Thalmic Labs Takes Techvibes’ Startup of the Year Award
Techvibes has announced its 2013 Canadian Startup Awards after its readers voted on five different categories, including startup…
Hopper, the Startup That’s Been in Stealth for Six Years Finally (soft) Launched This Week
It’s been six years since a bunch of ex-Expedia and TripAdvisor engineers started working on Hopper, a Montreal and Boston-based…
Solver’s Market is a Marketplace for Tough Science and Engineering Problems
A story on Montreal TechWatch caught my eye last week when I read about Solver’s Market, a question and answer marketplace…
Halifax’s Volta Coworking Space to Launch Accelerator
Halifax’s Volta Labs coworking space will launch a semi-annual accelerator, according to Entrevestor’s Peter Moreira.…
Wearable Electronics Company to Invest in Greater Montreal Area
Montreal wearable electronic and quantified-self company Motion Engine is set to invest and expand into the “Greater…
Vancouver Startup Headhunts Talent and Gives Back
For four years Chad MacRae bounced around the Middle East, living and working in Dubai, Afghanistan, the United Arab Emirates…
Little-Known BrandProject Launches Investment Fund-Incubator In Toronto and NYC
In early December we reported on the obscure BrandProject, a new venture that invests in early-stage consumer products and…
Lost or Dead Smartphone? You’re Safe with Ppl Connect’s Web-Based Solution
After a conversation with Montreal startup Ppl Connect, I still can’t figure out if their technology amplifies humanity’s…
University of Waterloo Welcomes Handful of New Startups to VeloCity Garage
It’s that time of the year again, where the University of Waterloo welcomes several young startups to the VeloCity Garage…
Montreal’s FixMeStick is on the cusp of reaching its $50,000 crowdfunding goal
It’s not too often that a pair of entrepreneurs walk into CBC’s Dragons’ Den, impressing all five dragons.…
Montreal’s International Startup Festival Reveals 2014 Theme
Montreal-based International Startup Festival has revealed in a blog post this week by Alistair Croll that the theme for the…
Fredericton’s Smart Skin Technologies Raises $3.9 Million
Smart Skin Technologies, a Fredricton-based startup that specializes in an artificial touch-sensitive film, or “skin”…
Northumberland CFDC Brings back N100 Startup Competition
The Northumberland CFDC, a business development corporation dedicated to providing financing, strategy, and a comprehensive…
Vancouver’s ClearlyContacts Is Now Accepting Bitcoin as Payment
More and more businesses are buying into Bitcoin. Every few months it seems that another Canadian startup is beginning to embrace…
Hackernest’s Mind & Motion Hackathon Next Month Focuses on Wearable Tech
Hackernest, a Toronto-based non-profit movement focused on building “supportive Silicon Valley-like tech communities”…