MaRS Set to Host Entrepreneurship 101 Series, Now in It’s Ninth Straight Year
MaRS Discovery District is set to bring back Entrepreneurship 101 beginning September 25. Now in its 9th year (not all of which…
Is Cisco Set to Pour $100 Million in Canadian Venture Capital Funds?
Earlier today I wrote for The Financial Post that Cisco is reportedly interested in entering Canada as a limited partner,…
Broadband TV Hits 1 Billion Monthly Visitors After $36 Million Boost
Broadband TV, a Vancouver-based media and technology company that helps businesses to monetize their fan uploaded Youtube content,…
Analyst Says Canada Can Expect More Tech IPOs
According to a second quarter report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), the global technology IPO market showed steady…
$16 Million Life Sciences Centre to be Constructed in Laval
Servier Canada has announced it will be constructing a new $16.3 million Centre of Excellence in Clinical Research. The life…
FWD Powershot Sensor and App are Hockey Must-Haves
There has seldom been technological or mobile app-based innovation focused on the sport of hockey, but like every aspect of…
MaRS to Host Energy Hackathon This Weekend
The MaRS Discovery District in Toronto is holding its free Energy Hackathon this weekend. Approximately 150 developers, designers,…
Toronto Ad Gurus Wishabi Raise $15 Million Series B Round
For a couple of Waterloo grads that launched a startup in 2007, today’s cheque for $15 million isn’t bad. That’s…
International Startup Festival Plans to Take Elevator Events to Eight New Cities
Ever since Phil Telio and his crew at the International Startup Festival crammed a bunch of startups and investors in the CN…
MasterCard Wants Female Developers to “Master the Code” for $10,000
MasterCard is throwing a party and they want as many ladies as possible to attend. Just a few days we reported on several initiatives…
BDC and FTQ Pour Major Investment into New Montreal Biomedical Fund
Money seems to be flying around Montreal these days. The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Fonds de Solidarité…
500px Brings on a Few Tech Heavy-Hitters in Andy Yang and Patrick Lor
It’s been a productive few months for 500px, the popular Toronto-based photo community powered by creative people. Last…
Quebec Research University Lands $1.6 Million For New Work on Wireless Systems
A new Canadian post-secondary program that focuses on wireless networks and systems has officially launched on the heels of…
GrowLab Reveals New Fall Cohort Along with New “Farm Teams”
Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab has announced its new Fall 2013 cohort, and it includes one startup we reported…
Stuck in Public and You Gotta “Go”? Check Out this New Canadian App
George Costanza would love this app. Earlier this week Vancouver and California-based startup Flushd launched on iOS, an app…