LANDR appoints new chairman and CFO to double down on business strategy
LANDR, a platform that allows artists to manage and create music from one platform, announced that Robert Frances has been…
Montréal
Flatbook rebrands to Sonder after $10 million funding round
Montreal-based Flatbook is officially rebranding as Sonder after raising a $10 million funding round. According to Montreal…
reelyActive represents Canada at Silicon Valley’s Plug and Play Demo Day
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Plug and Play is arguably one of the most important accelerators in Silicon…
Montreal-based Transit raises $2.4 million in funding, launches transit assistant feature
In a Medium post, Montreal-based Transit announced $2.4 million in funding in a round including new investors Accel Partners…
OMsignal announces $13 million in funding alongside launch of smart bra
When OMsignal first launched in 2014, their initial vision wasn’t to launch the smart shirts that the company is well-known…
SweetIQ acquires California-based Connectivity to fuel US expansion
As part of its ongoing expansion into the US, Montreal-based SweetIQ announced it has acquired the local marketing division…
Announcing the BetaKit Next selectees
BetaKit isn’t particularly fond of awards for entrepreneurship. For example, how can anyone reasonably name an ‘entrepreneur…
Real Ventures hires Facebook’s Mike Shaver, Frank & Oak’s Isaac Souweine
Real Ventures has announced two major hires to its investment team in an effort to “better support our portfolio companies…
LANDR wants to make the music industry more accessible with machine learning platform
Making music mastering accessible to everyone is the goal of Montreal startup LANDR, who launched their mastering platform…
Canadian government dedicates $900 million to helping universities become world-leading research centres
At the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing yesterday, Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan announced a…
Shopify wants to support small businesses with new coworking program in WeWork spaces
Shopify has announced a partnership with WeWork to establish its Shopify Partner Accelerator, which the company hopes will…
Startup jobs of the week: StackAdapt, QuickTapSurvey, Payment Rails, LiveCA LLP
Every day, Canada’s best startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board. From early stage…
We Are Wearables explodes into Montreal with #WWMTL
Montreal is joining the wearable tech revolution as We Are Wearables heads to the city for the first time this month. Montreal…
Coalition of Young Chamber of Commerce of Quebec seeking startups for Marrakech and Tel Aviv trade missions
The Coalition of Young Chamber of Commerce of Quebec is seeking Canadian startups to join it on two trade missions — one…
Miss #Startupfest? All presentation slides are now available online
After a four-day festival that trended on social media across Canada for the entire event — and a record turnout of 4,300…