CanCon Podcast Ep. 76: Saadia Muzaffar, Harley Finkelstein, Bruce Croxon at #BetaKit150
Last month, BetaKit pulled together 300 of Canada’s best and brightest for a celebration of the next 150 years of Canadian…
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Street Contxt expands its sell side platform to buy side investors
Toronto-based Street Contxt announced that it has launched its buy side platform. Street Contxt said the new buy side platform…
IBM launches innovation incubator at Communitech
IBM Canada, in partnership with the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Communitech, has unveiled the IBM Innovation Incubator…
Flybits raises $6.5 million Series B with Information Venture Partners, Portag3
Toronto-based Flybits has raised a $6.5 million Series B led by Information Venture Partners. New investor Portag3 Ventures…
The Entrepreneurship Society event offering tips on metrics and fundraising for scaling companies
On July 26, The Entrepreneurship Society will host an evening event dedicated to helping Toronto-based entrepreneurs understand…
Highmark Interactive raises $2 million to treat people with brain injuries using video games
Toronto-based Highmark Interactive, a digital therapeutics company that uses video games to help people with concussions and…
On the heels of Startupfest win, Flashfood raises $1.5 million seed round
It’s been a good week of funding for Toronto-based Flashfood. After winning $140,000 for Startupfest, the company has announced…
Canadian startup news of the week (07/17/17)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Flashfood wins $140,000 Best in Fest prize at Startupfest
Flashfood has won the $140,000 Best in Fest top prize at Startupfest. The prize was among several handed out at Montreal’s…
Shopify hosting Canada-wide tour to encourage people to launch businesses on its platform
This summer, Shopify is conducting Shop Class, an eight-stop tour across Canada to convince more people to launch their businesses…
Zoom.ai wins $100,000 grand prize at OpenText Enterprise World Pitch Contest
Toronto-based Zoom.ai, which has developed an automated virtual assistant that helps users offload menial administrative tasks,…
Dream Payments opens Moncton office to support growth in Canadian and US markets
Toronto-based Dream Payments, which provides a cloud-based mobile point-of-sale solution, announced the opening of an innovation…
Ask an Investor: Should I hire an executive coach?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors Roger Chabra and Katherine…
Second Closet raises $500,000 from Hyatt brothers for pay-per-item storage company
Toronto-based Second Closet’s $500,000 seed round only took a day. That was partly thanks to BlueCat founder Michael Hyatt,…
League, Mogo among regional finalists for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year awards
Ernst & Young has named the regional finalists across several categories for its EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 awards…