Mobile Engagement Startup Greengage Mobile Gets $1 Million From Several Investors
Toronto-based startup Greengage Mobile, a web and mobile software platform that engages and drives adoption of health/wellness,…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes to Unveil a Peter Thiel Fellowship-Like Program for Young Canadians
Ryan Holmes, CEO of Vancouver-based social media dashboard startup HootSuite, has unveiled plans for a new program aimed at…
Centennial College to Receive up to $26 million from Ontario for Aerospace Training
Toronto’s Centennial College, the oldest publicly funded college in Ontario, will receive up to $26 million from…
Canopy is a Simple Amazon Affiliate Site With a Clean Look And Some Nice Design Products
Toronto and San Francisco-based Canopy launched about four months ago and has been bringing in revenue from day one. It’s…
BDC Moves into Launch Academy’s Vancouver Office Space
Launch Academy, the Vancouver-based “pre accelerator” program cofounded by Ray Walia and Mike Edwards, is welcoming…
HootSuite Partners with Syracuse University to Offer Social Media Certificate
It seems like HootSuite is always up to something these days. Today the Vancouver creators of a social media dashboard announced…
Three Startups Nominated to Get a Startup Visa From GrowLab
There’s been enough talk about the perceived shortcomings of the federal government’s Startup Visa program since…
Canadian eCommerce Hits $18.9 Billion in 2012; Seniors Up Internet Use
The value of orders placed online by Canadians reached $18.9 billion in 2012 while Internet use increased across the board…
New Brunswick-Based Xplornet Secures $150 million for Better Internet in Rural Areas
Xplornet Communications Inc., “Canada’s largest rural broadband service provider” today announced the completion…
Toronto-Based Edtech Startup Makes Call to Families for New Research Study
Toronto-based educational startup Thriver has opened a call for participants to join a research study. The goal is to gain…
Toronto’s GreenOwl Mobile Gets $2 Million in Funding From Chinese Investors
Toronto-based GreenOwl Mobile, developer of the real-time mobile audio traffic platform, has raised $2 million in funding.…
FounderProject’s Student VC Fund Gears Up for Ambitious November
FounderProject, the Canadian student-run venture capital firm originally based in Montreal, is throwing it’s “FounderExpo”…
Why Pitch Contests Are Hilarious and Why The Pitch Matters So Much
I’m a huge sports fan and I’ve always found interesting the concept of “scouting”, where professional…
A Confident WB Games Montreal Team Unveils Batman: Arkham Origins
It’s been a few weeks since the Quebec government poured $1.5 million into the Montreal headquarters of Warner Bros Games,…
Victoria’s Crowd Content Connects Content-Hungry eCommerce Businesses with Freelancers
Clayton Lainsbury said that he watched too many businesses face a shortage of original content for thousands of products,…