Startup Weekend Takes Montreal Next Month
Startup Weekend, the global, grassroots community that put on 54-hour marathon events where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs…
Vancouver’s ResponseTek Raises $6 Million, Expanding to Middle East and Asia
Vancouver-based startup ResponseTek has raised $6 million in funding from Beedie Capital Partners (BCP), a Vancouver-based…
Innovation Market Value Grew Much Stronger Last Year on TSX
Innovation companies are making a stronger presence on the public markets in Canada. According to a new release from the TMX…
CBC’s Dragons’ Den Announces Audition Dates for Canadian Entrepreneurs
Dragons’ Den has announced the dates for its upcoming audition tour. Some of the highlights include Toronto on January…
Toronto’s Juice Mobile Acquires Proximity Marketers Gauge Mobile
Mobile marketing and technology firm Juice Mobile has acquired Vancouver-based proximity marketing solutions company Gauge…
MaRS’ Studio Y Officially Unveils Cohort of Young Leaders
MaRS has officially unveiled its new Studio Y program cohort of 25 high-potential young leaders. The ceremony took place this…
Lighthouse Labs to Teach 500 People to Code At Huge Free Event Next Month
February sure seems like a future historic month for Canadian tech events. The #HTML500 will likely be one of the biggest learn-to-code…
iQmetrix Acquires Vancouver Startup Web Werkz for its eCommerce Offerings
In a deal involving two relatively unknown Vancouver companies, iQmetrix, a provider of retail management software for independent…
Ryerson’s DMZ: “This Year is Going to Be a Very Good Year”
Having launched in 2010, The Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University isn’t the oldest incubation centre for startups…
Toronto Doctors Launch New Web Platform for Preventative Screening Options
Dr. Walter Heidary and Dr. Eamonn Keane, recognizing this weakness, developed a national web-based platform, Mywebhealthreport,…
Vancouver Parking Payment Technology DPT Gets Acquired
Burnaby-based parking payment technology firm Digital Payment Technologies (DPT) has been acquired by Indianapolis-based T2…
Extreme Startups and Dx3 2014 Conference Hook Up to Showcase New “Advanced Track” Cohort
The Dx3 2014 conference is just two months away and along with a new roster of impressive speakers, the Toronto-based digital…
CYBF Wants to Turn Young Canadians’ “Half-Brewed” Ideas Into Small Businesses
The Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) is saying that our economy will soon be led by millennials, and we should be…
BlackBerry is Suing Ryan Seacrest’s Startup
In a rather bizarre piece of Friday afternoon tech news, embattled Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry is suing a startup…
Shopify Adds Mobile Payments, Overhauls iOS App
Ottawa’s Shopify, fresh off its $100 million series C funding round from last month, is now enabling its merchant clients…