Female Funders kicks off Breakfast Series to inspire 1,000 new angel investors
Kicking off an eight-city event in Toronto, Katherine Hague stood before a full room of female investors — both active and…
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Ontario Centres of Excellence grants $180,000 to four Entrepreneurship Hatchery startups
Four startups from The Entrepreneurship Hatchery, U of T engineering’s accelerator for student business ventures, have…
Tony Lacavera commits to Series A & B investments following “meaningful” Wind exit
Fresh off the news of Shaw’s intention to purchase Wind Mobile for $1.6 billion CAD, Tony Lacavera was at the MaRS Discovery…
Hurrier rebrands to foodora
Back in September, Toronto-based Hurrier was acquired by Rocket Internet-owned Foodora, which initially launched its on-demand…
Upside Foundation names Howard Gwin its first ambassador
Howard Gwin is having a great week. After announcing that he would be a venture partner in the newly-launched $100 million…
RateHub’s Digital Money Trends report shows power of search for FinTech startups
RateHub, a search engine for Canadian mortgage rates that boasts 300,000 monthly users, released its first Digital Money Trends…
Axiom acquiring part of lean law firm Cognition LLP
Joe Milstone and Rubsun Ho were two overworked lawyers at major law firms — at some point, both were vice president of legal…
Cisco opens Toronto Innovation Centre to jumpstart FinTech, healthcare, and smart city initiatives
Yesterday, on the 29th floor of the RBC Waterpark Centre in Toronto, Cisco unveiled its brand new Toronto Innovation Centre…
Meet the Canadians spearheading the $100 million enterprise SaaS-focused Leaders Fund
Under the direction of three experienced enterprise software leaders, the $100 million Leaders Fund launched today with the…
Federal government, GE Healthcare investing $40 million for MaRS cell regeneration research facility
At the MaRs Discovery District earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that FedDev Ontario and GE Healthcare…
Startup job spotlight: UI designer at Tiny Hearts
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation, every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
The Next 36 accepting applications for The Next Founders 2016 cohort
The Next 36, a program dedicated to accelerating the growth of young innovators in Canada, is now seeking applications to fill…
Toronto-based Hubba says it’s on track to raise $45 million
Hubba, a product database aimed at brands and retailers, told the Wall Street Journal in a new report that it is on track to…
Toronto-based startup nanoPay acquires MintChip from Royal Canadian Mint
Toronto-based nanoPay, an integrated loyalty and payments platform provider, announced that it has acquired MintChip, a digital…
With $3.1 million in seed funding, Limelight transitions from service to product with its agency-in-a-box
When Jonah Midanik started Immersion marketing agency in 2003, the advertising scene was, obviously, very different from today.…