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The Canva for spreadsheets tackling Canada’s founder-finance gap

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 10/22/2025 07:00 EDT

Profitual helps startups build budgets, forecasts, and investor-ready financials, no accounting degree required. Read more ›

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BetaKit Town Hall showcases Canadian ambition at home and abroad

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Alex Kinsella @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 18:57 EDT

Over 500 innovators packed Convocation Hall to hear from Canadian innovators tackling big problems. Read more ›

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Why smart companies are using fractional design studios

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 15:45 EDT

Former Wealthsimple product lead offers a new model for UI, UX, and brand development. Read more ›

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9Bio Therapeutics’ Philipe Gobeil wants to “resurrect” clinically validated cancer therapies that failed due to toxicity

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 14:33 EDT

Québec biotech startup is developing a platform for designing drugs that target tumours and spare healthy tissues. Read more ›

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Sonder co-founder Francis Davidson departs after seeing through Marriott deal

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 13:47 EDT

Outgoing CEO said orchestrating the Marriott integration was “the hardest thing” he’d ever done. Read more ›

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NiaHealth raises $5.75 million as it hopes to become a household name in preventative healthcare

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 10:47 EDT

Rapidly growing healthtech startup has majority of its backing from Canadian investors. Read more ›

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This time, Eric Migicovsky won’t let anything get in his way

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BetaKit @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 07:00 EDT

A decade after the death of Pebble, the company's founder is still chasing his dream smartwatch. Read more ›

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Build Canada appoints Lucy Hargreaves to CEO as tech think tank expands mandate

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/26/2025 06:00 EDT

Policy platform will open-source its projects and fund Canadian initiatives. Read more ›

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Geoffrey Hinton says AI companies resistant to “regulations with teeth” in lively debate with Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 06/25/2025 19:20 EDT

Nobel laureate and his former protégé headline public debate on Canada’s place in the AI race at Toronto Tech Week. Read more ›

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“Light, tight, and right” regulation: Minister Evan Solomon unpacks how Canada plans to support domestic AI and quantum computing

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/25/2025 16:28 EDT

Solomon talks about keeping quantum in Canada and argues that “we can’t run a sprinkler system on innovation.” Read more ›

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Canadian FinTech community mourns Equitable Bank CEO Andrew Moor

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Jon Fingas @ BetaKit · 06/25/2025 14:28 EDT

Executives from Wealthsimple, Borrowell, and others remember leader and open banking advocate. Read more ›

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Building Canada requires competition

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 06/25/2025 11:02 EDT

Vass Bednar offers an ode to the ventures challenging our nation’s comfort zones. Read more ›

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Phil De Luna thinks Canada is the perfect place to store the world’s carbon

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BetaKit @ BetaKit · 06/25/2025 08:34 EDT

Deep Sky’s chief scientific and commercial officer on the rising stakes for carbon-capture technology. Read more ›

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“The end of the era of human data”: AI experts discuss new frontiers at CDL Super Session

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/24/2025 18:48 EDT

Canadian leaders unpack next-gen AI training, bionic tech, and quantum consciousness theory at Toronto Tech Week. Read more ›

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Shopify’s Tobi Lütke says his company is embracing AI to prevent stagnation at Homecoming

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Jon Fingas @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/24/2025 18:03 EDT

The CEO of Canada’s largest tech company doesn't want "the tree rings to show." Read more ›

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Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun calls for Canada to “wake up” to physical AI revolution at Homecoming

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 06/24/2025 15:48 EDT

CEO of autonomous trucking startup said the country needs regulatory frameworks. Read more ›

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Canadian tech leaders tell the next generation to learn to say “no” at Homecoming

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/24/2025 12:49 EDT

Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple leaders reject the pull away from building in Canada at Toronto Tech Week. Read more ›

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Boris Wertz thinks science is the new moat for Canadian tech

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BetaKit @ BetaKit 2 place · 06/24/2025 07:51 EDT

The Version One Ventures investor explains why he bets big on AI, robotics, and Web3. Read more ›

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Why Mastercard is the go-to partner for Canadian FinTech

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 06/24/2025 07:00 EDT

Canada’s FinTech market demands access, support, and partners willing to move with startups. Read more ›

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Conquest Planning raises $110-million Series B to fuel US expansion of its financial management platform

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Jon Fingas @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 18:06 EDT

Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives led the Winnipeg startup’s latest funding round. Read more ›

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Rahul Goel wants to give Canada its Apollo moment

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BetaKit @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 08:05 EDT

North York-based NordSpace is prepping for Canada's first sovereign space launch. Read more ›

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