BC Tech Association announces 2019 Technology Impact Awards winners
The BC Tech Association has announced the winners of the 2019 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs) to recognize innovative companies…
Events
$5 million USD up for grabs at sixth annual 43North startup competition
Startup pitch competition 43North is accepting applications for its sixth annual competition in Buffalo, New York, where $5…
Six neurotech startups take home $50,000 from ONtrepreneurs Program
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) has announced the the early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs taking home $50,000 as part of…
EhsAI, Silofit, Neuraura named winners of the 2019 Fundica Roadshow
Fundica, a Montreal-based funding identification and connection platform for Canadian businesses, has announced the winners…
Microsoft, VCGA launch tech education lab in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Microsoft has teamed up with the Vancouver Computer Graphic Society (VCGA) to host tech programming, workshops, and mentor-led…
The three e-commerce game changers announced at Shopify Unite 2019
Ryan Petrimoulx is BetaKit’s e-commerce expert. We sent him to Shopify Unite to report back with his thoughts on the…
Lightspeed named CIX 2019 Innovator of the Year
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a Canada-wide startup investment conference, has named Montreal-based POS software…
Startup Train giving away 2 free tickets ahead of Startupfest
The Startup Train is back for its eighth year to bring attendees from Toronto to Startupfest in Montreal, and this year, it’s…
Slack, IBM, and RBC provide a path for positive digital transformation at #FutureMakers
Whether big or small, digital transformation has a massive impact for organizations. The RBC FutureMakers Talks June event…
#TrueNorth19 speakers argue the future of privacy is the cloud
At day one of True North 2019, held by Communitech in Kitchener-Waterloo, MedStack CEO Balaji Gopalan and Ann Cavoukian, a…
Winners of Startup Canada’s regional awards
Startup Canada has announced all the regional winners of its annual awards at ceremonies that took place in Whitehorse, Vancouver,…
Startupfest 2019 will feature over $1 million in prizes and opportunities
Startupfest will return to Montreal from July 9 to 12 for its ninth year, presenting five days of pitching, hacking, learning,…
GoFor, CybernetIQ take home $750,000 prize at AccelerateOTT Pitchfest
Invest Ottawa has announced the winners of AccelerateOTT Pitchfest, a pitch competition that aims to address key opportunities…
U of T’s self-driving car dominates 2019 AutoDrive Challenge
The University of Toronto’s self-driving car team, aUToronto, beat out seven other universities in the second annual…
MaRS, federal government launch Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge
MaRS Discovery District and the Public Health Agency of Canada have launched the Healthy Neighbourhoods Data Challenge, a competition…