Benevity reports record Giving Tuesday with over $112 million donated through its platform
Calgary-based Benevity saw a record-setting Giving Tuesday this year, as $112.6 million CAD was donated to over 43,000 causes…
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Survey suggests progress, room for improvement on equitable compensation for women in venture capital
Canadian Women in VC has released its third annual survey, which paints a picture of gender-based compensation across roles…
Tech4SickKids e-auction raises $50,000 towards $25 million goal to modernize SickKids hospital
Tech4SickKids, a grassroots campaign to raise $25 million for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), raised $50,000…
Dax Dasilva on using Lightspeed learnings to address the world’s climate crisis
At a recent event for BetaKit Patreon supporters, Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva explained how he hopes to…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…
Armed with first close of $6.3 million CAD, PaceZero aims to bring focus on sustainability to Canada’s private credit market
A pair of former capital market operators have launched a new Toronto-based investment firm to address what they see as a gap…
BetaKit Live: How to drive growth and innovation through impact investing
One year ago, TELUS announced a $100 million commitment to invest in entrepreneurs addressing the biggest challenges in health,…
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke’s Thistledown Foundation donates $26 million to children’s hospitals
Thistledown Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by Shopify CEO and founder Tobias Lütke, with his wife Fiona…
Amazon, BMO, PLATO Testing team up to offer tech training to Indigenous students
Fredericton-based company PLATO Testing has entered a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Bank of Montreal (BMO)…
Former Slack leader Allan Leinwand joins Shopify as new CTO
Allan Leinwand, former senior leader at Slack, is joining Shopify as its chief technology officer. In a Tweet posted on Monday,…
Why Elizabeth Yin is hustling to build the next generation of angel investors
Let’s talk angel investing, which has exploded in 2021 (in the US at least). Pitchbook data claims that angel investment…
General Fusion to expand HQ in Richmond, BC and quadruple workforce
General Fusion, a Vancouver-based cleantech company, is partnering with Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to relocate and…
Lightspeed’s Dax Dasilva launches environmental nonprofit, pledges $40 million for conservation, restoration projects
Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of Montréal-based retail tech company Lightspeed Commerce, has launched a nonprofit environmental…
How this Indigenous-led VC firm invests for financial and community impact
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners is one of the first, if not the first, Indigenous-led venture capital firms in North America.…
Bay Mills Investment Group “on pause” following departures and alleged health issues with executive team
Eight months after its launch, Bay Mills Investment Group is facing a “restructuring in management” due to alleged health…