CIRA launches new $1 million Community Investment Program, hopes to “make the Internet better for all Canadians”
The internet is a busy place. According to the CRTC’s (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) latest…
Gener8 takes a 48% interest in Vancouver-based Reelhouse Media, plans to add ‘premium’ revenue models
Vancouver’s Gener8, a company that specializes in converting 2D movies into 3D experiences, has announced that they’ve…
Bench raises another $1 million
It was just a couple days ago that we highlighted Vancouver-based Bench and their glorious ways to make accounting and bookkeeping…
Square removes deposit limits, says Canadians will now receive funds within 2 business days
Square launched its mobile commerce platform in Canada over a year ago in Canada and the San Francisco-based company recently…
Finalists are named for the Small Business BC Awards
A total of 417 businesses from 55 cities across British Columbia were nominated this year for the 11th Annual Small Business…
Applications now open for the 2014 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, $100,000 is up for grabs
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) had a successful 2013 and they hope to continue this trend in 2014. Coming off…
NIMJA, winner of the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge, launches its mobile point of sale app
At the MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge in September it was The Coyotes, a team of 5 high-schoolers, that took home the…
Velocity startup program has successfully raised over $100 million in 5-years
Waterloo is one of the hottest startup communities on the planet. Many successful businesses have been born there and today…
Toronto-based CrowdCare raises an additional $1 million, launches Wysdom app for immediate tech support
Toronto-based CrowdCare aims to take the confusion out of your smartphone. The company has announced today that they’ve…
Indiegogo raises $40 million, plans to hire staff and expand globally
Crowdfunding site Indiegogo has been around since 2008 and has seen several rounds of funding themselves. The first was a $1.5…
High school team wins $10,000 coding prize from MasterCard N>XT Developer Challenge
It’s not every day a pack of teenagers wins $10,000 for a fledging app conceived and built in 48 hours, but that’s exactly…
Twitter’s self-serve ad platform now open to Canadian Small and Medium sized businesses
Twitter has over 232 million active users and the company is on an upward trajectory. Usage for its quick messaging service…
Developer spotlight: Meet Tamara Arrington of MasterCard’s Open API Developer Zone
By: Tamara Arrington, Vice President / Business Leader Product Management Open API In my current role, I manage service delivery,…
Contest: Win a pair of tickets to the Premiere Screening of ‘Day Job’
The organizers of the upcoming movie called ‘Day Job’ have been kind enough to give us a few tickets to giveaway…
27 Finalists announced in the 2013 Canada Post ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’
Canada Post has announced the finalists in their second ‘E-commerce Innovation Awards’ today. In total there are…