#Budget2019 makes Global Talent Stream permanent, provides no national data strategy
The Canadian government has tabled its #Budget2019. This government’s previous budgets have featured significant investments…
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NexTech AR signs LOI to acquire ecommerce business for $1.85 million CAD
NexTech AR, a developer of a proprietary augmented reality (AR) advertising platform, is looking to acquire an unnamed ecommerce…
How Harley Finkelstein went from lawyer to COO of Shopify
Last week, the University of Ottawa law faculty’s All Sorts of Torts club and the Telfer School of Management’s Entrepreneur’s…
Medical organizations look to assess virtual healthcare technology
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the College of Family Physicians…
Construction software company Bridgit raises $6.2 million CAD Series A
Kitchener-based Bridgit, which offers a project management platform for construction businesses, has raised $6.2 million CAD…
Canadian securities regulators propose regulatory framework for crypto platforms
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) are seeking…
Canadian startup news of the week (03/17/19)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Canadian Growth Hackers: Exact Media’s Elena Armstrong on how retailers break through the noise
In this series, brought to you by Toronto-based native advertising tech company StackAdapt, Vitaly Pecherskiy meets with the…
Emissions Reduction Alberta announces $100 million for cleantech projects
The Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced 16 projects that will receive $100 million CAD in funding through its BEST…
Culture of equality key driver in workplace innovation, report finds
In Canada, employees’ willingness and ability to innovate is nearly six times higher in companies with a robust culture…
OrbCare secures $2 million seed funding for healthtech software
OrbCare, a healthtech company based in Toronto, has announced the close of its seed funding round, raising $2 million in equity…
CVCA report: VC firms invest $1.3 billion in Q4 2018
A recent report from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) has outlined stats for the VC investment…
CryptoNumerics raises $3.3 million CAD seed funding for data analytics, privacy software
A new Toronto-based enterprise software company, CryptoNumerics, announced today that it has raised a $3.3 million CAD seed…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s new bank
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Wealthsimple launches previously announced stock-trading mobile app
Wealthsimple today announced its newest product, a mobile app allowing users to buy, sell, and track stocks. The app is now…