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Reporting on Canadian tech at BetaKit.

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Notman House is for sale. A startup-led effort wants to buy it back

Notman House is for sale. A startup-led effort wants to buy it back

Montréal startup space Notman House is officially on the market, and local startup Guiker wants to buy it wit…

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Proptech startup Landerz plots a course for growth with $1.5-million CAD seed round

Proptech startup Landerz plots a course for growth with $1.5-million CAD seed round

Montréal-based proptech startup Landerz has closed a $1.5-million CAD round of seed funding to develop and ex…

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Notman House is in trouble. What's next for the home of Montréal tech?

Notman House is in trouble. What's next for the home of Montréal tech?

Notman House, the Montréal startup hub run within a 187-year-old heritage building, will likely be put up for…

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Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere

After a fire ravages a home, it seems like it's tenants who are left to pick through the ashes and shoulder t…

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Catching up to the crisis

Catching up to the crisis

A pride flag flaps defiantly in the wind above a welcoming front porch. A basket of free naloxone kits hangs …

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How Toronto is using Clariti’s AI to speed up building permit approvals

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By Madison McLauchlan Verified, Madison Mclauchlan
| BetaKit Verified
Vancouver-based Clariti’s software, CivCheck, flags mistakes in initial applications. Toronto is working with Canadian company Clariti to try to speed up its building permit approval process with AI. The news: On Thursday, the City of Toronto launched a new building permit application pre-check service, which uses AI to help flag potential issues in a user’s application before it’s submitted. Vancouver-based startup Clariti is providing the software, called CivCheck, for the one-year pilot program.
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Canadian platforms shouldn’t offer sports or entertainment prediction market bets, regulators say

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By Madison McLauchlan Verified, Madison Mclauchlan
| BetaKit Verified
Wealthsimple has argued that contract regulations shouldn’t differ according to subject matter. Regulated prediction markets in Canada shouldn’t be able to offer sports or entertainment contracts as securities, according to a statement issued by the nation’s securities regulators.
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BlackTech Capital launches $2-million fund to back underrepresented cleantech founders

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By Madison McLauchlan Verified, Madison Mclauchlan
| BetaKit Verified
Firm holds $500,000 first close for fund to back early-stage companies led by underrepresented entrepreneurs. Toronto’s BlackTech Capital (BTC) has officially launched its Catalyst fund, which will back early-stage cleantech companies led by founders who have traditionally been underrepresented in the tech sector. On Wednesday, the firm announced that it held a $500,000 first close of a target $2-million CAD fund, which it aims to close before the end of the year.
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