BetaKit Best of 2015
2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…
2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the…
It’s definitely been a big year for wearable tech. We’ve seen IPOs (Fitbit), major acquisitions, (Misfit and Fossil, Recon…
2015 was definitely a big year for wearables. IDC forecasts that this year, 80 million wearable units will have shipped globally,…
Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news that Ariel Garten, founder of InteraXon, had stepped down as CEO, replaced by the…
As the first of 25,000 refugees in Canada have started arriving, a few Canadian startups are doing their part to make newcomers…
In 2015, we have seen so many technologies come to the forefront. Just before the end of each year I look to the developments…
Toronto-based CellWand released an app this week that might calm the nerves of a nation collectively freaking out over Uber.…
BetaKit Senior Editor Tom Emrich is the voice of wearable technology in Canada. But from where doth his love of wearables spring?…
“Pebble has money,” says Eric Migicovsky. The CEO of Pebble, the company that all but popularized the smartwatch…
Vancouver’s Launch Academy co-founder and CEO, Ray Walia, smiles when he thinks about the 120,000 cups of free coffee served…
Heather Payne believes she’s always been a “community person.” The founder of HackerYou was in Girl Guides as a child,…
Before he was prime minister of Canada, Paul Martin spent his teen years working in northern Canada alongside indigenous people—…
Last Friday I spent my evening at a startup pitch competition, which, considering my position, is to be expected. I never expected…
I worked in the Brazilian Startup Scene from 2012 to mid-2014, and I was anxious to return to São Paulo since moving back…
Last week, I sat down with Craig Fitzpatrick, the CEO of PageCloud, a web hosting company that aims to reinvent the design…