Today in Funding ($10M): Affinio, WHOOSH! & SweetIQ
It’s that Series A season, as two more startups join the growing club of Canadian companies closing rounds before year…
SweetIQ raises $4.2 million Series A to tackle U.S. market
Montreal-based SweetIQ announced this morning the close of a $4.2 million Series A round, led by Plaza Ventures, with participation…
QNX says this time it will be different for BlackBerry against Apple and Google in the connected car space
You may not know it, but there is still one industry where BlackBerry is a market leader. In 2010, BlackBerry purchased Ottawa’s…
Craig Hunter leaves Bitmaker Labs to join Ritual
Craig Hunter has been through a lot as CEO of Bitmaker Labs for the past year and a half. In a recent blog post published to…
Ecofuel now accepting cleantech applications for cohort 3
Montreal’s Ecofuel accelerator is now accepting applications for its next cohort. Ecofuel is looking for early-stage cleantech…
Notman House and La Gare partner with Startup Canada to expand co-working opportunities in Montreal
On the road in Montreal yesterday as part of its #EveryEntrepreneur Tour, Startup Canada announced a partnership with two of…
Lendified joins MaRS FinTech cluster
Toronto-based alternative lender Lendified announced today that it has joined the MaRS FinTech cluster. Launched in only August…
Onevest launches 1000 Angels, an invitation-only investor network
Onevest, the New York-based startup investing and equity crowdfunding community, has launched a new initiative in its pledge…
Five reasons WEST will repeat as the year’s best wearables conference
Canada’s first wearable tech conference, WEST, is back again this year, and it’s bringing a heavy-hitting line-up…
Montreal-based Spotful partners with Shopify for new video commerce app
Although Spotful launched only three months prior, the Montreal-based startup has scored a major partnership with one of Canada’s…
Sarah Prevette gives startups brainstorming tips on Breakfast Television
BetaKit and Future Design School founder Sarah Prevette was on Breakfast Television Vancouver this week to dole out advice…
Founders on a Bus is back for Mega MTL Demo Day
For its last demo day, FounderFuel partnered with portfolio company Sharethebus for an inspired approach to connect Canada’s…
Don’t worry, Back to the Future fans, Canada has your hoverboard covered
For people of a certain age, a vision of the future is incomplete without that of the most rad form of travel: a hoverboard.…
New Startup Next Toronto cohort gets down to business
Startup Next, the pre-acceleration program run by Techstars, kicked off its new Toronto cohort last night at the MaRS Discovery…
Karl Martin talks Nymi’s DNA as company preps for new CEO and new round
Last week, Nymi made its second major organizational change of the year, naming former Chief Business Officer at Yubico, John…