Tag: british columbia
R|T: The Retail Times – Washington prepares for war with Amazon
Plus: Rewind cuts staff as Shopify growth slows. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…
F|T: The FinTech Times – FreshBooks cuts 10 percent of staff to target profitability
Plus: Jack Dorsey’s Block accused of facilitating fraud. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the…
UBC, BC Cancer researchers develop AI model to predict cancer survival rates
The AI model can predict survival outcomes within six months, 36 months, 60 months. In recent years, the healthcare sector has been widening its…
BC suffered biggest year-over-year venture funding drop among all Canadian ecosystems in 2022
Investment in the province’s tech startups fell by 67 percent in 2022. Most Canadian tech ecosystems were hit hard by the economic headwinds of…
BC government extends tax credit for digital media companies to cut employment costs
Minister of Innovation says tax credit will help nearly 250 companies in the province. The British Columbia government is extending the interactive digital media…
Applications now open for the 2023 New Ventures BC Competition
Participants stand to win over $250,000 in prizes. New Ventures BC (NVBC) is taking applications for its 23rd annual tech startup competition presented by…
Canadian privacy commissioners launch joint investigation into TikTok data use
TikTok agreed to a $2 million settlement for a Canadian class action lawsuit last year. The federal and provincial privacy commissioners in…
Canadian startup news of the week (2/12/23)
Plus: Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s…
New BC innovation minister Brenda Bailey lays out how she plans to support province’s tech, innovation
Minister: “the most important thing in our tech sector … is people, and this government is very serious about continuing our competitive advantage of people.”…
BC venture funding fell to a seven-quarter low in Q3 2022
Investor sentiment goes from FOMO to fussy as deal volume falls to three-year low. For the fifth straight quarter, venture funding in British Columbia…