San Francisco’s Maple VC closes $16.5 million for second fund focused on Canadian founders
San Francisco-based seed-stage investment firm Maple VC has secured $16.5 million USD for Fund II to support its plans to back…
Klue scores $79 million CAD from Tiger Global, Salesforce Ventures
Vancouver-based software company Klue has secured $79.2 million CAD ($62 million USD) in Series B financing to fuel the expansion…
A|I: The AI Times – Anatomy of an AI IPO
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Shopify merchants generate record $6.3 billion USD in sales during Black Friday, Cyber Monday
During 2021’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, Shopify merchants collectively generated $6.3 billion USD in sales worldwide,…
UK FinTech Wise rolls out payments card to Canadian users
In an effort to meet demand from its Canadian users, Wise has officially launched its Wise card in Canada to enable customers…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite IPO plans now a 2022 resolution
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the…
Survey suggests progress, room for improvement on equitable compensation for women in venture capital
Canadian Women in VC has released its third annual survey, which paints a picture of gender-based compensation across roles…
Canadian startup news of the week (11/28/21)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Another Canadian open banking boondoggle
Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read…
Dax Dasilva on using Lightspeed learnings to address the world’s climate crisis
At a recent event for BetaKit Patreon supporters, Lightspeed Commerce founder and CEO Dax Dasilva explained how he hopes to…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – MindBeacon melds with CloudMD
The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T using…
Gotcare, Nectar raise seed funding supported by Telus’ corporate impact fund
Two social and environmental impact-focused Canadian tech companies, Toronto-based Gotcare and Montréal-based Nectar Technologies,…
Armed with first close of $6.3 million CAD, PaceZero aims to bring focus on sustainability to Canada’s private credit market
A pair of former capital market operators have launched a new Toronto-based investment firm to address what they see as a gap…
R|T: The Retail Times – A Faire-ly big decacorn valuation
The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T using…
A|I: The AI Times – Coveo cashes in on the TSX
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…