Staples and Thinking Capital launch loan service to give SMBs quick access to financing
Thinking Capital and Staples are partnering to launch Staples Business Loans with the aim of giving small businesses easier…
Cybersecurity company eSentire raises $27 million
Cambridge-based eSentire, which provides mid-sized businesses with cybersecurity, has raised $27 million ($19.5 million USD).…
LegalX launching legal innovation challenge with Canadian law firm Blakes
When LegalX launched in June last year, Aron Solomon, innovation lead at MaRS, said that the goal of LegalX is to bring a traditional…
Zak Homuth shares Upverter’s (several) near-death experiences
With regular press and an impressive funding round, Upverter co-founder and CEO Zak Homuth admitted that it looks the company…
Globalive’s Tony Lacavera shares his entrepreneur story (VIDEO)
Earlier in January, Globalive chairman and Wind Mobile founder Tony Lacavera stopped by the MaRS Discovery District to talk…
Communitech Rev launches third cohort to help startups boost sales and marketing
Making a working product may be considered the biggest hurdle when founding a startup, but that’s usually only a part…
Magnusmode founder explains how tech can help people with cognitive special needs
Throughout her childhood, Nadia Hamilton and her family helped her brother, Troy, who has Autism, navigate through life at…
Canadian VC investments hit $2.6 billion in 2015, up 11 percent YoY
Thomson Reuters has so far reported good news for Canadian VC investment in 2015; the organization first reported that Q1 2015…
Oneiric scores a pitch on #TheDisruptors
Since Emily Rudow was eight years old, she’s hated the time-consuming process of putting on hockey gear, of which she…
Quebec City-based Jobillico raises $8 million to fuel westward expansion
Jobillico, an online job market based in Quebec City, announced that it has raised $8 million to further drive its expansion.…
Denmark’s oldest healthcare company opens innovation lab in Markham, its first outside Europe
LEO Pharma, Denmark’s oldest healthcare company, announced that it is opening its first innovation lab in North America…
Mogo becomes latest company to join the MaRS FinTech cluster
Mogo, a Vancouver-based FinTech startup targeting millennials with its full-spectrum credit options and focus on social responsibility,…
Startup jobs of the week: Mentionmapp, Sentinel Alert, Shopify, Busbud, Ritual
Every day, Canada’s best startups post the latest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board; from early stage to series…
Following $1 million seed round, ExpertKnowledge founder explains why corporate training fails
Back in 2014, when Ryan Austin and his co-founders were part of The Next Founders program in Toronto, the group was working…
Spacefy claims its own space on #TheDisruptors
These days, it seems like there is an AirBnB and Uber for everything. And Toronto-based Spacefy is one of those companies tapping…