UK’s Department for International Trade invites 12 Canadian FinTech startups pursuing UK expansion
The United Kingdom’s Department for International Trade is organizing a trade mission welcoming 12 Canadian FinTech startups,…
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Dream Payments receives $1.5 million investment, plans to open Connecticut office
Toronto-based Dream Payments has secured a $1.5 million investment from the state of Connecticut through Connecticut Innovations,…
Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva, The Next Big Thing co-founder Meredith J. Powell among National Startup Canada Award winners
On Tuesday night, Startup Canada announced the national winners of its third annual National Startup Canada Awards, which celebrates…
Venture Out launching first conference in Canada dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion in startups
On March 27, 2017, Venture Out will connect both the tech-proficient and the tech-curious in Canada’s first conference for…
Startup Canada Podcast: Making the leap from entrepreneurship to intrapreneurship
Whether it’s mountain biking in the rain, travelling to the far corners of the Earth, or revolutionizing the customer service…
Calgary becomes latest Canadian city to legalize Uber
Another Canadian city has officially gone pro-Uber. The city of Calgary announced on November 28 that it had amended its transportation…
What to do when it all falls apart
The hardest month in my life as a leader was in the spring of 2014. I was VP Firefox at Mozilla. I was one of the senior leaders…
Report: startups contribute $704.6M to Montreal economy per year
While a number of reports have examined the growth and progress of startup ecosystems in Toronto, Waterloo, and Silicon Valley,…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 44: The conspiracy killing startups
Is it actually true that there is no such thing as bad publicity? This week, the CanCon podcast tests that theory with the…
MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht says immigration, attracting foreign investment key to Canada’s economic growth
Between the federal government having ongoing discussions with the entrepreneurship community on its innovation agenda, to…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Equibit plays damage control
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Blockchain technology is king at the OSC’s first FinTech hackathon
In the first hackathon in Canada by a securities regulator, 29 groups took the stage this weekend after a grueling day-and-a-half-long…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Netflix-like ambitions
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering the major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. S|W is sponsored by none…
Equibit plays damage control with John McAfee as seed round looms
Yesterday, BetaKit and its sister site MobileSyrup jointly published a story about Equibit’s claims of John McAfee joining…
CIX FinTech event tackles the evolving startup-bank dynamic
While last year the Canadian Innovation Exchange focused on celebrating the Canadian startup landscape more generally, this…