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,…
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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…
New accelerator aims to give Black-led startups in the Prairies a kick-start
Black-led startups on the Prairies will get a boost in mid-November when the Black Business Ventures Association (BBVA) launches…
Shopify’s global Indigenous programs lead joins Indigenous-owned Animikii
Shopify’s global Indigenous programs lead has departed the company to join Indigenous-owned Animikii as it looks to raise…
Raven Capital wants to invest in the Reconciliation economy
Today, you will hear from Paul Lacerte, Managing Partner of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, an Indigenous-led and focused…
PLATO Testing to bring Indigenous software tester training program to Victoria
Fredericton-based company PLATO Testing has announced plans to bring its program to Victoria this fall, where it hopes to help…
Former Shopify VP Janeen Speer joins Benevity as company preps for hiring spree
Janeen Speer, the former vice president of talent for Shopify, is joining Calgary-based Benevity Inc. as chief people officer.…
High rate of mental health conditions in women entrepreneurs “alarming,” reports FLIK study
More than half of women entrepreneurs surveyed for a new study, released on August 30, reported that they had struggled with…