Canadian startup news of the week (09/02/19)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
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Decentral’s new CEO outlines company roadmap as Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio steps down
Anthony Di Iorio, the founder and CEO of Canadian blockchain company Decentral, has stepped down from his role. Maggie Xu,…
BetaKit’s Guide to Elevate Youth
Returning for its third year, Elevate is now simply too big for one event guide. So BetaKit has produced a guide to every event…
BooknBrunch wins $30,000 at CNE Innovation Garage Pitch Competition
BooknBrunch, an online book and food experience platform based in Toronto, took home $30,000 after winning the CNE Innovation…
BetaKit’s Guide to Elevate AI
Returning for its third year, Elevate is now simply too big for one event guide. So BetaKit has produced a guide to every event…
Sidewalk Labs launches infrastructure company with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Sidewalk Labs and its parent company, Alphabet Inc., have partnered with the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to create…
Today in hires: Instacart, Flexday
In the past few weeks, two tech organizations have announced new members to their teams. Here’s a breakdown of who is joining,…
Startup jobs of the week: Growth Marketer, Development Team Lead, Full Stack Developer
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
CEO Tim Wootton credits marketplace giants for helping him start Rover Parking. Can you guess which ones?
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asked business leaders to share their experience starting…
Today in government funding: Quebec, cleantech, healthtech
Today in government funding, three organizations in Quebec received $415,000, a Burlington-based healthtech company received…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Health Canada’s cannabis holdup
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
QuadrigaCX monitor complying with RCMP investigation, looks to move case to Ontario
Two months after it was revealed that the late QuadrigaCX CEO transferred customer funds into his own accounts, the court-appointed…
Interface Fluidics raises $6 million Series A for “disruptive” oil recovery tech
Calgary-based oil field laboratory services company Interface Fluidics has announced it has raised a Series A round of $6 million…
Venture capital investments hit record high in first half of 2019
Canadian venture capital investments in the first half of 2019 hit a record high of $2.15 billion, according to the Canadian…
Smart cities consortium, UofT, Palette Skills among orgs receiving millions in government funding
On Tuesday, the Government of Canada announced an investment of up to $11.1 million in order to develop a “made-in-Canada”…