Aaron Anandji

Oct 9, 2024 | betakit.com | Aaron Anandji

Québec-based early-stage venture capital (VC) firm Real Ventures is going back to its roots with a fellowship program for aspiring founders that’s meant to help them grow into mentors and leaders. The new initiative is partially modelled on a similar program from a decade ago, in which Real Ventures held a 10-week educational fellowship for aspiring founders, Real Ventures Managing Partner John Stokes told BetaKit.

Jul 23, 2024 | betakit.com | Aaron Anandji

Montréal-based temp staff management platform Workstaff has raised a $1.6-million CAD seed round to help fund its ongoing plans to expand in the US. The round, which closed in March, was led by Normand Bélisle, the former president of Québecor Digital, with participation from the provincially funded Investissement Québec via their Impulsion PME program and Anges Québec.

Jun 17, 2024 | betakit.com | Aaron Anandji

Four months after Apple released its long-awaited extended-reality (XR) headset, the Vision Pro is hitting stores in Canada. Embedded in the gadget is some technology that originally came from the XR company Vrvana, which was founded by Bertrand Nepveu and sold to Apple in 2017. To understand XR—an umbrella term that encompasses augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality—and its place in the Canadian tech landscape, BetaKit caught up with Nepveu.

Apr 28, 2024 | betakit.com | Aaron Anandji

INNOVATEwest, a new Vancouver-based tech conference hosted by the organizers behind SaaS North and TechExit.io, made its debut on April 16 to a packed Vancouver Convention Centre. Speakers from across Canada delivered insights and hot takes on the BetaKit Keynote Stage. Those hot takes kindled into a blaze when news of planned changes to the capital gains tax outlined in the new federal budget reached conference-goers and speakers.

Dec 15, 2023 | betakit.com | Aaron Anandji

Montréal’s tech ecosystem has recognized 15 local startups, stakeholders, and leaders at the fifth iteration of the Startup Community Awards (SCA), hosted by MTL NewTech. This year, nominations for the awards were gathered from 1,670 individual voters, with 8,460 total votes being cast. A total of 475 nominees were then vetted by a panel of 13 judges representing various parts of the innovation ecosystem, resulting in 105 finalists.