Tab expands its Uber for restaurants into Montreal
The way people dine out hasn’t changed much over the years. You open a door, wait to be seated, order your meals from…
No one is doing VR like Sulon
You think, “Another VR headset. We’ve seen this before.” Well, you haven’t seen this, because no one…
Communitech puts brakes on HYPERDRIVE, launches Rev accelerator to push revenue for “highly scalable startups”
Communitech announced this morning that its three-year-old startup accelerator, HYPERDRIVE, is set to undergo a massive transformation.…
Nymi Band Discovery Kit begins shipping to developers as Bionym rebrands to focus on core product
After an agonizing wait, Nymi Inc. will begin shipping in volume a developer-centric version of its authentication-focused Nymi…
Bitstrips raises $8M Series B round with Horizons Ventures and Kleiner Perkins ahead of new emoji app launch
Toronto-based Bitstrips announced today $8 million in new series B funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Hong…
SafePay launches crowdfunding campaign to make online shopping safer
With high-profile hacks, malware and oversights leading to billions of dollars in credit card fraud, the unauthorized use of…
ShopLocket moves into content creation with Blueprint, a how-to portal for hardware entrepreneurs
No longer forced to stay lean after its acquisition by PCH International, Toronto-based ShopLocket has expanded from e-commerce…
MakeWorks brings the maker movement to shared workspaces, hosting Toronto launch party next week
A converted factory in the base of an old west-end building is the site for Toronto’s first shared workspace for makers.…
MaRS Market Insights report highlights the Canadian startups changing the wearable healthcare space
The room was overflowing at MaRS Discovery District this week for the third monthly Wearable Wednesday meetup, where startups…
#withKash is the hashtag to launch Canada’s most disruptive mobile payment product
Toronto-based AvidRetail began its startup journey as primarily a loyalty rewards company, whose AvipTap terminals could be…
Well.ca suffers security breach, customer credit cards and addresses stolen
Toronto- and Guelph-based Well.ca, an online portal for health goods, groceries and beauty products, has suffered a security…
A look at the Narrative Clip, a camera that logs your life
Memoto’s lifelogging camera was one of the more intriguing, and potentially invasive, Kickstarter projects I saw in 2012.…
Super-simple VPN service TunnelBear hits one million users in two years
Toronto-based TunnelBear, which provides super-simple VPN services for Windows, OS X, iOS and, most recently, Android, has…
Arcade Fire taps Google Chrome and WebGL for immersive music video experience
Emmy Award-winning band, Arcade Fire, is set to unveil a new album in the coming weeks, but the first single from that yet-unnamed…
Shopify launches its own POS System to balance online and offline retail
The Ottawa-based retail titan, Shopify, which recently purchased design firm Jet Cooper, has announced a point of sale system…