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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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Canadian startup news of the week (10/2/22)

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit · 10/03/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Canadian tech must embrace indigenous reconciliation. Read more ›

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Three companies hiring Canadian tech talent right now

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Raj Dhaliwal @ BetaKit · 10/02/2022 17:17 EDT

Array, Scotiabank, and Valeyo are hiring right now. Read more ›

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Twitch is dying and Devin Nash knows why

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 1 place · 10/01/2022 06:00 EDT

Unpacking the myriad threats to Amazon's streaming experiment. Read more ›

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HelloSafe secures $4.2 million to expand its financial comparison solution across Canada

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 09/29/2022 16:50 EDT

HelloSafe claims over one million monthly users in Canada. Read more ›

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How finance teams can prepare for an IPO

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit 1 place · 09/29/2022 13:16 EDT

Complexity is a fact of life with public companies. Read more ›

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WonderFi-owned Bitbuy takes aim at Wealthsimple with stock trading launch

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 09/29/2022 12:43 EDT

Bitbuy claimed crypto exchanges is a three horse race between WonderFi, Wealthsimple, Coinsquare. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Lumira starts hedge fund to target oversold public companies

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 3 place · 09/29/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: Real Ventures swaps managing partners. Read more ›

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R|T: The Retail Times – Affirmed partnerships

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit 2 place · 09/29/2022 05:00 EDT

Plus: Mexican unicorn gets $810M in debt financing. Read more ›

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Innovate Edmonton rebrands to Edmonton Unlimited

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 3 place · 09/28/2022 17:14 EDT

The rebrand follows Innovate Edmonton’s separation from EEDC in 2020. Read more ›

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Numida secures $16.7 million CAD in Serena Ventures-led round to equip more African SMEs with working capital

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 09/28/2022 15:14 EDT

The loans startup plans to expand its services beyond Uganda to across Africa. Read more ›

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Canadian unicorns Neo Financial, Ada lead LinkedIn’s 2022 Top Startups list

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 09/28/2022 14:56 EDT

ApplyBoard appears on list for fourth consecutive year. Read more ›

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Toronto-Waterloo rises, Calgary and Montréal ecosystems to watch in Startup Genome’s global FinTech rankings

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 09/28/2022 06:00 EDT

Vancouver cracks top 10 ecosystems with a population of less than three million. Read more ›

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NACO report finds SAFEs on the rise in angel investment during record-breaking 2021

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 09/28/2022 05:00 EDT

Following pandemic dip, Canadian angel investment activity more than doubled last year. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – Raptors analytics department puts a number on Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit · 09/28/2022 04:45 EDT

Plus: AI industry preps for new era of regulation. Read more ›

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Volta reveals winners of 2022 Ecosystem Impact Awards

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 09/27/2022 13:48 EDT

The Awards recognize trailblazers in Atlantic Canada’s startup ecosystem. Read more ›

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Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 09/27/2022 11:52 EDT

Avidbots will also open a new, 70,00 square foot headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo. Read more ›

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Shopify reemphasizes brick-and-mortar with new mobile POS hardware

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 2 place · 09/27/2022 08:59 EDT

Shopify says offline retail is “all the way back." Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Meta, Google quietly cut staff, Trulioo exits small biz

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Michael Edgar @ BetaKit · 09/27/2022 05:30 EDT

Plus: BDC commits half a billion dollars to invest in Canadian women-led startups and funds. Read more ›

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Giatec receives $5 million from BDC Capital’s Cleantech Practice to bolster concrete testing tech

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 2 place · 09/26/2022 14:45 EDT

Giatec’s clients include construction firms like AECOM, McCarthy. Read more ›

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Infosys boosts Calgary hiring plans as it looks to double Canadian workforce to 8,000 employees

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 2 place · 09/26/2022 11:29 EDT

As Calgary office opens, Infosys commits to bringing 1,000 jobs to the city by 2024. Read more ›

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