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Amira Zubairi is a staff writer and content creator at BetaKit with a strong interest in Canadian startup, business, and legal tech news. In her free time, Amira indulges in baking desserts, working out, and watching legal shows.

SaaS

Bus.com partners with Cirque du Soleil, helping tour members travel North America

Feb 5, 2020

Montreal-based Bus.com, an online platform for bus rentals, is partnering with Cirque du Soleil to become its official coach…

Funding

Lendesk CFO relaunches own startup, raises funding from Quicken Loans parent company

Jan 30, 2020

Digital mortgage startup Edison Financial has raised an undisclosed seed round from Rock Holdings, the parent company of United…

FinTech

Consumer peer-to-peer lending platform goPeer receives approval from securities regulators

Jan 30, 2020

Toronto-based goPeer, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for consumer loans, has received regulatory approval, allowing…

Acquisitions

Intellitix Technologies acquires majority stake in event management platform CrowdBlink

Jan 29, 2020

Cashless payment specialist Intellitix Technologies has acquired a majority stake in Edmonton-based CrowdBlink, an event management…

Propel opens applications for 2020 Incite accelerator program

Jan 28, 2020

Saint John, New Brunswick-based accelerator Propel is accepting applications for the next cohort of its Incite program. Launched…

Communitech announces founders, launches 2020 Fierce Founders Bootcamp

Jan 28, 2020

Communitech has announced the 25 women entrepreneurs that will be participating in the Communitech Fierce Founders Bootcamp…

Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Instagram hides likes, promotes shopping

May 7, 2019

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…

hootsuite

Canadian startup news of the week (05/05/19)

May 6, 2019

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s largest FinTech sector

May 6, 2019

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – How AI is reshaping the medical industry

May 3, 2019

The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…

SaaS

S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Slack on the NYSE

May 2, 2019

The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…

AI

A|I: The AI Times – Tech vs. the police over AI use

May 1, 2019

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…

FinTech

F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian FinTechs in decline?

Apr 30, 2019

Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…

Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Casper’s now made in Canada

Apr 29, 2019

The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…

Toronto

Canadian startup news of the week (04/29/19)

Apr 29, 2019

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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