18-Year-Old Likes GIFs and Memes So Much, He Coded an App for Sharing Them
University of Toronto computer science student Shiv Baijal likes GIFs and Memes. So much so, that the 18-year-old decided…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…
Former iStockphoto Founder Looks Ahead with Already Profitable Stocksy
It wasn’t long after Bruce Livingstone sold iStockphoto to Getty Images before he was back in the “stock photo…
OCAD’s Imagination Catalyst Cultivates Design-Focused Startups
The Ontario College of Art & Design’s (OCAD) Imagination Catalyst space launched in February of 2012 to decent media…
OMERS’ OneEleven Launches as “Canada’s First Community for Data-Driven Entrepreneurs”
When we covered the Series 401 event last week at the OneEleven space, we hadn’t heard too much about the new space,…
Women Are Breaking the Boardroom Gender Barrier Through Specialized Skills
A new study by Brock University professor Paul Dunn (Goodman School of Business) indicates that the rising numbers of women…
Majority of Canadian Schools Haven’t Adopted Mobile Learning
On the same morning we just announced a partnership between a Waterloo-based startup and the Ontario Teachers’ Federation,…
This Montreal Startup Is Running a Hackathon to Find its New Developer
The clever folks at Montreal-based startup Brandicted have decided that instead of interviewing potential candidates for a…
The Crowdfunding Source To Hold “Bootcamp” at INcubes This Weekend
The Crowdfunding Source, a Toronto-based online source of crowdfunding resources, information and trends, is holding its “Extreme…
Edge to Epic Brings Corporate-Sized Deals to Small Startups
Edge to Epic founder Joelle Parenteau used to work in the insurance industry, as she told us over coffee in Toronto, and it…
Blitztream Games Has Some Grand Visions…In a Non-Violent Kind of Way
Millions of Gen-Y’s have likely played one of the many Grand Theft Auto games, which alternately offer the gamer scenes…
Beyond The Rack Secures $25 Million, Brings on New Exec
About six months ago I took the bus out to the St. Laurent neighbourhood of Montreal to interview Beyond The Rack CEO Yona…
Waterloo’s Dandy Announces Winner of 60 Day Challenge in “Picture Scavenger Hunt”
Waterloo-based community app building platform Dandy has announced a winning app idea to its 60-day challenge, a contest that…
After a Failed Funding Mission and an Axed CEO, What Will Become of Keek?
Before the summer had started, the Financial Post had already dubbed then Keek CEO Isaac Raichyk as “clearly an anomaly”…
HoHoTo Holiday Bash Returns to Toronto
Just like Montreal’s TechNoel Christmas party, Toronto’s startup community is also announcing its annual holiday…