#TechisBack: viva the Canadian tech renaissance
Tech and finance are starting to intertwine in Canada. A few short hours after Shopify opened trading at the Toronto Stock…
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BetaKit.Fund is our investment in the Canadian Startup community
We are believers in Canada and the opportunities that are created here. With BetaKit, we chose to focus our attention on Canadian…
Canadian Tire launches new digital innovation centre in Kitchener-Waterloo
Canadian Tire Corporation today yesterday the opening of a new digital innovation facility in Kitchener-Waterloo. Called the…
These three Canadian companies are helping shape the Apple Watch’s future
With over three thousand applications available at launch, it’s clear that third-party developers are excited about the Apple…
Canadian startup community responds to impending Shopify IPO
What impact will the impending Shopify IPO have on the Canadian startup ecosystem? That’s the question…
Lendful wants to give Canadians on-demand personal credit lending. Seriously.
Lendful CEO and co-founder, Alex Benjamin, wants to give Canadians more money as quickly as possible. His Vancouver-based…
Meta Glasses get their Canadian debut as augmented reality goes mainstream
The small hotel room I’m in barely holds two people, never mind six, but I am close quarter chatting with a bevy of Meta…
Tilt talks money, expansion, and why Canadians are boring
Some services, like Yelp, solve a problem of finding a great restaurant. Others, like Uber, the problem of finding a cab. Tilt…
Freelancer shares Canadian metrics as platform hits 15 million worldwide users
Freelancer.com announced an impressive new milestone today, as the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace claimed that it…
#Dx32015: Mike Serbinis wants Canadians to change the world or move on
“I like to solve hard problems,” says Mike Serbinis to the large crowd gathered at the Metro Toronto Convention…
Due South: Switch Video puts “zero focus” on Canadian market
Welcome to Due South, a new series that profiles Canadian entrepreneurs who have founded companies outside of the motherland.…
Google’s Waze hires first Canadian employee
Popular crowdsourced traffic app Waze was acquired by Google last year for an astounding $1.3 billion. Google stated at the…
Canadian startup founders share what will keep them up at night in 2015
It’s New Year’s 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…
My Top 14 Canadian Tech Moments of 2014
This year, I found myself in Toronto’s tech community. I don’t just mean “found myself” as in I stumbled…