Points.com co-founder explains how its loyalty platform keeps customers coming back
Loyalty programs are nothing new in the retail space, but Points.com, a Toronto-based public company, is helping its customers…
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Horizn CEO Janice Diner on how startups can be profitable from day one
For Horizn CEO Janice Diner, the secret to making profit isn’t having the perfect product right away — it’s being…
Foodee raises $6 million Series A for U.S. expansion
Food concierge company Foodee, which facilitates meal delivery from local restaurants to workplaces, announced a $6 million…
CareGuide makes strategic investment in fellow startup Qimple
Toronto’s CareGuide is known for making its own road. The care marketplace startup, which has a portfolio of sites like Sitter.com…
Zak Homuth shares Upverter’s (several) near-death experiences
With regular press and an impressive funding round, Upverter co-founder and CEO Zak Homuth admitted that it looks the company…
Mike Wekerle shares commitment to Waterloo at Entrepreneurs Exchange
Whether you know him as a former trader on Bay Street, the television personality on Dragons’ Den, or simply ‘Wek’, Michael…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Frictionless Payments
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Quebec City-based Jobillico raises $8 million to fuel westward expansion
Jobillico, an online job market based in Quebec City, announced that it has raised $8 million to further drive its expansion.…
Denmark’s oldest healthcare company opens innovation lab in Markham, its first outside Europe
LEO Pharma, Denmark’s oldest healthcare company, announced that it is opening its first innovation lab in North America…
Startup jobs of the week: Mentionmapp, Sentinel Alert, Shopify, Busbud, Ritual
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Following $1 million seed round, ExpertKnowledge founder explains why corporate training fails
Back in 2014, when Ryan Austin and his co-founders were part of The Next Founders program in Toronto, the group was working…
Spacefy claims its own space on #TheDisruptors
These days, it seems like there is an AirBnB and Uber for everything. And Toronto-based Spacefy is one of those companies tapping…
Scotiabank hosting FinTech hackathon dedicated to debt management tools
On February 5, Scotiabank is hosting Scotiabank Hack IT, its first-ever hackathon. The hackathon, which is open to 100 people,…
VarageSale lays off 30 staff, including VPs of Engineering, Product
Multiple sources have reached out to BetaKit confirming that VarageSale today laid off 30 staff, on the company’s fourth…
StackAdapt raises $1 million Series A to boost native advertising platform
Toronto-based StackAdapt, a native advertising platform that allows clients to access global native advertising inventory on…