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Douglas Soltys is the Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit and founder of BetaKit Incorporated. He has worked for a few failed companies and written about many more. He spends too much time on the Internet. You can reach him on Signal: @tr0ndizzle.83

Montréal
Events

Québec is executing its innovation plan. Will it pay off?

Jul 14, 2024

Unpacking the province’s targeted bets at Startupfest 2024 with MAIN’s Louis-Felix Binette.

Clicks iPhone keyboard

Why Gen X and Gen Z both want keyboards on their smartphone

Jul 7, 2024

Can a ragtag team of ex-BlackBerry employees and fanboys bring mobile keyboards back with Clicks?

Jolt Capital
VC

This deep tech PE firm was drawn to Canada by the data

Jun 30, 2024

Paris-based Jolt Capital was shocked by the investment opportunities in Canada.

Casey Lau Web Summit
Events

How Web Summit Vancouver came to be with Casey Lau

Jun 23, 2024

Web Summit’s co-host is full of optimism about Vancouver’s place on the global tech stage.

Apple Intelligence
AI

WWDC: Did Apple just kill your AI company?

Jun 16, 2024

Apple’s riskiest decision in years might be catching up in AI too soon.

Jerome Nycz
VC

JérÎme Nycz out as BDC Capital head

Jun 13, 2024

In stunning turn, executive vice president announces retirement after 22 years at BDC.

Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva
SaaS

How Dax Dasilva plans to get Lightspeed to $1 billion in revenue

Jun 9, 2024

Dax is back: why he stepped down, then returned, as the company he founded approaches its 20th birthday.

New School Foods salmon
Impact

Can this Canadian company make a splash in plant-based fish?

Jun 2, 2024

New School Foods is fishing to do the impossible
 better than Impossible.

Xanadu quantum chip
Funding

Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook is raising another $200 million to build a quantum data centre

May 24, 2024

The CEO of Canada’s quantum unicorn is very optimistic about the country’s innovation potential.

Joella Almeida, MedEssist
Events

Vantage points: MedEssist’s Joella Almeida on why being the ‘Shopify for Pharmacies’ is not enough

May 20, 2024

“Federally procured and provincially distributed” healthcare alienates practitioners from process.

Darian Shirazi Gradient Ventures
VC

Gradient Ventures’ Darian Shirazi on where AI value will accrue 

May 20, 2024

A wide-angle view on the state of AI from the VC firm backing Lambda and CentML.

Bƍde startup Calgary
Funding

Bƍde secures new funding to streamline home sales with AI

May 14, 2024

Backed by Thin Air Labs, Calgary-based startup receives $4 million in equity and debt to scale platform.

BK Town Hall - Tobi Lutke
Events

Tobi LĂŒtke finally comes on the BetaKit Podcast

May 12, 2024

Shopify CEO discusses Canadian innovation, policy, courage, and ambition.

The BetaKit Podcast Simple Ventures
VC

How Simple Ventures plans to fill a gap in Canadian entrepreneurship 

May 5, 2024

Rachel Zimmer discusses the power of geographical arbitrage and the current impediments to Canadian entrepreneurship.

INNOVATEwest Daniel Eberhard (Koho) and Michael Katchen (Wealthsimple)
Events

Wealthsimple and Koho CEOs talk productivity, entrepreneurship, and financial innovation

Apr 28, 2024

Two of Canada’s FinTech leaders tell founders to “get back to work.”

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