MaRS Studio Y holding first National Youth Leadership and Innovation Strategy Summit
MaRS Studio Y, which supports young people between 18-29 build entrepreneurial skills, is spearheading the first-ever National…
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Flybits hosting hackathon to push mobile personalization
Between April 8th and April 10th, Flybits is hosting the Context Camp 2016 hackathon in Toronto with the goal of “pushing…
CrowdRiff raises $2.6 million CAD seed round
Toronto-based CrowdRiff, a visual and social marketing solution for destination and travel brands, announced $2.6 million ($2…
Thalmic’s Stephen Lake challenges federal government to better define Canada’s innovation agenda
Just a few months ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau scrapped the title of industry minister and appointed MP Navdeep Bains…
VM Farms’ Hany Fahim speaks on how digital literacy empowers regular people
Hany Fahim, founder of VM Farms, was at home watching another episode of Bob’s Burgers when one of his customers’…
Mike Serbinis says LEAGUE raising Series A to tackle North American market
In an interview with sister-site MobileSyrup, LEAGUE founder and CEO Mike Serbinis spoke about the health tech startup’s…
Sampler and Komodo OpenLab win DMZ and Innovation Birmingham’s Next Big Idea contest
A few months ago, Toronto-based DMZ and Innovation Birmingham announced its Next Big Idea innovation competition for Ontario…
Ask The Doctor brings house calls to the 21st century with new platform
Toronto-based Ask The Doctor has been working quickly to bring its tech-based health solution, which allows users to ask personalized…
Startup jobs of the week: ZEITDICE, 88 Creative, Grow, LemonStand, Urbery
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Lending Loop makes the case for its P2P lending business on #TheDisruptors
Last week, BetaKit wrote about the decision by Toronto-based FinTech startup Lending Loop to voluntarily suspended new loan…
Why startups need to raise less and hustle more
If there’s one story that Ron Spreeuwenberg wants startups to remember, it’s the stories of Flooz and Beenz. The…
Today in funding: Resolver, Maintenance Assistant, Unito
SaaS companies raised big in this round of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much, and from whom. Maintenance…
District 3 boosts Montreal FinTech scene with Fintech Breakfast Parlay
At Concordia University’s entrepreneurial community, District 3, its dedicated entrepreneurial hub, brought together…
IDEO’s Barry Katz hosting design thinking bootcamp at Communitech
Barry Katz, a Fellow at IDEO, professor at Stanford University, and author of six books, is coming to Communitech in Waterloo…
Data mining innovation spawns a new kind of Gold Rush
“There’s gold in them thar hills” – and thanks to a blend of machine learning technology and traditional geological…