Pilots over pitches: how to accelerate growth through corporate-startup collaboration
“Always be pitching” has been the startup mantra for years, and for good reason. Pitching helps improve and validate ideas,…
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AppDirect megadeal casts long shadow over Montréal startup funding in Q3 2020
Following a record-setting Q2, total tech funding in Montréal was propped up by one megadeal into a locally-born but now US-headquartered…
Canadian cybersecurity leaders say ecosystem requires community to grow
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, conversations tend to focus on job losses and skyrocketing unemployment. While it’s true…
Faire megadeal icing on top of Waterloo Region’s strong Q3 2020
A Series E round raised by Kitchener-born e-commerce startup Faire brought total startup funding in the Waterloo Region to…
Expensify CEO David Barrett on why startup founders should ignore the ‘experts’
After David Barrett sold his first startup, he wanted to give back to people in need in his community. He decided to make a…
BC venture deal volume dropped to new low in Q3, but total funding shows a healthy ecosystem
Although the number of venture deals in British Columbia fell significantly in the third quarter of 2020, total funding raised…
Toronto venture funding in Q3 rebounds following disappointing first half of 2020
Following two disappointing quarters for venture funding of startups in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), funding in the region…
BetaKit Live: How Canada can become a cybersecurity leader
There is a global gap of 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs that need to be filled around the world by 2021. That’s a 3x…
Five ways SaaS CFOs can help their company scale
Despite the role that CEOs, CTOs, and product managers play in a startup’s success, finance is the only department in a SaaS…
Aquatic Informatics CEO Ed Quilty on why entrepreneurs should fake it till they make it
One look at a polluted river turned Ed Quilty into an entrepreneur. While completing his undergraduate degree at the University…
As the first COVID holiday shopping season approaches, what role will Canadian tech companies play?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global economy, consumer behaviour continues to be driven by new personal…
Four startups share how they’ve adapted to remote work during COVID-19
The Cisco Designed Small Business Resiliency series shares stories and resources for businesses working to recover from the…
How Bridgit’s co-founders tapped into a market ignored by tech
Entrepreneurship taught Bridgit COO Lauren Lake to never assume she knows more about a problem than someone living it every…
Willful, Cisco, and The Canadian Shield share how to lead with empathy and flexibility
Only 28 percent of Canadian small businesses have been able to maintain or exceed normal revenues during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Bessemer Venture Partners shares the six things every SaaS finance leader needs to know
Whether fundraising or spending for scale, startup finance leaders are critical members of the team. While titles might be…