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Future Summit 2025 to host leaders from NVIDIA, AWS Canada, Alberta government, and more

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

A closer look at the sessions and power players shaping Future Summit’s inaugural gathering on Nov 18 to 20. Read more ›

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Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 07/18/2023 12:50 EDT

Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list. Read more ›

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YC-backed Reworkd secures $1.65 million CAD to build AI agents for business tasks

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 07/18/2023 09:00 EDT

Founded by a trio of Vancouverites, Reworkd has nabbed funding from Panache. Read more ›

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Metafold 3D closes $2.35 million CAD to fuel industrial adoption of 3D printing

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 07/18/2023 08:59 EDT

Toronto startup has interest from sportswear and biopharma clients for its 3D printing tech. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hypercontext’s HR pivot looks to accelerate performance reviews with AI

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 07/18/2023 06:00 EDT

Plus: UK probing Adobe's $20 billion Figma deal. Read more ›

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Startupfest 2023 awards Hutsy twice while Ora Medical receives BDC prize match

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 07/17/2023 14:39 EDT

Ora secured BDC, crowd matching investments on top of the $100K Women in Tech award. Read more ›

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Backed by Active Impact and Breakthrough, Othersphere secures $3 million to strategically locate climate tech projects

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 07/17/2023 06:00 EDT

Victoria-based startup aims to drive industrial decarbonization with data analysis. Read more ›

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F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 07/17/2023 05:30 EDT

Plus: Dapper Labs makes third round of layoffs, Revolut loses $20M to theft. Read more ›

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Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 2 place · 07/17/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick. Read more ›

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On the death of the Girlboss with Chelsea Fagan (The Financial Diet)

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 07/16/2023 18:20 EDT

The Girlboss is dead, but the need for better public archetypes of entrepreneurship for women—and especially men—remains. Read more ›

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Three game-development companies hiring in Canada

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 07/14/2023 15:41 EDT

Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Amazon are hiring for their game-development teams. Read more ›

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SenseNet raises $1.3 million CAD for its wildfire-detecting technology

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 2 place · 07/14/2023 15:26 EDT

The Vancouver firm is the latest of several wildfire-detection startups that expect to see flames fan their fortunes. Read more ›

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CAAIN appoints former Edmonton Unlimited VP Darrell Petras to lead AgTech innovation agency

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 07/14/2023 13:48 EDT

The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. Read more ›

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CAINN appoints former Edmonton Unlimited VP Darrell Petras to lead agTech innovation agency

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 07/14/2023 13:48 EDT

The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. Read more ›

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HEC Montréal secures nearly $1 million for new entrepreneurship professional certification

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 2 place · 07/14/2023 12:26 EDT

The program aims to help organizations that support entrepreneurs to strengthen their expertise. Read more ›

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MaRS, UK innovation agency team up to host eight UK startups for new AI incubator

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 07/14/2023 06:00 EDT

MaRS, Innovate UK have worked together in the past to launch a manufacturing incubator. Read more ›

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Report: Canada saw over 30,000 tech workers immigrate while losing nearly 1,700 to the US

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 07/14/2023 06:00 EDT

Canada largely benefits from US tech companies expanding to Canada, the report found. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI has a new team to fight ‘superintelligent’ AI

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 07/14/2023 05:01 EDT

Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 07/14/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: There's a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production. Read more ›

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Well Health adds anesthesia subsidiary CarePlus Management in its latest acquisition

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 07/13/2023 17:03 EDT

Well Health revised its annual revenue guidance sharply upwards after the purchase for an undisclosed sum. Read more ›

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Alberta Technology Minister’s mandate letter appears to end aggressive restrictions over the use of the title ‘software engineer’

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 07/13/2023 15:46 EDT

Premier Danielle Smith instructs minister to “ensure appropriate governance” to not restrict tech companies attracting software engineers from competing jurisdictions. Read more ›

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