Four student-led startups take home Velocity Fund $5K prizes
Four student teams, Insula Medical, WatFly, Emergency Response Africa, and VOYHS, have each won $5,000 each at the University…
Events
Michelle Obama to speak at Elevate 2019
Today at Design Exchange, Elevate announced that Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States, will be speaking at…
Traction Conference announces speakers, first-ever Traction Fundraising Summit
On August 7 and 8, the sixth annual Traction Conference is returning to Vancouver to offer entrepreneurs insights and connections…
Canscan, SparkCharge take home gold at Startupfest pitch competition
Canscan Technologies and SparkCharge were crowned winners of the pitch competition at Startupfest in Montreal last week. The…
BMO, DMZ to launch Small Business Banking Challenge in October
Ryerson University’s technology accelerator, the DMZ, is extending its partnership with the Bank of Montreal through…
Raw Signal Group to host multi-day coaching program for ‘better bosses’
Leadership training company Raw Signal Group is launching Betterboss, a three-day management training program for founders,…
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…
$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…