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Shopify merchants can now sell products through AI chatbots

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 12/10/2025 13:48 EDT

Update announced in Shopify Editions newsletter that contained over 150 product updates. 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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Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 08:02 EDT

Your director’s commentary companion to BetaKit’s first-ever print issue. Read more ›

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The price of admission for Canadian entrepreneurs

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 08:00 EDT

Plus: Coinbase Canada's CEO says country's digital sovereignty requires a stablecoin strategy. Read more ›

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Botpress closes $34-million CAD Series B to help companies build and deploy AI agents

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 07:59 EDT

Québec software startup aims to be part of “the infrastructure layer” powering agentic AI. Read more ›

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What happens when Creative Destruction Lab puts its top founders in one room

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Jacqueline Loganathan @ BetaKit · 06/23/2025 07:00 EDT

Tobi Lütke, Richard Sutton, and more are set to take the stage at CDL’s Super Session during Toronto Tech Week. Read more ›

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Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/21/2025 17:34 EDT

Tempo president says her team “is a startup in every way” ahead of Homecoming talk at Toronto Tech Week. Read more ›

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Chris Greenfield is no longer the managing director of OneEleven

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/20/2025 17:10 EDT

After a 10-month search to fill his position, Greenfield lasted just over a year at tech hub's helm. Read more ›

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Cohere’s new MOU, New School Foods’ new food, and BetaKit’s Most Ambitious

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/20/2025 15:52 EDT

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for June 20, 2025. Read more ›

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Canada’s digital sovereignty: why we can’t ignore stablecoins

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 06/20/2025 10:21 EDT

The world is building new rails for money, but the Canadian dollar isn’t on them. Read more ›

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Storytime Capital holds $14-million first close of Fund II to back more startups modernizing work

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/20/2025 06:00 EDT

Early-stage Toronto VC firm also appoints Lauren Epstein as partner. Read more ›

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$100-million credit facility from La Caisse helps AppDirect make second energy brokerage acquisition this year

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 06/19/2025 17:57 EDT

Canadian-founded software firm buys Québec-based DNE Resources following purchase of Broker Online Exchange. Read more ›

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BrainBox AI CEO Sam Ramadori joins Yoshua Bengio’s LawZero as co-president and executive director

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/19/2025 17:43 EDT

Ramadori departs BrainBox following acquisition by Trane Technologies this past December. Read more ›

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David Dufresne joins AQC Capital, Nick Chen makes partner at Golden Ventures

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 06/19/2025 14:19 EDT

Dufresne and CMD Capital co-founder Matt Roberts move elsewhere in Canadian VC after halting fundraising. Read more ›

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Europe is rising on the radar of Canadian tech

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 06/19/2025 07:00 EDT

With early movers like Vena showing the way, Canadian tech is warming to Europe’s vast and varied opportunities. Read more ›

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With $3-million seed round, Xatoms launches pilot projects to purify water with quantum chemistry

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit 1 place · 06/19/2025 06:00 EDT

Toronto-based startup hopes to become leading AI platform for photocatalyst discovery. Read more ›

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Former Graphite Ventures analyst to launch new Vancouver incubator Althra

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit · 06/19/2025 06:00 EDT

Althra aims to create more space for early-stage, generalist tech founders to build. Read more ›

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G7 leaders conclude summit with commitments on AI and quantum

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/18/2025 16:39 EDT

The Prime Minister's Office promised more than $200 million in financial support. Read more ›

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FCAC commissioner shares update on Canada’s open banking future, but makes no timeline commitments

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 06/18/2025 14:01 EDT

Agency is developing consumer awareness strategy, accreditation process, regulator tells Open Banking Expo. Read more ›

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What founders need to know about raising in 2025

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 06/18/2025 12:01 EDT

Two Osler partners share their biggest takeaways from the 2024 Deal Points report. Read more ›

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