Friday, October 16, 2026

Business

Cheque-in: 5 startups raised $29.9 million this week (and 8 months ago)

It’s been a quieter week for startup funding deals this week: with four deals worth a total of $8.9 million, along with details of a $21 million raise by Buildkite in January only just emerging. Keep reading to learn more...

In a series of staged online sales, people selling a used gadget with a known flaw often owned up to it more than buyers...

A pair of speakers, two years old, is up for sale online. When no music is playing, they give off an annoying static noise, and the listing does not say so. A buyer’s message ends with a pointed question: “The...

InBC and eFund Launch $4 Million Pool to Back Early-Stage B.C. Tech

British Columbia startups will gain access to a new source of early-stage capital through a co-investment partnership between InBC Investment Corp. and the eFund angel network. The two organizations are each committing $2 million to the initiative, creating an initial...

This App Lets You Explore Vancouver Island with Devices ‘Out of the Way’

An entrepreneur based on Vancouver Island has launched an app to help folks explore the region better. Diogo Travassos, who came to Canada by way of Brazil, is the founder of Finback Digital. Launched this year, Finback Digital’s flagship offering is...

New Ventures BC Set to Crown Province’s Next Startup Champion

After seven months of mentorship, workshops, pitches, and evaluations, the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition is ready for its final act. The province’s longest-running startup competition will crown this year’s winners on September 21 at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver,...

Research suggests if you say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ without thinking twice, you may have grown up learning that kindness is not a performance...

Every restaurant service contains a half-second that gives the whole game away. A plate lands. The customer looks up at whoever carried it and says thanks, or looks straight through them and carries on talking. Nobody is scoring it. Nobody...

Quote of the day: “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself”

The last time I was properly lost, I was standing at a petrol station somewhere north of Chiang Rai with a dead phone, a warm bottle of water and a dog who clearly ran the place. My bus had...

Psychology suggests people who appear offended by everything aren’t usually seeking drama. They’re often people whose sense of dignity was undermined so regularly that...

I used to think of a certain kind of person as a weather system. You know the type. You ask how the traffic was and somehow you have insulted their driving, their neighbourhood and their late mother. Everything lands...

Workplace psychological safety startup ReFresh plants $2.5 million Seed round

The round was led by Black Nova Venture Capital, supported by follow-on investments from Antler and Archangel Ventures. The raise is timely. It closed a fortnight before People at Work, the free survey that around 5,000 organisations and 160,000 workers...

‘Community is the moat’: Paz Pisarski named Industry Champion at the Best in Tech Awards 2026

Now, that passion for building community has earned co-founder Paz Pisarski the title of Industry Champion at the Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards 2026. Presented by The Pillars, the Industry Champion award recognises an individual who has made an...
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Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We...
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