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Koho becomes Canada’s latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round

Josh Scott Jun 11

FinTech firm passes 2.5 million users as it navigates “final stages” of acquiring banking licence.

Nesto CEO Malik Yacoubi sits on stage with two other unidentified man.

Funding

Nesto secures nearly $1.5-billion valuation in new Series E round

Alex Riehl Jun 10

Montréal-based digital mortgage lender wants to speed up approvals using AI.

Intriciate technology connected to the Trillium Supercomputer

Inside the GTA facility housing one of Canada’s most powerful supercomputers

Josh Scott Jun 8

Trillium helps Canadian researchers with massive jobs like simulating oceans and modelling stars.

Evan Solomon speaking into a microphone.

Canada’s AI strategy contains $2.3 billion in spending but few details on new privacy regulations

Alex Riehl Jun 4

Delayed strategy promises plan to encourage Canadians to reinvest tech investment gains in AI startups.

BDC extends Isabelle Hudon’s mandate as CEO through 2030

Alex Riehl Jun 1

Crown corporation’s board chair says Hudon will help shape its next five-year strategy.

Defence Tech

Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation

Douglas Soltys May 28

Erin O’Toole wants Canadian innovators to seize the moment before it’s gone.

Latest

Twitch is dying and Devin Nash knows why

Douglas Soltys Oct 1, 2022

Unpacking the myriad threats to Amazon’s streaming experiment.

Funding

HelloSafe secures $4.2 million to expand its financial comparison solution across Canada

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 29, 2022

HelloSafe claims over one million monthly users in Canada.

A black calculator and a sheet of white paper with financial statements on top of a white surface.

How finance teams can prepare for an IPO

Stefan Palios Sep 29, 2022

Complexity is a fact of life with public companies.

FinTech

WonderFi-owned Bitbuy takes aim at Wealthsimple with stock trading launch

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 29, 2022

Bitbuy claimed crypto exchanges is a three horse race between WonderFi, Wealthsimple, Coinsquare.

Healthtech

H|T: The Healthtech Times – Lumira starts hedge fund to target oversold public companies

Michael Edgar Sep 29, 2022

Plus: Real Ventures swaps managing partners.

Retail

R|T: The Retail Times – Affirmed partnerships

Michael Edgar Sep 29, 2022

Plus: Mexican unicorn gets $810M in debt financing.

Innovate Edmonton rebrands to Edmonton Unlimited

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 28, 2022

The rebrand follows Innovate Edmonton’s separation from EEDC in 2020.

Funding

Numida secures $16.7 million CAD in Serena Ventures-led round to equip more African SMEs with working capital

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 28, 2022

The loans startup plans to expand its services beyond Uganda to across Africa.

Reports

Canadian unicorns Neo Financial, Ada lead LinkedIn’s 2022 Top Startups list

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 28, 2022

ApplyBoard appears on list for fourth consecutive year.

Reports

Toronto-Waterloo rises, Calgary and Montréal ecosystems to watch in Startup Genome’s global FinTech rankings

Josh Scott Sep 28, 2022

Vancouver cracks top 10 ecosystems with a population of less than three million.

NACO report finds SAFEs on the rise in angel investment during record-breaking 2021

Josh Scott Sep 28, 2022

Following pandemic dip, Canadian angel investment activity more than doubled.

Kawhi Leonard crouches after hitting a buzzer beater.

A|I: The AI Times – Raptors analytics department puts a number on Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer beater

Michael Edgar Sep 28, 2022

Plus: AI industry preps for new era of regulation.

Volta Economic Impact Awards 2022 winners

Events

Volta reveals winners of 2022 Ecosystem Impact Awards

Charlize Alcaraz Sep 27, 2022

The Awards recognize trailblazers in Atlantic Canada’s startup ecosystem.

Funding

Avidbots closes $70 million USD Series C round to grow fleet of commercial cleaning robots

Meagan Simpson Sep 27, 2022

Avidbots will also open a new, 70,00 square foot headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo.

Retail

Shopify reemphasizes brick-and-mortar with new mobile POS hardware

Charles Mandel Sep 27, 2022

Shopify says offline retail is ”all the way back.”

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BetaKit Podcast

Jim Balsillie speaking at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys June 8, 2026

Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.

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Evan Solomon at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Events

AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys June 1, 2026

Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.

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Events

How Toronto Tech Week became Canada’s largest grassroots tech event

by Douglas Soltys May 22, 2026

Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.

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British Columbia

Harjit Sajjan reports for duty

by Douglas Soltys May 15, 2026

After decades in public service, former defence minister Harjit Sajjan is now a defence-tech entrepreneur.

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Defence Tech

Evaluating Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy

by Douglas Soltys April 27, 2026

The DIS adds clarity to Canada’s defence spending commitments, but not their outcomes.

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