ResQ uses platform to help service industry deliver meals to frontline workers in Toronto
ResQ, which has created a restaurant repair and maintenance app, is raising donations to buy meals from the restaurants on…
COVID-19
All BetaKit coverage related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Black Swan #3 – Is this pandemic tax deductible?
It was a tough week. Last Thursday, Canadian tech woke up to the cold reality that the 75 percent federal wage subsidy wasn’t…
Waterloo tech companies join demands for wage subsidy modifications in letter to feds
A group of Kitchener-Waterloo region organizations and startups, led by Communitech, are echoing concerns that the federal…
Opencare lays off one-quarter of staff as it prepares to “weather the storm” of COVID-19
Toronto-based Opencare, a healthcare booking company, last week laid off 18 members of its team, as its core business has been…
C100 announces newest 48Hrs in the Valley cohort, postpones event to October
Twenty-six Canadian tech startups have been selected to join the 2020 48Hrs in the Valley program, hosted by C100, an…
Federal government’s updated work-sharing program more open to startups amid COVID-19
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has introduced new measures to its existing work-sharing program,…
Traction on Demand, BC government create platform to coordinate medical supply donations
British Columbia’s provincial government has partnered with several organizations, including Vancouver-based cloud technology…
CCI tells feds emergency wage subsidy must be expanded to support Canadian tech
The Council of Canadian Innovators (CCI) and its members are calling on the federal government to make adjustments to the 75…
Ritual cuts staff in half, reduces operations due to COVID-19
Toronto-based food ordering and mobile pickup app Ritual has laid off more than half of its employees and is set to reduce…
Black Swan #2 – Performing layoffs in a pandemic
For two weeks, Canadian tech companies have been on pins and needles waiting for a support package from the federal government.…
Morneau provides more detail on government’s 75 percent wage subsidy for Canadian businesses
The 30 percent decline in revenue needed for businesses to be eligible for the federal government’s 75 percent wage subsidy…
Québec organizations rally residents to buy from local startups on April 2
A group of organizations is putting together an event on April 2 that encourages Québec residents to buy a product or service…
Dialogue enters partnership with Sun Life to offer virtual healthcare
Dialogue has partnered with Sun Life Financial to offer virtual healthcare services to the Canadian insurance provider’s…
Startupfest introduces Pitch from Home as 2020 event moves online
Montreal-based tech festival Startupfest is introducing Pitch from Home, a virtual substitution for Startupfest’s in-person…
Join BetaKit’s live AMA Thursday with Michael Hyatt on surviving a Black Swan
Every Canadian tech business knows right now that it’s not business as usual. As the world combats a global pandemic, entrepreneurs…