BetaKit has expanded its award-winning technology news team with the addition of Edmonton-based reporter Jesse Cole. Jesse will take on the role of reporter in BetaKit’s new Prairies bureau, telling stories across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Jesse is a reporter and editor with more than a decade of experience in Canadian media. He was the…
Following a slight rebound in 2024, Canadian venture capital (VC) fundraising continued to trend downward in what marked a particularly poor 2025, a new RBCx report has found. According to the report, released today, 21 Canadian VC funds collectively raised nearly $2.1 billion CAD from limited partners (LPs) last year. These figures indicate 2025 wasn’t…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM To wrap up our Best of 2025 series, we’re sharing something a little more personal… our Staff Picks! These are the articles that sparked extra chats, late-night musings, and genuine delight among our team. They made us think, smile, and (of course) feel a little more optimistic. We hope…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM To wrap up our Best of 2025 series, we’re sharing something a little more personal… our Staff Picks! These are the articles that sparked extra chats, late-night musings, and genuine delight among our team. They made us think, smile, and (of course) feel a little more optimistic. We hope…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM To wrap up our Best of 2025 series, we’re sharing something a little more personal… our Staff Picks! These are the articles that sparked extra chats, late-night musings, and genuine delight among our team. They made us think, smile, and (of course) feel a little more optimistic. We hope…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM To wrap up our Best of 2025 series, we’re sharing something a little more personal… our Staff Picks! These are the articles that sparked extra chats, late-night musings, and genuine delight among our team. They made us think, smile, and (of course) feel a little more optimistic. We hope…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM To wrap up our Best of 2025 series, we’re sharing something a little more personal… our Staff Picks! These are the articles that sparked extra chats, late-night musings, and genuine delight among our team. They made us think, smile, and (of course) feel a little more optimistic. We hope…
Have you ever pressed “start” on Call of Duty, Halo, or Apex Legends? If so, you’ve interacted at least a little bit with Sprung Studios, a Vancouver- and Brighton, UK-based video game co-development studio. “To become part of the lexicon of websites that game developers like to visit on a regular basis would be the…
The past year was a wild one for workers in tech. Job postings in the industry dropped nearly 20 percent from pandemic highs this summer. Companies began forcing employees out of their homes and back to the office. Both recruiters and applicants joined an escalating battle in the use of AI. Some entrepreneurs fled to…
Vancouver-based Photonic has secured $180 million CAD in the first close of its latest investment round as it plans to scale up its networked quantum computing technology and start serving enterprise customers. “If you get it right, if you’re the first and best, then this is going to be a really powerful kind of anchor…
