The $10,000 Kiss My App Contest Is Open to Undergraduate Students
Canadian undergraduate students will have the chance to design an app and win $10,000 via the “Kiss My App Contest”,…
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Banking Fees Are Too High Say Canadian Small Business Owners
Small business owners seem to prefer Scotiabank above all other Canadian banks, but overall satisfaction among these customers…
Rogers Partners With Sprint to Bring Connected Cars to Canada
Get ready for some distracted driving Canucks. Major carriers Rogers and Sprint announced a partnership to bring the connected…
Canadians Are Accessing More Content on Different Platforms, Continue to Pay Big Cell Phone Bills
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has released its annual Communications Monitoring Report,…
CVCA Applauds Federal Government’s Venture Capital Action Plan (and Its Recent Wins)
The Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) is extending its “bro-fist” to the federal government, in praising…
Memelabs Changes Name to Brightkit, Raises Seed Round
Vancouver-based Brightkit has launched today, announcing that it raised a seed round led by angel investors Geoff Entress…
UPS Report States Online Shoppers Demand More as E-Commerce Spending Increases
Canadian shoppers are increasingly demanding more from eretailers, and they’re spending more money. The new data came…
These Four Montrealers Are Going to Santiago For Startup Chile’s New Cohort
MissingLINK, a Montreal-based startup founded by four MBA grads, is headed to Santiago in November for seven months to participate…
Calgary’s Livestock Water Recycling Takes Home $100,000 at The Challenge
Here’s one Canadian startup that has been rewarded for a rather smelly solution. Calgary-based small business Livestock…
Intel Capital Makes Another Investment in Canadian Wearable Tech With Recon Instruments
Update: Recon Instruments has confirmed that “The investment from Intel is an extension of our A round. The value is…
On the Heels of SEC Ruling, Canadians Behind Shyp Raise $250,000 in 53 Minutes
Shyp, a San Francisco-based startup headed up by Canadians Kevin Gibbon and Joshua Scott, has taken advantage of a recently…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition Winners Share $300,000
Money talks. BS walks. And for the 146 different BC technology startups vying for a share of the prize in the 2013 BCIC-New…
HotelTonight Extends Coverage to Six Canadian Cities, Adds Vancouver and Whistler
HotelTonight, the San Francisco-based hotel booking application, is now offering deals in Vancouver and Whistler. The “made…
Ottawa’s Ranovus Secures $11 Million in Funding From BDC, OMERS and More
Ranovus Inc., a Ottawa and San Jose-based leading provider of multi-terabit interconnect solutions for Data Center and communications…
Toronto’s Uniiverse Launches iOS App
Uniiverse, the Toronto-based “eBay for activities”, has launched its iPhone App to ” keep it real”.…