…
Attracting tech talent to Canada requires process and effort
Canadian cities are starting to pop up on global tech hub lists. For example, Toronto was recently named to Amazon’s HQ2…
Techstars and Real Ventures launch AI accelerator in Montreal
Over a year after launching its first Canadian accelerator in Toronto, Techstars announced that it is launching a Montreal-based…
#Budget2018 includes focus on women entrepreneurs, $572.5 million towards big data strategy
The Canadian government has tabled its #Budget2018, including measures that will affect the country’s tech and innovation…
Canadian startup funding in 2017: A city-by-city ecosystem review
In January, PwC Canada and CB Insights released the MoneyTree report analyzing Canadian VC activity for Q4 and all of 2017.…
Canadian startup news of the week (02/25/18)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
BC Securities Commission seeking input on modernizing securities laws
The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) released a notice summarizing the results of the BCSC’s FinTech outreach activities…