
11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2021
Every January for the past few years, thanks to the team at BetaKit, I’ve had the opportunity to share my thoughts on some of…
Every January for the past few years, thanks to the team at BetaKit, I’ve had the opportunity to share my thoughts on some of…
For the past few years, thanks to the team at BetaKit, I’ve had the opportunity to share my thoughts on some of the companies…
The COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person events to seek out virtual venues. Not that virtual event platforms didn’t exist before, but their customer value propositions…
“Always be pitching” has been the startup mantra for years, and for good reason. Pitching helps improve and validate ideas, understand customers, and accelerate…
In February of this year, I wrote about what mobility could look like in 2020 and beyond, based on trends that had emerged over…
This is the decade where businesses must take on large societal problems. From healthcare, education, climate change, to finance, every industry will need to…
As a VC, lawyer, and entrepreneur, I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of issuing SAFEs. The Simple Agreement for Future Equity,…
These are two key questions that my partner, Colin Webster, and I discussed when we were establishing RiSC Capital to make seed investments in…
Exactly five months ago I was standing at the World Economic Forum in Davos amidst world leaders, systems builders, and changemakers. I was grateful…
The coronavirus may be devastating the global economy, but the crisis is catapulting Shopify to new heights. The Ottawa-based ecommerce platform’s stock has soared,…
This past year has been full of social issue controversies and crises for tech companies and startups. It is clear technology is becoming increasingly…
COVID-19 finds industry and public policy leaders scrambling for answers on how to rebuild our domestic economies and restore resilience in our supply and…
Of the thousands of Canadian venture deals produced from 2014 to 2019, so few Black women founders raised money that these figures are very…