LG and University of Toronto expand AI research partnership
LG is expanding its artificial intelligence research investment in the University of Toronto (U of T) to focus on business-to-business…
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Shopify partners with DMZ, Dream Maker Ventures for Black entrepreneurs initiative
Shopify is partnering with Ryerson University’s DMZ as a founding partner of the Black Innovation Initiative, a project that…
Uber launching engineering hub in Toronto as part of $200 million investment
Uber has announced plans to open an engineering hub in Toronto. The new site will mark its 11th engineering hub worldwide and…
Dan Doctoroff stays on message at #CollisionConf Q&A
At a question and answer session at Day Two of #CollisionConf, Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff sat down with BNN Bloomberg’s…
Education platform Coursera to open engineering office in Toronto
Coursera, a Silicon Valley-based education platform, has announced a new engineering office in Toronto. The office will be…
Wealthsimple raises $100 million led by Allianz X to build a full stack financial service
Toronto-based Wealthsimple has secured a new $100 million investment round, led by Allianz X, the digital investment unit of…
Senso.ai announces $1.5 million CAD raise at #CollisionConf
Toronto-based Senso.ai, a machine learning and predictive AI company, has announced the close of a $1.5 million Seed round…
#CollisionConf: Canada’s tech ecosystem is in hypergrowth, but it won’t last forever
Canada’s tech ecosystem has quickly become one of the tech world’s greatest success stories, but government, entrepreneurs,…
#FutureMakers DevOps deep dive puts culture over process
As the topic for the May edition of RBC FutureMakers Talks, Transforming Delivery with DevOps was filled with a variety of…
Minister Navdeep Bains reveals federal government’s Digital Charter
Navdeep Bains Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development today revealed the federal government’s new Digital…
StandUp Ventures raises additional $13 million for women-focused fund
StandUp Ventures, a seed stage firm investing in women-led companies has secured $13 million CAD in new follow-on funding commitments,…
Startup jobs of the week: SHIFT, HiMama, Array
Every day, Canada’s tech startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on Jobs.BetaKit, powered by Jobbio. From…
Trudeau, Tory pitch Global Talent Stream, diversity to #Collisionconf attendees
After more than a year of build-up and preparation, Collision Conference has officially launched in Toronto, with Prime Minister…
Toronto-based Proptech Lane raises $2.5 million Seed round led by Alate Partners
Lane, a Toronto-based Proptech company offering a communication platform for landlords and tenants, has raised $2.5 million…
Portag3 Ventures creates senior advisory group to help build global FinTech businesses
Portag3 Ventures announced on Thursday the creation of its new group of senior advisors, adding six members including industry…