OMERS Ventures raises $260 million CDN from Cisco and Bank of Montreal
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that OMERS Ventures has raised a whopping $260 million CDN, or $199 million USD, from…
Spark Centre now accepting applications for 2015 Ignite competition
Oshawa’s Spark Innovation Centre announced today that it has opened the application floodgates for its third annual Ignite…
Wearable Technologies Conference takes over MaRS September 10th
Wearable Technologies will be hosting the first Canadian edition of its global Wearable Technologies Conference Series this…
Government of Canada giving $24.7 million for new University of Waterloo Science Complex
Earlier this month, the University of Waterloo announced that the Government of Canada would be contributing significant funding…
Didn’t attend BattleHack Toronto? Here’s what you missed
Taking place a little less than a month ago, BattleHack Toronto was three days of madness at the MaRS Discovery District. Hundreds…
Canada will look to overhaul its payments infrastructure in 2016
Finextra is reporting that Canadian FinTech companies may soon have the benefit of building their services on top of a new…
SHOES.COM partners with Slyce to make shoe-buying a snap
Vancouver-based SHOES.COM has partnered with Toronto’s Slyce to help shoppers across the country quickly purchase shoes with…
#ProductHuntTO celebrates first birthday with Slack Product Manager Simon Vallee as speaker
It’s hard to believe that it has been more than a year since the tweet that launched the Toronto chapter of Product Hunt,…
Nymi completes first biometrically authenticated wearable payment in new pilot
Toronto-based wearable startup Nymi announced this morning that it has completed something that, just a few years ago, would…
TWG and HIGHLINE just launched a summer camp for designers. Here’s why.
Last Friday, the Designer Adventure Club sent out a few select invites encouraging recipients to ‘mess about in boats’…
Paul Salvini talks Momentum and the Accelerator Centre’s place in Waterloo Region
The Accelerator Centre announced a major expansion to both its facilities and services this week. The Kitchener-Waterloo tech…
Wattpad was hacked in May; “a few million” accounts may have been exposed
Wattpad users have been receiving emails today from the company warning them that the storytelling social platform had been…
Communitech announces 25 female founders selected for Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp
Communitech announced today the 25 female founders to be selected for its second annual Women Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Sponsored…
Eleven Canadian startups heading to Buffalo for 43North competition
Back in June, Buffalo put out the call for Canadian startups to join its 43North competition, which is offering startups $5…
Montreal-based Infoactive acquired by Tableau
Infographic startup Infoactive announced this week that it has been acquired by Seattle-based business intelligence and analytics…