Startup jobs of the week: Mentionmapp, Sentinel Alert, Shopify, Busbud, Ritual
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Toronto
Spacefy claims its own space on #TheDisruptors
These days, it seems like there is an AirBnB and Uber for everything. And Toronto-based Spacefy is one of those companies tapping…
Scotiabank hosting FinTech hackathon dedicated to debt management tools
On February 5, Scotiabank is hosting Scotiabank Hack IT, its first-ever hackathon. The hackathon, which is open to 100 people,…
VarageSale lays off 30 staff, including VPs of Engineering, Product
Multiple sources have reached out to BetaKit confirming that VarageSale today laid off 30 staff, on the company’s fourth…
#TheDisruptors reports that Tony Chvala is the new CEO of Shop.ca
On today’s episode of BNN’s The Disruptors, co-hosts Amber Kanwar and Bruce Croxon exclusively reported that former…
StackAdapt raises $1 million Series A to boost native advertising platform
Toronto-based StackAdapt, a native advertising platform that allows clients to access global native advertising inventory on…
Scribblelive acquires Visually and expands its Silicon Valley presence
While US-based acquisitions of Canadian companies has been the norm over the past year, ScribbleLive’s latest acquisition…
Mayor John Tory explains how tech innovation will sell Toronto to the world
Since becoming Toronto’s Mayor, John Tory has made a point to embrace the startup community or innovation in the city.…
Gallop Labs “sold for parts” to Big Viking Games as CEO, founding team part ways
BetaKit has learned that Toronto-based Gallop Labs has been acquired by London, Ontario’s Big Viking Games. While employees…
#WWTO panel predicts widespread wearables adoption in 2016
Not many people can say they’ve celebrated their birthday with hundreds of people while decked out in a bionic exoskeleton…
#FinTech startups cash in at #ProductHuntTO on February 4
In the first Product Hunt Toronto event of the year, three FinTech startup demos and a panel with an industry leader is putting…
Dragons’ Den hosting open auditions starting February 6 in Toronto
As Dragons’ Den begins production for its 11th season, its producers are starting a 33-city audition tour on February…
Uber is now licensed in Toronto
Uber is now a licensed taxi brokerage in the City of Toronto, according to a statement issued by the company to multiple local…
Upverter pitches GitHub for hardware on #TheDisruptors
The latest season of The Disruptors has officially kicked off, and one of the pitching companies demonstrated how a GitHub…
Feast takes a ‘full-stack’ approach to food delivery
It’s warm for mid-December and I’m sitting on a park bench on Toronto’s east side, bare trees swaying softly…