Recon Instruments’ co-founder Hamid Abdollahi wants to advance autonomous driving systems with latest venture MATT3R. #YVRtech #BCtech betakit.com/recon-instrume…

Checking in on Canadian #FinTech’s quest to woo customers left behind by banks. Plus: Shopify has a new CTO, Benevity has a new CEO, Sagard poached from Georgian, ViggleAI closes Series A, and Hardbacon shutters. #CDNtech betakit.com/can-canadian-f…

This week on The BetaKit Podcast: an #AI roundtable, featuring vantage points from Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent, Untether AI, Gradient Ventures, MedEssist 🚀 A Google-Accelerated Start-Up, and more. betakit.com/ai-roundtable-…

Six Canadian universities among PitchBook’s 2024 top 100 schools for founders. betakit.com/six-canadian-u…

.C100 executive director Michael Buhr laid out his vision for C100 as the org announced the 38 #CDNtech startups in its first growth and latest early-stage cohorts. #C100Growth #C100Fellows betakit.com/executive-dire…

On Sept 24, join us for BetaKit Talks: You Don’t Know Crypto, presented by WonderFi! Featuring: Dean Skurka (WonderFi) Patrick Dunlop (Jackal Labs) Jelena Djuric (Noble) Colin Gagich (Inference Labs) Shana Derman (Figment) And more Register: bit.ly/47tlblD

.Round13 Capital Inc. Digital Asset Fund, NVIDIA-backed Toronto startup WOMBO announces $12.2 million CAD to launch more generative #AI apps. #CDNtech betakit.com/round13-nvidia…

Canadian Ilya Sutskever’s (Ilya Sutskever) Safe Superintelligence (SSI Inc.) closes $1 billion USD in funding #AI betakit.com/canadian-ilya-…

Bitfarms (Bitfarms) and Riot continue public squabble leading up to October shareholder meeting. #CDNtech $BITF betakit.com/bitfarms-and-r…

Toronto-based Northside Ventures has closed its first early-stage #VC fund, meeting its $15-million CAD target. #CDNtech betakit.com/northside-vent…

Fed issues $5.2-million investment to boost southern Ontario #cleantech betakit.com/fed-issues-5-2…

Canadian #healthtech company Deep Breathe bags top prize at U.S. Army’s xTechInternational 2024. #CDNtech betakit.com/canadian-healt…

“It’s just straight math”: Assent CEO Andrew Waitman sets the bar higher for Ottawa-based compliance software company after hitting centaur status. #CDNtech betakit.com/assent-ceo-and…

“The impact can be devastating”: Alberta Securities Commission launches $130,000 tech challenge in a bid to combat #crypto scams. #CDNtech betakit.com/the-impact-can…

.Shopify to become Roblox's first platform commerce partner. #CDNtech betakit.com/shopify-to-bec…

.Luge Capital (Luge.vc) navigates emerging manager minefield, closes second early-stage #FinTech fund at $96 million CAD. #VC #CDNtech betakit.com/luge-capital-n…

Academics, nonprofits caught in middle of data consent fight as #AI companies push for access to copyrighted works. #CDNtech betakit.com/academics-nonp…

The Canadian universities that ship the most founders. Plus: Recon Instruments co-founder targets autonomous driving with MATT3R, centaur Assent raises bar, a look at Québec #VC, a check-in with C100, and Shopify, Roblox team up. #CDNtech betakit.com/the-canadian-u…

.Ideon Technologies, Calabrio headline $53 million #AI project investment from DIGITAL Innovation Cluster. #CDNtech betakit.com/ideon-calabrio…

Exclusive: Toronto investment firm Rundle Partners acquires Halifax-based photography startup Iris Booth as founder prepares to step back. #CDNtech betakit.com/gordon-ramsay-…