Techstars announces 2018 Montreal AI cohort
Techstars has announced the first cohort of its AI program in Montreal. Announced in March, Techstars and Real Ventures partnered…
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Newton raising conditional $15 million round with DV Trading
Toronto-based Newton, which is building a mobile cryptocurrency platform, has entered into several partnerships to help it…
How WeWork plans to connect Vancouver, Portland, and Seattle to compete with the Valley
Despite launching in the spring of 2010, co-working giant WeWork didnât establish its first office space in Vancouver until…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Apple explores custom health chips
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Grocery brands are caught in the middle of the ecommerce transformation of food delivery
Thereâs no doubt that retail has undergone significant change in the last several years. One area of interest to me is the…
Spocket raises $1.5 million to power dropshipping for retailers
Like most entrepreneurs, Saba Mohebpour founded his company out of a problem he experienced himself. While trying to open his…
Wealthsimple launching zero-commission stock trading service in Canada
Robo-advisor Wealthsimple announced it is launching a new trading service in Canada, which will allow users to buy, sell, and…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Using AI to treat cancer
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Facebook’s blockchain conflict
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
US insurance giant Travelers acquires majority stake in Zensurance
Toronto-based Zensurance has secured significant financing from American insurance giant Travelers, BetaKit has learned. Documents…
A|I: The AI Times – AI for cybersecurity is the hot new thing
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Is tech FOMO fading away? (CanCon Ep. 126)
There was a time, just a few short years ago, when the latest product releases from the world’s largest tech companies…
Report: 53 percent of customers abandon purchases when there’s payment friction
A new report by Payments Canada has revealed that over half of Canadians (53 percent) abandon a purchase when checking out…
A|I: The AI Times – Google’s newest AI experiment
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
New report lists 10 strategies to increase diversity in federal government contracts
While many women launch and grow businesses in Canada, the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises owned by women are…