Change Heroes Wins Startup World Vancouver
Startup World is on a global mission to uncover great startups who are not calling Silicon Valley home. They touched down in…
2013
New HYPERDRIVE Accelerator Cohort Announced, brings on 11 new startups!
Communitech announced the new HYPERDIVE cohort companies today and also reinforced the changes of their 6-month startup accelerator…
Montreal’s Execution Labs Announces $150K Loan Fund for Indie Game Studios
Execution Labs today announced a partnership with BDC Venture Capital that will see the two firms offer $150,000 in convertible…
Polar rebrands, launches new native advertising platform
Toronto-based Polar – formerly known as Polar Mobile – has been working hard on their business for years. Founded…
Four First-of-Their-Kind Apps Created at Canadian Google Glass Hackathon
Canada’s first-ever Google Glass Hackathon wrapped up yesterday in Toronto and resulted in four new apps to add to the growing…
10 Things Google Glass Needs Before It Goes Mainstream
Wearable technology is definitely not going anywhere. But Google Glass, as it exists today, isn’t ready to change the “face…
Longo’s and Unata turn to apps to personalize the grocery shopping experience
It’s a well-known adage that you should not go to the grocery store hungry. It always leads to deviation from “the…
Communitech shifts HYPERDRIVE into an improved direction, extends program to 6-months
It’s been over a year since Communitech launched HYPERDRIVE, a $30 million accelerator program that assists early-stage…
VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Winners: SoundBrush, Blacktree Health, Kite and Planleaf each score $25,000
Waterloo is full of mind blowing ideas. This community is quickly gaining the attention it deserves and the people behind these…
Rebellion Media expands its digital footprint and acquires Toronto-based HomeSav
Rebellion Media has been on an incredible buying spree. The Waterloo-based company has acquired 13 digital media properties…
Rdio co-hosting Toronto’s first Music Hack Day to spur innovation in a tired industry
Rdio is teaming up with SoundCloud, Unspace and The Echo Nest to bring Music Hack Day to Toronto for the first time. MHD has…
We’re live at VeloCity’s Venture Fund Finals
Today we’re live in Waterloo at VeloCity’s Spring 2013 Venture Fund Finals. 10 startups are vying for a total prize…
A Social Marketing Dream: Vidyard app for HootSuite now available
Vidyard, the ‘YouTube For Business’ video marketing startup, announced today the launch of the Vidyard app for…
Vancouver-based NodeFly Joins Forces with StrongLoop
StrongLoop has announced that they’ve acquired the assets of Vancouver-based NodeFly, which means NodeFly’s Node.js…
Vancouver-based Google Glass Competitor, Recon Jet, Sees International Demand in Sold Out Pre-Orders
Vancouver-based wearable tech company, Recon Instruments, launched their smart glasses, Recon Jet, just less than a month ago…