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Manzil wants to become “the North American Islamic neobank” as it expands to the US

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 06:00

Toronto FinTech startup sets its sights south of the border post-Aghaz acquisition.

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Founders need a good reason to forgo an AI strategy, VCs warn at Startupfest

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 06:00

Investors say proving long-term differentiation is more important than ever as AI saturates the market.

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Opennote raises $850,000 USD, secures Y Combinator spot for edtech platform

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 17:20

The three student founders plan to build stateside.

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Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 17:13

Funding to support pilot projects that move CODI the robot “from bench to bedside.”

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OpenText CFO Chadwick Westlake to succeed the late Andrew Moor as CEO of Equitable Bank

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 13:39

Westlake was being groomed for the EQB CEO job before joining OpenText five months ago.

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Most Canadian companies are walking the AI adoption race: report

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 09:00

Canadian execs report uneven efficiency gains from AI and a lack of technical talent, Georgian survey finds.

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R-Labs secures $3.5 million to help create more startups tackling “big problems” in real estate

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 07:00

Hatch adds engineering capabilities to the Toronto real estate industry venture builder.

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Tenstorrent acquires Blue Cheetah to bring more chip design in-house

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 17:40

AI chipmaker had been licensing Blue Cheetah’s technology since last year.

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VitalHub acquires referral platform Novari Health in deal worth up to $48.6 million

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:40

VitalHub said the referral management market is a “a key area of investment” for governments around the world.

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Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 09:00

FinTech leader brings significant governance experience to award-winning Canadian tech publication.

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Canada steals the spotlight at Europe’s biggest tech event

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 07:00

OVHcloud among attendees of VivaTech 2025.

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LeoMed raises $2.75-million seed round for telehealth patient monitoring platform

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 06:00

Montréal startup says software platform can ease burden of a strained healthcare system.

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Deep Sky science chief Phil De Luna departs company to “build something new”

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 15:57

De Luna said he had “outgrown” his current role at the carbon capture startup.

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HR platform Workleap adding compensation management features through acquisition of Barley

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 08:05

Talent management software is also preparing to launch Workleap AI tool within the next week.

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‘Ambition made in Canada’ with Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 07:00

Harley Finkelstein, Aidan Gomez, and Mike Katchen dismiss the 'Valley or bust' myth.

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Is Canadian AI failing?

Mon, 07/07/2025 - 05:00

Plus: Clutch hits $1 billion milestone, Clio opens up the chequebook.

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Clutch races past $1 billion in total cars purchased amid record growth

Fri, 07/04/2025 - 16:06

After taking nine years to hit $1 billion, COO says Clutch is on pace to double it in one.

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Clio’s mission, Trump’s trade timeout, and Toronto Tech Week’s standout moments

Fri, 07/04/2025 - 14:27

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for July 4, 2025.

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Feds back startup OCCAM’s Technologies as part of $21.5-million Alberta carbon capture investment

Fri, 07/04/2025 - 14:26

Natural Resources Canada selects five companies that responded to call for carbon capture proposals.

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