Vanedge Capital’s Moe Kermani funds integrity
While Moe Kermani factors in business plan and broad market opportunity when evaluating entrepreneurs for Vanedge Capital,…
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Michael Tippett can’t put the Wantoo hype genie back in the bottle
Every entrepreneur craves press clippings. Social proof can serve as important early validation, and makes a good impression…
WINDâs Tony Lacavera says entrepreneurs should not restrict themselves to Canada for capital
Yesterday, The Empire Club of Canada hosted an hour long conversation with WIND Mobile Chairman Tony Lacavera. While the conversation…
From laggard to leader through tech: commercial real estate and Colliers
When it comes to being a technology leader, the commercial real estate industry is rarely in the conversation. Despite its…
Uber’s new insurance policy won’t work in Canada
One of the biggest criticisms plaguing Uber is that of driver insurance. The company has long maintained that its insurance…
Trippeo’s Adarsh Pallian on finding the gaps in huge industries
When Adarsh Pallian was looking to found his next company after selling Geotoko to Hootsuite in 2011, he started by trying…
Slack acquires Screenhero
Slack Technologies, the communication tool that was first started in Vancouver and now located in San Francisco, recently raised…
#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures
They came, they sat, and they coded. Vancouver hosted its second #HTML500, which happens to be stop number one of a four city…
#NoFilters: when technology makes all media social
Itâs time we stop prefixing media with the word “social.” Itâs media. Itâs also a free-for-all, thatâs…
The #HTML500 is More Than Another Learn to Code Event
âThe man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.â â Mark Twain Participating…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
Canadian startup founders share what will keep them up at night in 2015
Itâs New Yearâs Eve. Everyone else is watching the ball drop and counting down. But something about your business is stuck…
The biggest Canadian startup stories of 2014
2014 was a big year for Canadian startups. So big, in fact, that the BetaKit editorial team couldn’t quite agree on the…
Reflecting on 2014: The big issue, the big idea, and the big win
Every Canadian technology startup thatâs delighting and delivering value to its customers, while creating a meaningful workplace…
One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
Back in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…