HootSuite raises $165 million in Largest Deal Ever in Canadian Venture Capital History
In what is Canada’s biggest venture capital investment for a software company ever, social media dashboard HootSuite has…
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Shopify Acquires Design Agency Jet Cooper
Shopify, the Ottawa-based startup turned ecommerce platform behemoth, announced today that it has acquired one of Canada’s…
U of T Solar Power Racing Team Looks To Indiegogo To help fund Australian World Solar Challenge trip
The B-7 is all charged up and ready to go. For the past 18 months, the University of Toronto team have spent countless hours…
Bitmaker Labs Gives Women in Computing a Boost with Grace Hopper Scholarship
Canadian coding school Bitmaker Labs announced this week that female registrants participating in the bootcamp would be eligible…
New HYPERDRIVE Accelerator Cohort Announced, brings on 11 new startups!
Communitech announced the new HYPERDIVE cohort companies today and also reinforced the changes of their 6-month startup accelerator…
Polar rebrands, launches new native advertising platform
Toronto-based Polar – formerly known as Polar Mobile – has been working hard on their business for years. Founded…
Four First-of-Their-Kind Apps Created at Canadian Google Glass Hackathon
Canada’s first-ever Google Glass Hackathon wrapped up yesterday in Toronto and resulted in four new apps to add to the growing…
Longo’s and Unata turn to apps to personalize the grocery shopping experience
It’s a well-known adage that you should not go to the grocery store hungry. It always leads to deviation from “the…
Communitech shifts HYPERDRIVE into an improved direction, extends program to 6-months
It’s been over a year since Communitech launched HYPERDRIVE, a $30 million accelerator program that assists early-stage…
BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge!
We’re incredibly proud to announce that BetaKit is the official online sponsor of the upcoming MasterCard N>XT Developer…
20-Year old CEO of KW Startup on a Mission to Make Dumb Screens Smart with NFC & Motion Tech
Founder and CEO Douglas Lusted is just heading into his third year at University of Waterloo and has already completed his…
First Ever Canadian Google Glass Hackathon Is This Weekend
Glass isn’t officially available in Canada yet, but some of the lucky few who have been able to get their hands on a pair…
Thalmic Labs graduates from the VeloCity Garage, sets up larger shop in Kitchener
Stephen Lake, Matthew Bailey and Aaron Grant have had an incredible year since starting Thalmic Labs. Apparently when they…
A message from Erin Bury about the rebirth of BetaKit
When BetaKit launched in February 2012 it was to fill a hole we thought existed in online startups and technology reporting.…
Welcome back to BetaKit – a site dedicated to Canadian Startups!
It takes courage and determination to start your own business. Being a startup is a tough choice, it can sometimes be very…