Tag: startupfest
F|T: The FinTech Times – Now in Canada: Hiive’s VC secondary trading platform
Plus: QED closes on $925M to back FinTech startups globally. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…
Canadian startup news of the week (5/28/23)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…
Summer camp for Canadian tech is back: Startupfest returns July 12-14
This year: more Premium Fests, Investor Match-Ups, fan-favourite Grandma judges, and BetaKit. Startupfest has announced its Big Picture Agenda, highlighting some of the major…
Montréal Startup Community Awards 2022 honours #MTLtech’s best and brightest
Described as an initiative for and by the community, the fourth Montréal Startup Community Awards honoured 12 individuals and groups for their work supporting…
Québec venture funding faced a perfect storm in Q3 2022
A flurry of headwinds pummeled Québec’s tech sector into its lowest investment quarter in three years. Venture funding in Québec’s tech sector fell to…
Canadian startup news of the week (7/17/22)
Plus: Meet Startup Atlantic. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials…
Permalution, Magnestar, Ohh! Foods among winners of Startupfest 2022 pitch competitions
A select group of startups, ranging from cleantech to snacktech, have been named winners in Startupfest’s lineup of pitch competitions this year. All three…
Atlantic Canadian innovation players launch new Startup Atlantic brand at Startupfest
ACOA, Propel, Ignite, Genesis, CDL, Innovacorp, Sandpiper Ventures among orgs supporting Startup Atlantic. At Startupfest 2022, people clad in Startup Atlantic shirts, hats, and…
Why Startupfest is a tech company now
Summer camp for Canadian tech is back. Somehow, we find ourselves smack dab in the middle of summer. “Other conferences are phoning it in.”–…
Venus Williams to headline Elevate, Startupfest shares lineup as both tech events prep for in-person 2022 returns
Waabi founder among Elevate’s speakers, while Startupfest’s lineup includes Phoenix Fire co-founders, Paper CEO. Toronto-based events and programming organization Elevate and Montréal tech festival…