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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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Someone built a guide to all the Collision afterparties

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 06/15/2023 16:41 EDT

A community-submitted list of over 50 mixers, concerts, and other events taking place the week of Collision. Read more ›

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Canada invests $25 million in a new program to address barriers for 2SLGBTQI+ entrepreneurs

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/15/2023 12:52 EDT

The initiative will provide capital, business advice, resources, and mentorship. Read more ›

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Micharity targets US expansion for its charitable fundraising platform with $7 million Series A

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/15/2023 06:00 EDT

Following years of steady growth with minimal outside capital, Micharity is ready to ramp up. Read more ›

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Kibbi, a job-finding app for newcomers created by a newcomer, raises $1.1 million CAD

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 2 place · 06/15/2023 06:00 EDT

Kibbi partners with employment and settlement agencies, and claims 6,000 job seekers as users. Read more ›

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Toronto-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Montréal hold the fort as Calgary and Ottawa rise in Startup Genome’s latest global ecosystem rankings

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/15/2023 06:00 EDT

Larger ecosystems keep the status quo, as smaller ones post slight improvement. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify uses new weapons in battle against patent trolls

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 2 place · 06/15/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: TikTok seeks $20 billion ecommerce business despite US setback. Read more ›

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Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada)

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/14/2023 18:15 EDT

Features available to Shopify merchants in Europe, Brazil, and other markets not beset by implementation delays. Read more ›

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Cohere is the highest ranking Canadian startup on Bessemer’s top 100 deeptech companies

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/14/2023 14:53 EDT

Deep technology companies are building solutions that ‘were science fiction in the past,’ Bessemer says. Read more ›

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Automotive software maker LeddarTech inks SPAC deal to go public on Nasdaq

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/14/2023 12:09 EDT

CEO hails agreement as “important milestone,” plans to step down. Read more ›

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Water sampling, agtech startups among Ontario Genomics’ first cohort for BioCreate program

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/14/2023 11:25 EDT

Each company will receive $150,000 from Ontario Genomics. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – Microsoft is moving top AI experts from China to Canada

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 06/14/2023 09:15 EDT

Plus: Canada's Cohere secures $270M to continue "foundational contributions" to AI. Read more ›

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Collision whispers, new AI officer, fundraising landscape the talk of Vancouver Startup Week 2023

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 06/14/2023 06:00 EDT

The vibes were positive and the takes hot in VSW’s post-COVID return. Read more ›

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Rollout of Canada’s Real-Time Rail payment system delayed again as project undergoes second review this year

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/13/2023 18:13 EDT

Payments Canada cites “current delivery delays, unrelated to the exchange technology components.” Read more ›

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Dapper Labs makes investment in Web3 gaming company GameOn

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/13/2023 16:24 EDT

GameOn is powering Karateka, a game for collecting digital fighters. Read more ›

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Following Alberta launch, insurtech QuickFacts raises $1.13 million CAD to expand across Canada

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 06/13/2023 13:17 EDT

QuickFacts will launch its solution for insurance-specific workflows this summer. Read more ›

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Wealth management startup OneVest raises $17 million CAD Series A

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 06/13/2023 09:00 EDT

The startup plans to expand to the US and partner with major banks and wealth-management firms. Read more ›

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Applications are open for Google’s startup accelerators for women and Black founders

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/13/2023 08:00 EDT

Three Canadian startups were selected for each program last year. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Instabase notches $2 billion valuation on the back of AI

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/13/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Montreal-based HR platform GSoft secures $125M. Read more ›

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Tech talent-sourcing network VanHack secures $3 million for global expansion

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/12/2023 16:26 EDT

While bootstrapped, VanHack said it grew to over 400,000 members. Read more ›

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Reddit’s new API pricing kills Canadian app Apollo

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 06/12/2023 13:12 EDT

The app, founded in Halifax, was created to improve Reddit for iOS users. Read more ›

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