Ssense wins temporary protection in battle with creditors | BetaKit
Embattled Montréal-based online retailer Ssense has been granted a stay order, temporarily protecting the company from a potential sale by its creditors.| BetaKit
Embattled Montréal-based online retailer Ssense has been granted a stay order, temporarily protecting the company from a potential sale by its creditors.| BetaKit
Online retailer facing headwinds due to US trade policy, dip in luxury demand.| BetaKit
Startup aims to produce laser projector for construction sites in Montréal despite tariff concerns.| BetaKit
From mainframes to modern tooling, TD engineers are set up to grow, build faster, and deliver at scale.| BetaKit
Vancouver-based embedded banking startup says it’s bringing in $34 million annually.| BetaKit
Federal court dismissed CRA’s request for six years of data on Shopify merchants.| BetaKit
Startup helps brands connect with community and student creators for social impact.| BetaKit
Early-stage sustainability startup Lite-1 edged out Glüxkind and Vodasafe.| BetaKit
Startup partners with engineering, IT firms WSP and Cubic to source private-sector data for government clients.| BetaKit
Tech leaders say energy-hungry infrastructure will catalyze startup creation, but critics warn of "oversold" benefits.| BetaKit
Web Summit lands smoothly on the West Coast as attendees offer ideas for how it could grow.| BetaKit
Minister Gibson talks ecosystem growth, integrated marketplaces, and filling the "really big shoes" of her predecessor.| BetaKit
At Web Summit Vancouver, Cohere co-founder Ivan Zhang addressed the proof-of-concept fatigue that has taken hold among enterprises racing to adopt the technology without a resulting payoff.| BetaKit
The annual CVCA Awards recognized the deals, dealmakers, and community service of Canada’s VC and PE firms at the Invest Canada ‘25 conference in Calgary this morning.| BetaKit
The Bell AI Fabric project aims to build at least four AI data centres in BC, which it says is the first “supercluster” of a planned national network.| BetaKit
The Canadian AI giant has motioned to dismiss the suit before it reaches court.| BetaKit
Gary Marcus and Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discuss the limitations of LLMs and the future of the open web as Web Summit’s first West Coast edition kicks off.| BetaKit
BetaKit hitched a ride on an electric bus and checked in with industry leaders on the state of BC cleantech, how they are feeling about Web Summit Vancouver, and shifting market conditions.| BetaKit
Aspiring bank claims to offer better remittance exchange rates compared to competitors.| BetaKit
Funding to support local AI testbeds at Vancouver International Airport and Provincial Health Services Authority.| BetaKit
Venture leaders publicly grapple with weak performance and uncertain future ahead of CVCA Invest Canada conference.| BetaKit
TCV and other US-based private equity firms to snatch up $500 million in Jane shares.| BetaKit
CWVC analyzed the careers of over 600 women in Canadian VC who have joined its ranks since 2019 for a “pulse” check on how they have advanced and been retained.| BetaKit
As Calgary executes its new innovation strategy, it’s fighting to keep pace with demand for startup funding.| BetaKit
At Upper Bound in Edmonton, Canadian Turing Award winner Richard Sutton said humans should look at AI with “courage, pride, and a sense of adventure."| BetaKit
Carney continues tech-friendly agenda after naming first-ever minister in charge of AI| BetaKit
As it promised, Montréal-based Lightspeed Commerce surpassed $1 billion USD in annual revenue for the first time in fiscal 2025, which concluded on March 31.| BetaKit
Toronto and Montréal-based CMD Capital has halted fundraising and paused its operations indefinitely after failing to secure anchor institutional investors for its first VC fund, BetaKit has learned.| BetaKit
Following end of Build Native, access to Build Black Slack channel locked at start of Black History Month.| BetaKit
Quantum error-correction startup Nord Quantique to put $1.8 million toward quantum computer assembly lab.| BetaKit
Former Toronto Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam has joined forces with Toronto Metropolitan University’s technology incubator DMZ to jump-start a new accelerator for early-stage EdTech startups.| BetaKit
The TSX Venture Exchange has released the Kraken alongside the 2025 TSX Venture 50, the list highlighting the 50 best-performing companies on the stock exchange last year.| BetaKit
Karl Kenny, the founder and former CEO of St. John’s, Nfld.-based Kraken Robotics, passed away on Feb. 11 at the age of 64.| BetaKit
Canadian VC saw $7.86 billion invested across 592 deals in 2024, per the CVCA, buoyed by later-stage megadeals while seed funding struggled.| BetaKit
Toronto Tech Week will take place from June 23-27, featuring a variety of community events designed to cement the city’s reputation as a global tech powerhouse.| BetaKit
Investment bank’s Growth Venture Fund will now directly invest in Canadian tech companies.| BetaKit
Toronto-based FinTech startup Glassbox wants to reimagine the humble workhorse of corporate finance.| BetaKit
Space will serve as the formal Vancouver home of Creative Destruction Lab.| BetaKit
After closing $54 million USD for its second fund, GTMfund founding partner Scott Barker told BetaKit the VC firm plans to deploy more capital into Canadian startups and grow its office in Canada.| BetaKit
