Coveo CEO Louis TĂȘtu believes tech will emerge victorious from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown Canadaâs business community into a state of uncertainty, as the vast majority of Canadian…
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Wattpadâs Allen Lau on surviving the dot-com bubble, SARS, and the financial crises
Quite a few people asked me what these previous crises looked like. I am fortunate enough to experience all four crises as…
Applications open for 75% Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy
The federal government has opened applications for the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), the $73 billion program aimed…
Bus.com taps Maxie Lafleur as CEO as startup modifies offering during COVID-19
Montreal-based Bus.com, which has created an online platform for bus rentals, has appointed Maxie Lafleur as the startupâs…
Canadian startup news of the week (4/26/20)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
Ada Support lays off 23 percent of staff amid uncertainty caused by pandemic
Ada Support, which provides an AI-powered chatbot platform for customer service teams, has permanently laid off 36 full-time…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – A challenge from Shopify
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
OneEleven announces it is permanently ceasing operations
Toronto-based incubator OneEleven announced on Wednesday that it has permanently ceased operations due to economic impacts…
FreshBooks reduces headcount by 9%, CEO says company remains in âgrowth modeâ despite COVID-19
Toronto-based cloud-accounting software company FreshBooks has laid off 38 staff members, which represents nine percent of…
Saskatchewan’s startup ecosystem will not bounce back like mature tech markets
Let me preface this post with the following: all opinions are my own; Iâm optimistic Saskatchewanâs tech ecosystem will…
Report: Number of Canadian startups significantly impacted by COVID-19 slightly higher than global average
According to a new report for Startup Genome, 58 percent of startups in Canada say their industry has been âaffected significantlyâ…
Canadian startup news of the week (4/19/20)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
The three big questions Canadian tech startups are asking during the COVID-19 crisis
The rapid evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic into a global crisis could signal big trouble for Canadian business. The life…
Software engineers create online tool to help companies find available government COVID-19 relief
A group of Canadian software engineers has created Corona Support, an online resource intended to help people and businesses…
Q4 Inc. secures $25 million CAD from CIBC Innovation Banking
Toronto-based investor relations (IR) software company Q4 Inc. has received a $25 million credit facility from CIBC Innovation…