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The future of OMERS Ventures with Michael Yang
Canada’s preeminent pension-backed VC firm got stuck in a “constant state of change.” What’s next for OV 3.0? At the beginning of 2023, BetaKit…
Jesse Wente wants Canada to “tax the hell” out of Big Tech, but he’s open to cutting deals
Forget arguments over algorithms: Wente wants the money to build something better. We’ve talked about several contentious bills from our federal government on the…
On the death of the Girlboss with Chelsea Fagan (The Financial Diet)
The Girlboss is dead but the need for better archetypes of entrepreneurship for women—and especially men—remains. So Elizabeth Holmes finally went to jail, with…
Apple’s Vision Pro won’t make the metaverse happen
Apple wants to strap a MacBook to your face. Is ‘spacial computing’ worth the asking price? On this podcast, we talk Canadian tech and…
Canada is in a health care crisis. What’s the prescription?
Brett Belchetz (Maple) and Alexandra Greenhill (Careteam) diagnose the failings of Canada’s health care system. A recent Ipsos poll recently revealed that less than…
A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie
Digital media publications are dropping left and right these days. BuzzFeed News is gone, Gawker died for the second time, and Vice just filed…
What’s next for Shopify? | BetaKit
Business Insider’s Madeline Stone joins to discuss the end of Shopify’s “side quest” and future of Canada’s tallest tech poppy. On May 6 2020,…
BetaKit’s most-read stories of March show #CDNtech sector struggles continue, government’s innovation promises continue to lag
SVB collapse kicked off a month that included new layoffs, bankruptcies, and AI disruptions. With spring officially here, BetaKit’s most-read stories for the month…
Ask John Ruffolo Anything: SVB fallout, VC groupthink, government dependence & more
Canadian tech’s maverick investor answers your submitted questions. In what has become a monthly tradition, we have another AMA edition of the BetaKit Podcast…
Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform
In late September, at a private BDC event taking place during Elevate—the same day the Crown Corporation announced its new Thrive Platform—Michelle Scarborough told…