You’re Next Career Network’s Startup Expo Breaks 2000 Attendee Mark
It was completely student-run, it was only the second iteration of the event in nine months and the University of Toronto organizers…
French Lens Giant Essilor Buys Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts for $430 Million
French optical-lens-manufacturing giant Essilor has agreed to purchase Vancouver’s Clearly Contacts Inc., the parent…
Check Out This BDC Infographic on “The Real Impact of Venture Capital”
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) has released an infographic on the morning that the CVCA released its 2013 overview…
VC Investment in Canada Jumps by Nearly a Third in 2013 (452 deals with an average size of $4.3 million)
Last year saw 31 percent more venture capital investment in Canada compared to 2012, up to $2 billion from $1.5 billion. In…
WordPress Now Lets Users Sell Stuff, Partners with Shopify and Shoplocket
WordPress, the most popular and fastest growing publishing platform on the web, announced yesterday that it had struck deals…
Waterloo’s Desire2Learn Targets Latin America With New Sao Paulo Office
According to CanadianPrivateEquity.com, Waterloo’s Desire2Learn, creators of an integrated learning platform for schools,…
Investment Quebec Pitches Ryan Holmes and Hootsuite to Relocate
According to a new blog post by Hootsuite‘s Ryan Holmes, Investment Quebec tried luring the Vancouver-based social media…
Uniiverse Is Betting on Mobile in 2014, Releases Android App
Five months after it launched its iOS app, Toronto-based startup Uniiverse has launched its Android app today, according to…
Grade 12 Toronto Student Wins Doodle 4 Google Contest
A 17-year-old Toronto student named Cindy Tang has won the first Doodle 4 Google contest for Canada. Her drawing is of a girl…
Nanotips Touchscreen Glove Solution Raises Seven Times its Goal on Kickstarter
Tony Yu and his Vancouver-based startup are in the clear. Nanotips produces and markets a liquid solution designed to make…
“A Straight Out Scam”: Montreal Angel Austin Hill Recounts First Business at FailCampMTL
Saturday’s FailCamp in Montreal was a gathering of about 160 startup and small business entrepreneurs curious about failure…
2014 Funding Roadshow Formally Invites Entrepreneurs and Funders
Last time we wrote about Fundica’s 2014 Funding Roadshow founder Mike Lee told us the Montreal company had booked nine…
Air Miles Names Winners of the First Annual Small Business Achievement Awards
The Air Miles Reward Program named its winners of the first annual Small Business Achievement Awards at a ceremony in Toronto…
Changes Are Headed For Toronto’s Bitmaker Labs (Good Changes)
Toronto’s Bitmaker Labs has thus far been known for its $9,000 Ruby on Rails course and an unfortunate Ontario Ministry…
Are Kik and BlackBerry Smiling After Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal?
According to the Waterloo Region Record, Facebook’s recent $19 billion deal to acquire WhatsApp has created a favourable…