Wealthsimple, Flipp make Great Place to Work list
Great Place to Work has released its annual list of the top workplaces in Canada, and a few Canadian tech companies made the…
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Report: Canadian tech investment hits record $1.3 billion CAD in Q1 2018
According to PwC Canada and CB Insights’ latest MoneyTree report, total venture capital funding to Canadian tech companies…
Canvass Analytics’ Steve Kludt on AI’s need for speed
As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest…
Techstars Toronto hosts first Demo Day
Yesterday, Techstars hosted the Demo Day for its first-ever Toronto cohort showcasing their progress and refined pitches after…
Al Gore headlines Elevate TechFest lineup
At Shopify’s Toronto office, Elevate announced some of the speakers that would headline its week-long technology festival…
Instant Financial raises $14.3 million CAD Series A to help shift workers get paid faster
Vancouver-based Instant Financial, which allows employees to get access to their pay after a shift, has closed a $14.3 million…
2018 Startup Genome report dives deep into Canada’s startup ecosystems
Startup Genome has released its report detailing the state of innovation across the world for 2018. The report dives deep into…
FrontFundr celebrates milestone of raising $10 million for Canadian companies
FrontFundr, a Vancouver-based equity crowdfunding platform, said that it’s raised a combined $10 million for Canadian…
A|I: The AI Times – A Canadian AI Institute
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
R|T: The Retail Times – The push for automated shopping
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
A|I: The AI Times – The sunny and the dark side of AI
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Ontario budget earmarks $50 million for life sciences-focused VC funds
The Ontario government released its Budget 2018 yesterday, which included several investments dedicated to boosting the tech…
KPMG report: Toronto ranks among the fastest-growing global technology innovation hubs
According to KPMG’s Global Innovation Report, Toronto is set up to be one of the world’s leading technology innovation…
Ask an Investor: Dissect my Deck (Finaeo)
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Merchant Advance Capital closes $30 million debt facility
Merchant Advance Capital, which offers online lending to small and medium-sized businesses, has closed a $30 million debt facility…