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Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 01/26/2026 17:01 EDT

Change implies Canadian startups have to incorporate in the US, Cayman Islands, or Singapore to join accelerator. Read more ›

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The Basic Phone launches Kickstarter for “dumbphone” that’s just the right amount of smart

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 01/06/2026 12:00 EDT

You can’t log onto TikTok, but you can call an Uber. Read more ›

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Photonic says it’s ready to commercialize quantum with $180-million fundraise

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 01/06/2026 10:00 EDT

RBC, Telus back quantum computing company as it looks to develop enterprise-ready tech. Read more ›

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Photonic says it’s ready to commercialize quantum with $180-million fundraise

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit 1 place · 01/06/2026 09:24 EDT

RBC, Telus back quantum computing company as it looks to develop enterprise-ready tech. Read more ›

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“There is a huge gap in the innovation space”

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 01/06/2026 07:00 EDT

Investor Darren Clifford sees the strongest market signals coming from a warming world. Read more ›

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Shopify ordered not to delete merchant data as legal spat with CRA continues

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 01/05/2026 15:11 EDT

CRA’s data preservation order granted in case that has been ongoing since 2023. Read more ›

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Thirty bold predictions for AI in 2026

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BetaKit @ BetaKit · 01/05/2026 14:54 EDT

Canadian founders, VCs, experts, and critics share what they expect from artificial intelligence this year. Read more ›

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McRock Capital closes $120 million in third fund, backing industrial software startups

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 01/05/2026 06:00 EDT

Caterpillar and Autodesk become LPs as McRock falls shy of initial $200-million target. Read more ›

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The year Canada’s young entrepreneurs decided to leave

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 01/05/2026 04:00 EDT

Plus: Groq’s staggering Nvidia deal has strong Canadian connections. Read more ›

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The biggest tech questions of 2026

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit · 01/04/2026 19:05 EDT

Robots, and IPOs, and AI, Oh My! 2026 poses many tech questions. Read more ›

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The ultimate 2025 #CDNtech quiz

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 1 place · 01/02/2026 16:20 EDT

Start 2026 with a refresher of last year’s headlines: one question for every month. Read more ›

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency suspends Goodfood’s safe food licence

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Sarah Rieger @ BetaKit 2 place · 01/02/2026 13:55 EDT

Suspension follows months of executive turnover at meal-delivery company. Read more ›

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Clicks releases a phone for your phone, giving users a taste of BlackBerry

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 01/02/2026 13:26 EDT

The Communicator is your “second phone” for communicating, not consuming. It also resurrects the headphone jack. Read more ›

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The year Canadian tech got political (again)

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 01/01/2026 17:57 EDT

In 2025, Canadian tech’s reengagement with federal politics had many parallels with the prior decade. Read more ›

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Meet the tech startup casting extras for Shoresy, Hot Frosty, and other Canadian hits

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit 2 place · 01/01/2026 06:00 EDT

Background Work connected Canadians with more than 7,000 background acting gigs in 2025. Read more ›

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Whitney Rockley, VC and diversity advocate, named to Order of Canada

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Sarah Rieger @ BetaKit 2 place · 12/31/2025 08:00 EDT

McRock Capital co-founder was the first woman to lead the CVCA. Read more ›

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Canadian small businesses finally have what they’ve been waiting for: a timeline for consumer-driven banking

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 2 place · 12/30/2025 16:16 EDT

The feds' commitment to accelerate consumer-driven banking is a massive win for entrepreneurs. Read more ›

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Why 2026 needs to be the year of scale-ups for Canada

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Sarah Rieger @ BetaKit 1 place · 12/30/2025 15:49 EDT

Amid rising uncertainty, Adam Froman writes about how Canada’s economic future depends disproportionately on a small group of companies. Read more ›

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The year enshittification became undeniable

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Sarah Rieger @ BetaKit · 12/30/2025 14:18 EDT

In 2025, we were given an opportunity to consider how we can build better digital lives. Read more ›

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The pressure points shaping payments in Canada

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit · 12/30/2025 07:01 EDT

Three problems Canadian merchants keep naming, and how Mastercard built a platform around them. Read more ›

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Groq’s staggering Nvidia deal has strong Canadian connections

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Madison McLauchlan @ BetaKit · 12/29/2025 17:25 EDT

Garage Capital and Chamath Palihapitiya were early Groq backers. Read more ›

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